More information about our marriages and civil partnership data is available within our Vital Events Reference Tables 2024 report, our marriages and civil partnerships background information page, and within the notes in the ‘Notes’ tab within the downloadable workbook.
This time series data will be useful for users who would like the same data for a series of different years to understand trends over time.
The tables available in the workbook below are:
Table MCPT.01: Number of Marriages, Scotland, 1855 to 2024
Table MCPT.02: Number of Marriages by Year and Council Area, 1991 to 2024
Table MCPT.03: Number of Civil partnerships by Council area 2005 to 2024
Table MCPT.04: Marriages in Scotland, by country of residence of parties, 1974 to 2024
Table MCPT.05: Marriages at Gretna, by country of residence of parties, 1974 to 2024