Table 3: Projected percentage change in population (2012-based), by broad age group, Council and NHS Board areas1, selected years
All agesChildren (0-15)Working Ages2Pensionable Ages275+
2017202220272032203720172022202720322037201720222027203220372017202220272032203720172022202720322037
Footnotes:
  1. April 2014 NHS Board areas.
  2. Between 2012 and 2018, State Pension age (SPA) will change from 65 years for men and 61 years for women, to 65 years for both sexes. Then between 2019 and 2020, SPA will change from 65 years to 66 years for both men and women. Between 2034 and 2036, SPA will increase to 67 years for both sexes.
SCOTLAND246891466535434001224271028476586
Council areas
Aberdeen City5111723281330404445510141926-1-1102223415325071
Aberdeenshire3711141726711144899124719343714396892115
Angus0010-1-5-6-7-8-911-2-7-8231223241233567189
Argyll & Bute-3-5-7-10-13-7-10-12-14-18-2-4-11-18-220-241081233526273
Clackmannanshire110-1-202-1-5-90-1-6-11-1446203540164879100126
Dumfries & Galloway-1-2-3-4-6-4-4-5-6-10-1-2-6-12-1410716151231496275
Dundee City26913165162427264891016-5-9-17629192945
East Ayrshire0110-1-11-1-4-711-2-6-8101123261132526888
East Dunbartonshire-1-2-3-5-7-4-6-9-10-13-1-2-8-14-17231425251535547293
East Lothian49141923291422286111313171317323712335474100
East Renfrewshire11234-5-7-7-4-3342-3-301132729924416083
Edinburgh, City of511172328819242727612172128-1-1122631416345276
Eilean Siar-2-4-6-8-11-7-13-18-22-28-2-3-8-15-1910918201127476178
Falkirk2579102444536645221429341333567498
Fife246792578824313121324271133567393
Glasgow City26912154141920184891014-7-1011518-13112548
Highland13455-2-2-4-5-7131-2-24619313315396688109
Inverclyde-3-7-10-15-19-5-8-15-23-32-3-7-15-23-29-2-461717620364970
Midlothian37111418281318224788113517303315426990112
Moray000-1-2-6-7-11-11-1312-1-6-8111020221434547085
North Ayrshire-1-2-4-6-9-3-5-8-12-17-1-3-8-15-18111121211536587492
North Lanarkshire01110-2-3-6-7-9120-4-6001227321332537297
Orkney Islands13456-3121-3120-2-13516282924527799116
Perth & Kinross49141924-24122026713151622231426291333547189
Renfrewshire01111-2000-212-2-6-7-1-21023251026436083
Scottish Borders11110-1-1-1-4-711-3-8-10231426291234577595
Shetland Islands24688-3-2-2-1-324300610244144194678104131
South Ayrshire00-1-1-2-4-3-3-4-700-4-9-10001018171030486379
South Lanarkshire12232-10-1-2-312-1-5-5121528311231507195
Stirling36101316-4-24101351010912121428311436567395
West Dunbartonshire-1-2-4-6-8-10-4-9-15-1-2-7-13-16-3-382123417335275
West Lothian2581012012583663447224047225383107140
NHS Board areas1
Ayrshire & Arran0-1-1-3-4-3-2-4-7-110-1-5-10-12111021211233536886
Borders11110-1-1-1-4-711-3-8-10231426291234577595
Dumfries & Galloway-1-2-3-4-6-4-4-5-6-10-1-2-6-12-1410716151231496275
Fife246792578824313121324271133567393
Forth Valley24791002345365342315303414366078102
Grampian4811151841215192048101115231427291029527293
Greater Glasgow & Clyde124560576424212-4-561921415284366
Highland01110-4-4-6-7-1011-2-7-7341425251437618098
Lanarkshire11221-1-1-3-5-712-1-4-6011428321231517296
Lothian4914192351216202251013152012153035927496894
Orkney13456-3121-3120-2-13516282924527799116
Shetland24688-3-2-2-1-324300610244144194678104131
Tayside2591114051015164888110-191920925435775
Western Isles-2-4-6-8-11-7-13-18-22-28-2-3-8-15-1910918201127476178