Mid-2006 Population Estimates Scotland

Table 7 Age structure of administrative areas: 30 June 2006

	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	38	19	67	14	41	17	59	24	0.93
Council areas
Aberdeen City	38	16	70	13	41	15	62	23	0.97
Aberdeenshire	39	21	66	14	41	19	59	22	0.98
Angus	40	20	64	17	43	17	56	27	0.93
Argyll & Bute	41	18	65	17	44	17	54	29	0.97
Clackmannanshire	38	20	66	14	41	19	59	23	0.93
Dumfries & Galloway	42	19	63	18	44	17	54	29	0.94
Dundee City	38	18	66	15	41	16	59	25	0.90
East Ayrshire	39	20	66	15	42	18	58	24	0.93
East Dunbartonshire	39	21	64	15	42	18	57	25	0.93
East Lothian	39	21	63	16	42	19	56	25	0.92
East Renfrewshire	38	22	63	14	42	19	56	25	0.91
Edinburgh, City of	37	17	71	13	40	14	64	22	0.93
Eilean Siar	41	19	64	17	44	18	53	30	0.97
Falkirk	38	20	66	14	41	18	59	23	0.94
Fife	39	20	66	14	41	17	58	24	0.93
Glasgow City	36	18	70	12	40	16	62	22	0.92
Highland	40	19	65	15	43	18	57	26	0.96
Inverclyde	38	20	66	14	42	17	58	25	0.91
Midlothian	38	21	65	14	41	19	59	23	0.90
Moray	39	20	66	15	42	18	56	25	1.00
North Ayrshire	39	20	64	15	42	18	57	25	0.90
North Lanarkshire	37	21	66	12	40	19	60	22	0.92
Orkney Islands	40	19	65	16	43	18	55	27	0.97
Perth & Kinross	40	19	64	17	43	17	55	28	0.94
Renfrewshire	38	20	66	14	41	17	59	23	0.91
Scottish Borders	41	19	63	17	43	18	55	27	0.94
Shetland Islands	38	21	66	13	40	20	57	23	1.01
South Ayrshire	41	18	64	18	44	16	55	29	0.91
South Lanarkshire	38	20	66	14	41	18	59	23	0.91
Stirling	38	21	65	14	41	18	58	24	0.91
West Dunbartonshire	38	20	67	13	41	17	59	24	0.90
West Lothian	36	22	67	11	39	20	61	19	0.94
NHS Board areas
Ayrshire & Arran	40	19	65	16	42	17	57	26	0.91
Borders	41	19	63	17	43	17	55	28	0.94
Dumfries & Galloway	42	18	63	19	44	17	54	29	0.94
Fife	39	19	66	14	41	17	58	25	0.93
Forth Valley	38	20	66	14	41	18	59	23	0.93
Grampian	39	19	68	14	41	17	60	23	0.98
Greater Glasgow & Clyde ⁴	39	19	68	13	41	17	62	21	0.92
Highland ⁴	40	19	65	16	43	17	58	25	0.97
Lanarkshire	38	20	66	13	41	18	59	23	0.92
Lothian	37	18	69	13	40	16	62	22	0.93
Orkney	41	19	65	16	43	18	55	27	0.97
Shetland	39	20	66	13	41	20	56	24	1.01
Tayside	40	19	65	16	42	17	57	27	0.93
Western Isles	41	18	65	17	44	17	53	30	0.97
Argyll & Clyde ⁵	39	19	66	15	42	17	58	25	0.93
Greater Glasgow & Clyde pt.	45	20	67	14	41	17	64	18	0.91
Highland pt.	41	17	65	17	44	17	61	23	0.99
Greater Glasgow ⁵	37	19	69	13	40	16	61	23	0.92
Highland ⁵	40	19	65	15	43	17	57	26	0.96

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.
4 New NHS Board areas including parts of former Argyll & Clyde.
5 Former NHS Board areas (before dissolution of Argyll & Clyde on 1 April 2006).

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