Table 20: Comparison between principal, low and high migration variant household projections1, by Council area, 2012 - 2037
Council Area20122037Change (%)
2012 - 2037
Difference between principal and variant projections (2037)
All2Low migrationPrincipalHigh migrationLow migrationPrincipalHigh migrationLow migrationHigh migration
Footnotes:
  1. Explanation of the different variant projections is found in section 5 of the 'Household Projections for Scotland (2012-based)' publication.
  2. The figure for 2012 is the same in all projections as they are all constrained to the household estimate for this year.
Household figures are rounded to the nearest whole number. As a result, totals may not equal the sum of their parts.
Scotland2,387,2072,686,2592,782,7742,879,37413%17%21%-3%3%
Aberdeen City103,934132,634140,380148,03728%35%42%-6%5%
Aberdeenshire106,018125,921128,982132,33819%22%25%-2%3%
Angus52,10953,93755,09856,1094%6%8%-2%2%
Argyll & Bute40,51435,90938,00139,618-11%-6%-2%-6%4%
Clackmannanshire22,88123,49924,03624,6073%5%8%-2%2%
Dumfries & Galloway68,36466,71269,26471,940-2%1%5%-4%4%
Dundee City69,26381,32785,06589,26117%23%29%-4%5%
East Ayrshire54,14357,34058,36459,4366%8%10%-2%2%
East Dunbartonshire43,77843,96144,50945,3730%2%4%-1%2%
East Lothian43,42953,86554,94456,41024%27%30%-2%3%
East Renfrewshire37,57541,86442,49843,32611%13%15%-1%2%
Edinburgh, City of224,875294,255313,033333,30031%39%48%-6%6%
Eilean Siar12,74913,07413,54514,1613%6%11%-3%5%
Falkirk69,23079,16480,20981,33114%16%17%-1%1%
Fife161,845176,588182,547187,9809%13%16%-3%3%
Glasgow City286,134336,826354,006371,19718%24%30%-5%5%
Highland103,317112,783116,513120,7289%13%17%-3%4%
Inverclyde37,29932,65833,66634,252-12%-10%-8%-3%2%
Midlothian35,54042,26443,31243,81919%22%23%-2%1%
Moray40,49241,81243,24545,2753%7%12%-3%5%
North Ayrshire62,51960,56261,75862,900-3%-1%1%-2%2%
North Lanarkshire146,905159,435162,158163,8549%10%12%-2%1%
Orkney Islands9,85910,92411,53412,18511%17%24%-5%6%
Perth & Kinross65,19479,28682,86986,03622%27%32%-4%4%
Renfrewshire80,92487,46689,26490,5628%10%12%-2%1%
Scottish Borders52,67154,37856,57558,8323%7%12%-4%4%
Shetland Islands10,07611,45312,04312,60414%20%25%-5%5%
South Ayrshire51,51552,51854,10455,2962%5%7%-3%2%
South Lanarkshire140,225152,311155,059158,3049%11%13%-2%2%
Stirling37,87645,09047,16248,79819%25%29%-4%3%
West Dunbartonshire42,10642,06842,54343,2380%1%3%-1%2%
West Lothian73,84784,37686,48788,26614%17%20%-2%2%