Administrative unit

Kirkcaldy ScoP

Scottish Parish

Total Population

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Year Population 10 years earlier Current Total Population
1801 3,248 Show data context
1811 3,248 Show data context 3,747 Show data context
1821 3,747 Show data context 4,452 Show data context
1831 4,452 Show data context 5,034 Show data context
1841 5,034 Show data context 5,275 Show data context
1851 5,275 Show data context 5,719 Show data context
1861 5,719 Show data context 6,100 Show data context
1871 6,100 Show data context 7,003 Show data context
1881 7,003 Show data context 8,528 Show data context
1891 8,528 Show data context 9,994 Show data context
1901 9,994 Show data context 14,175 Show data context
Date: Source:
1801 - 1861 1851 Census of Great Britain, Population tables 2, Table [1] , 'Population Abstract'
1861 - 1871 1871 Census of Scotland, Population summary, Table 1 , 'Scotland in Civil Counties and Parishes, showing the Acreage, the number of Families, of Houses Inhabited, Uninhabited, and Building; the number of the total Population and of Persons of each Sex; the number of Children from 5 to 13 years of age in the receipt of Education; the number of Rooms with Windows; the number of Persons temporarily absent or present in each Parish or subdivision thereof on the 3d April 1871. For comparison's sake, there is added the number of Families, Persons of each Sex, Houses, and Rooms, with Windows in 1861'
1881 - 1891 1971 Census of Scotland, County Report, Table 5 B, 'Population, historical table, selected censuses 1801-1971', for 'Civil parishes'
1901 [ERROR: authority is ''SRC'' but auth_note value of S1901GEN1_M1_1 does not appear in SRC_TAB]

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Date accessed: 17th October 2024