Settlements and Localities

Mid-year population estimates - age distribution errors - 1 October 2015

We have recently become aware of errors mainly affecting the age distribution of the mid-year population estimates for 2002 to 2014. This is because of an issue with an input data set used in the calculation of the mid-year estimates, as well as minor unrelated processing errors. Full details of the errors can be found in the Population section of this website. It was decided with our users not to correct the estimates for settlements and localities.

Note 1: Population Estimates for mid-2012 Settlement and Localities have been created with estimates based on 2011 Census figures. Those available for mid-2010 and before are based on estimates rolled forward from the 2001 Census.

Note 2: Shape files containing metadata with new settlement and locality codes and a lookup have now been included.

Methodology Guide

Mid-year Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland
(Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF) (296 Kb)

Further information on the quality assurance arrangements for administrative data used in population estimates can be found in the National and Official Statistics section of the website.

Spatial Boundaries

More information is on spatial boundaries is contained in the Geography section of our website.

Related Publications

Scottish Settlements Urban and Rural Areas in Scotland
Key Statistics for Settlements and Localities Scotland
Index of Populated Areas in Scotland
 
Information

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