Total Population

Year	Population 10 years earlier	Current Total Population
1801		2,501
1811	2,501	2,879
1821	2,879	3,267
1831	3,267	4,206
1841	4,206	4,811
1851	4,811	5,030
1861	5,030	5,193
1871	5,193	5,785
1881	5,785	6,435
1891	6,435	6,934
1901	6,934	7,733

Date:	Source:
1801 - 1861	1851 Census of Great Britain, Population tables 2, Table [1] , 'Population Abstract'
1861 - 1871	1871 Census of Scotland, Population summary, Table 1 , 'Scotland in Civil Counties and Parishes, showing the Acreage, the number of Families, of Houses Inhabited, Uninhabited, and Building; the number of the total Population and of Persons of each Sex; the number of Children from 5 to 13 years of age in the receipt of Education; the number of Rooms with Windows; the number of Persons temporarily absent or present in each Parish or subdivision thereof on the 3d April 1871. For comparison's sake, there is added the number of Families, Persons of each Sex, Houses, and Rooms, with Windows in 1861'
1881 - 1891	1971 Census of Scotland, County Report, Table 5 B, 'Population, historical table, selected censuses 1801-1971', for 'Civil parishes'
1901	1901 Census of Scotland, General Report vol. 1, Table 1 _1, 'Scotland in Civil Counties and Parishes, the Parishes being in alphabetical order under each County and arranged in two sub-divisions: The number of Families, of Houses Inhabited, Uninhabited, and Building; the number of the total Population and of Persons of each Sex; the number of Persons aged three years and upwards, speaking Gaelic only, and Gaelic and English; the number of Rooms with Windows, for each Parish, on 31st March, 1901; and for comparison, the number of Families, Houses, Males, Females, and both Sexes, and Rooms with Windows in 1891'

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