1. Published in 'Estimates of Households and Dwellings in Scotland, 2012'
2. From administrative data using the methodology described in 'Household Projections for Scotland, 2010-based' publication on the NRS website.
3. For example the household estimate for June 2012 uses (0.2 * September 2011) + (0.8 * September 2012).
4. Details of this method can be found in 'Household Estimates for Scotland by Local Authority 1991 to 2004' section of the NRS website.
5. Further information about uncertainty in the 2011 Census can be found in '2011 Census Release 1B - How the 2011 Census population estimates were obtained' on the Scotland's Census website.
6. Mid-2011 Population Estimates Scotland (available on the NRS website)
7. Publication dates for the revised mid-year population estimates can be found in the future publications section of the NRS website
8. Further details of the methodology can be found in section 5, 'Household Projections for Scotland, 2010-based' publication on the NRS website.
9. PDF documents Paper 4 HARG 2011(4) and paper 5 HARG 2012(5) are available on the NRS website.
10. PDF document Paper 5 HARG 2012 (5) is available on the NRS website.
11. Figure 16 and table A19, '2011 Census in Scotland - Release 1B' (Scotland's Census website)
12. PDF document Paper 5 HARG 2012 (5) is available on the NRS website
13. Details of these data sources can be found in table B 'Household Projections of Scotland, 2010-based' publication available on the NRS website
14. All data sources have been updated apart from the data from the 2001 Census, the Higher Education Statistics Agency data and the residential schools data regarding independent schools.