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West Lothian

Council Area in Scotland

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The population development in West Lothian as well as related information and services (Wikipedia, Google, images).

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NameStatusPopulation
Census
2001-04-29
Population
Census
2011-03-27
Population
Estimate
2021-06-30
West LothianCouncil Area158,714175,118185,580
Armadale and BlackridgeWard12,69015,46015,770
BathgateWard15,71020,86023,990
Broxburn, Uphall and WinchburghWard17,18019,42020,710
East Livingston and East CalderWard19,82020,17022,870
Fauldhouse and the Breich ValleyWard15,21016,32016,260
LinlithgowWard15,52015,72015,530
Livingston NorthWard21,26023,36023,380
Livingston SouthWard22,41023,83024,460
Whitburn and BlackburnWard18,96019,99022,610
Scotland (Alba)Constituent Country5,062,0115,295,4035,479,900

Source: National Records of Scotland (web).

Explanation: The tabulated electoral wards are in effect from 4 December 2017. The population figures of wards are computed using population estimates for output areas assigned by using population-weighted centroids. This approach should be more accurate than the offical ward figures that are computed by using larger data zones with the similar type of assignment.


Further information about the population structure:

Gender (C 2011)
Males85,556
Females89,562
Age Groups (C 2011)
0-17 years40,076
18-64 years111,155
65+ years23,887
Age Distribution (C 2011)
0-9 years22,287
10-19 years21,927
20-29 years21,163
30-39 years23,760
40-49 years29,213
50-59 years22,523
60-69 years18,392
70-79 years10,909
80+ years4,944
Citizenship (C 2011)
British only168,790
British and other359
Other only5,969
Country of Birth (C 2011)
Scotland151,889
UK (other)13,376
EU5,678
Other country4,175
Ethnic Group (C 2011)
White170,850
Asian2,941
Mixed/multiple534
Other ethnic group793
Religion (C 2011)
Church of Scotland55,663
Roman Catholic28,140
Christian (other)7,477
Muslim1,746
Other religion1,179
No religion70,338
Language at Home (C 2011)
English158,573
Gaelic125
Scots1,197
British Sign Language463
Polish2,968
Other language4,916

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