GROS Mid-2008 Population Estimates Scotland Population estimates by sex, age and administrative area

Table 8 Age and sex structure of administrative areas: 30 June 2008

	Average Age ¹	% under 16	% working age	% pension -able age ²	Average Age ¹	% under 16	% working age	% pension -able age ²	Sex Ratio ³
	Males				Females				Sex Ratio ³
SCOTLAND	39	19	67	14	41	17	59	25	0.94
Council areas
Aberdeen City	38	16	71	13	40	15	62	23	0.98
Aberdeenshire	39	20	66	14	41	18	58	24	0.99
Angus	41	19	64	18	43	17	54	29	0.94
Argyll & Bute	42	17	65	18	45	16	53	31	0.99
Clackmannanshire	38	20	67	14	41	18	58	24	0.96
Dumfries & Galloway	42	18	63	20	45	16	53	31	0.94
Dundee City	39	18	66	16	41	15	59	25	0.90
East Ayrshire	39	19	66	15	42	17	58	25	0.94
East Dunbartonshire	40	20	64	16	43	17	56	27	0.93
East Lothian	39	21	64	16	42	18	56	26	0.92
East Renfrewshire	39	22	64	15	42	19	55	26	0.92
Edinburgh, City of	37	16	72	12	40	14	65	22	0.94
Eilean Siar	42	18	64	18	45	17	52	31	0.97
Falkirk	38	20	66	14	41	18	59	24	0.94
Fife	39	19	66	15	42	17	57	26	0.93
Glasgow City	36	17	71	11	39	16	63	21	0.93
Highland	40	19	65	16	43	17	56	27	0.96
Inverclyde	39	19	66	15	42	16	57	26	0.91
Midlothian	39	20	65	15	41	18	58	24	0.91
Moray	40	18	66	16	43	17	55	28	1.02
North Ayrshire	39	20	64	16	42	17	56	27	0.90
North Lanarkshire	37	21	66	13	40	18	59	22	0.93
Orkney Islands	41	18	65	17	43	17	55	28	0.97
Perth & Kinross	41	18	65	17	43	17	55	28	0.95
Renfrewshire	39	19	66	14	41	17	59	24	0.92
Scottish Borders	41	19	63	18	43	17	54	28	0.94
Shetland Islands	39	20	66	15	41	19	56	24	1.02
South Ayrshire	41	18	64	18	44	16	54	30	0.92
South Lanarkshire	39	19	66	14	41	17	58	24	0.92
Stirling	39	20	65	15	41	17	58	25	0.91
West Dunbartonshire	38	19	67	13	41	17	59	24	0.90
West Lothian	37	21	67	12	39	20	60	20	0.94
NHS Board areas
Ayrshire & Arran	40	19	65	16	43	17	56	27	0.92
Borders	41	19	63	18	43	17	54	28	0.94
Dumfries & Galloway	42	18	63	20	45	16	53	31	0.94
Fife	39	19	66	15	42	17	57	26	0.93
Forth Valley	38	20	66	14	41	18	58	24	0.93
Grampian	39	18	68	14	41	17	59	24	0.99
Greater Glasgow & Clyde	37	19	68	13	41	16	60	23	0.92
Highland	41	18	65	17	44	17	55	28	0.97
Lanarkshire	38	20	66	14	41	18	59	23	0.93
Lothian	38	18	69	13	40	16	62	22	0.93
Orkney	41	18	65	17	43	17	55	28	0.97
Shetland	39	20	66	15	41	19	56	24	1.02
Tayside	40	18	65	17	43	16	56	27	0.93
Western Isles	42	18	64	18	45	17	52	31	0.97

1 The average is the arithmetic mean age of a population count for a particular area.
2 Pensionable age is 65 for men and 60 for women.
3 The sex ratio is the male population divided by the female population.

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