Mid-2007 Population Estimates Scotland: Population estimates by sex, age and administrative area

Table 8 Age structure of administrative areas: 30 June 2007

	Average Age ¹	% under 16	% working age	% pensionable age ²	Average Age ¹	% under 16	% working age	% pensionable age ²	Sex Ratio ³
	Males				Females				Sex Ratio ³
SCOTLAND	39	19	67	14	41	17	59	24	0.93
Council areas
Aberdeen City	39	17	70	13	42	15	62	23	0.97
Aberdeenshire	39	20	66	14	41	19	58	23	0.98
Angus	40	19	64	17	43	17	55	28	0.93
Argyll & Bute	41	17	65	18	44	17	53	30	0.99
Clackmannanshire	39	20	67	14	41	18	58	23	0.94
Dumfries & Galloway	42	18	63	19	44	16	54	30	0.94
Dundee City	39	18	66	16	41	15	59	26	0.90
East Ayrshire	39	19	66	15	42	17	58	25	0.93
East Dunbartonshire	39	20	65	16	43	17	57	26	0.93
East Lothian	39	21	63	16	42	19	56	26	0.92
East Renfrewshire	39	22	64	15	42	19	56	25	0.91
Edinburgh, City of	37	16	71	12	40	14	64	22	0.93
Eilean Siar	41	18	65	18	44	17	52	30	0.97
Falkirk	38	20	66	14	41	18	59	24	0.94
Fife	39	19	66	15	41	17	58	25	0.93
Glasgow City	36	18	71	12	39	16	63	21	0.92
Highland	40	19	65	16	43	17	56	27	0.96
Inverclyde	39	19	66	14	42	16	57	26	0.91
Midlothian	39	21	65	15	41	18	58	24	0.90
Moray	39	19	66	15	41	18	55	27	1.00
North Ayrshire	39	20	65	16	42	17	57	26	0.90
North Lanarkshire	37	21	67	13	40	18	60	22	0.92
Orkney Islands	41	18	65	17	43	17	55	28	0.97
Perth & Kinross	41	18	64	17	44	17	55	28	0.94
Renfrewshire	39	19	67	14	41	17	59	24	0.91
Scottish Borders	41	19	64	18	43	17	55	28	0.94
Shetland Islands	39	20	66	14	41	19	57	24	1.01
South Ayrshire	41	18	64	18	44	16	55	30	0.91
South Lanarkshire	38	20	66	14	41	17	58	24	0.92
Stirling	38	20	65	15	41	17	58	24	0.91
West Dunbartonshire	38	20	67	13	41	17	59	24	0.90
West Lothian	37	22	67	11	39	20	61	20	0.94
NHS Board areas
Ayrshire & Arran	40	19	65	16	42	17	57	27	0.91
Borders	41	19	64	18	43	17	55	28	0.94
Dumfries & Galloway	42	18	63	19	44	16	54	30	0.94
Fife	39	19	66	15	41	17	58	25	0.93
Forth Valley	39	20	66	14	41	18	59	24	0.93
Grampian	39	18	68	14	41	17	59	24	0.98
Greater Glasgow & Clyde	37	19	68	13	41	17	60	23	0.92
Highland	41	18	65	16	43	17	55	28	0.97
Lanarkshire	38	20	66	13	40	18	59	23	0.92
Lothian	38	18	69	13	40	16	62	22	0.93
Orkney	41	18	65	17	43	17	55	28	0.97
Shetland	39	20	66	14	41	19	57	24	1.01
Tayside	40	18	65	17	43	16	56	27	0.93
Western Isles	41	18	65	18	44	17	52	30	0.97

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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