Mid-2009 Population Estimates Scotland

Table 8 Age and sex structure of administrative areas: 30 June 2009

	Males				Females				Sex Ratio ³
	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
SCOTLAND	39	19	67	15	41	17	59	25	0.94
Council areas
Aberdeen City	38	16	71	13	40	15	62	23	0.98
Aberdeenshire	40	20	65	15	41	18	58	24	0.99
Angus	41	19	63	18	44	17	54	29	0.94
Argyll & Bute	42	17	64	19	45	16	53	32	0.99
Clackmannanshire	38	20	66	14	41	18	58	24	0.95
Dumfries & Galloway	43	18	62	20	45	16	53	31	0.94
Dundee City	38	18	66	16	41	15	59	25	0.90
East Ayrshire	39	19	66	15	42	17	58	26	0.94
East Dunbartonshire	40	20	64	16	43	17	56	27	0.93
East Lothian	39	21	63	16	42	18	56	26	0.92
East Renfrewshire	39	21	63	15	42	19	55	26	0.92
Edinburgh, City of	37	16	72	12	40	14	64	22	0.94
Eilean Siar	42	17	64	19	45	17	52	31	0.96
Falkirk	39	19	66	14	41	18	58	24	0.94
Fife	39	19	66	15	42	17	57	26	0.93
Glasgow City	36	17	71	11	39	16	64	21	0.94
Highland	41	19	65	17	43	17	56	27	0.96
Inverclyde	39	19	66	15	43	16	57	27	0.92
Midlothian	39	20	65	15	41	18	58	24	0.90
Moray	40	18	65	16	43	17	55	28	1.01
North Ayrshire	40	19	64	16	42	17	56	27	0.90
North Lanarkshire	37	21	66	13	40	18	59	23	0.93
Orkney Islands	41	18	64	18	43	17	55	28	0.97
Perth & Kinross	41	18	65	17	43	16	55	29	0.96
Renfrewshire	39	19	66	15	41	17	59	25	0.92
Scottish Borders	42	19	63	18	44	17	54	29	0.94
Shetland Islands	39	19	66	15	41	19	56	25	1.02
South Ayrshire	42	17	64	19	45	15	54	30	0.92
South Lanarkshire	39	19	66	14	41	17	58	25	0.92
Stirling	39	19	65	15	41	17	58	25	0.91
West Dunbartonshire	38	19	67	14	41	17	59	25	0.90
West Lothian	37	21	67	12	39	20	60	20	0.95
NHS Board areas
Ayrshire & Arran	40	19	65	17	43	16	56	28	0.92
Borders	42	19	63	18	44	17	54	29	0.94
Dumfries & Galloway	43	18	62	20	45	16	53	31	0.94
Fife	39	19	66	15	42	17	57	26	0.93
Forth Valley	39	19	66	14	41	17	58	24	0.93
Grampian	39	18	68	14	41	17	59	24	0.99
Greater Glasgow & Clyde	38	18	69	13	41	16	60	23	0.93
Highland	41	18	65	17	44	16	55	29	0.97
Lanarkshire	38	20	66	14	41	18	59	24	0.93
Lothian	38	18	69	13	40	16	62	22	0.93
Orkney	41	18	64	18	43	17	55	28	0.97
Shetland	39	19	66	15	41	19	56	25	1.02
Tayside	40	18	65	17	43	16	56	28	0.93
Western Isles	42	17	64	19	45	17	52	31	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.

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