Category: Mapvember

Based on 2011 Census data. We can see a clear majority of the population is Female.

The raw numbers are:
Population total:
5295403
Male total:
2567444
Female total:
2727959
Male total %:
48.48
Female total %:
51.52
Top 5 Male by %:
Shetland Islands – 50.77
Aberdeenshire – 49.52
Orkney Islands – 49.49
Aberdeen City – 49.42
Na h-Eileanan an Iar (Western Isles) – 49.37
Top 5 Female by %
West Dunbartonshire – 52.40
North Ayrshire – 52.37
South Ayrshire – 52.36
East Renfrewshire – 52.34
Inverclyde – 52.14

And the split by local authority:

I have often heard that X percent of the population Scotland live within Y miles of Glasgow. With the X and the Y varying between claimant.

This is a pretty easy question to answer, using the 2011 Scottish Census population results and the Census Output Area Population Weighted Centroids. Then we get the extents of Glasgow City Council from OS Boundary Line.

The results are:

,Pop. Count:,%
Scotland, 5295403, 100
Glasgow, 593245, 11.2
25 km, 2002431, 37.8
50 km, 2839583, 53.6
50 miles, 3776701, 71.3
100 km, 4201860, 79.3
100 miles, 4483330, 84.7

Pretty interesting results, especially the within 50 miles query.

To see how these boundaries look on a map:

A few caveats:
We are using the population weighted centroids, which will produce some minor inaccuracies, but is a very good generalisation.
Also we are using euclidean buffers on the British National Grid plain, so these are not geodesic buffers. The difference will likely be small at these distances.