Polish Residents in Scotland
A Statistical Sourcebook based on the Census of Scotland 1861-2001
Edited by
Jim Lipka
Section 1 - Regional Distribution of Poles in Scotland
Part 1: 1871 - 1931
Polish Born Residents in the Counties
of Scotland: 1871 -1931
| 1871 | 1881 | 1891 | 1901 | 1911 | 1921 | 1931 | ||||||||||
| County | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | ||
| Aberdeen | 7 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 1 | |||
| Argyle | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
| Ayr | 3 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 364 | 144 | 265 | 109 | 30 | 23 | 5 | 7 | ||||
| Banff |
1 |
1 |
1 | |||||||||||||
| Berwick | ||||||||||||||||
| Bute | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Caithness | ||||||||||||||||
| Clackmannan | ||||||||||||||||
| Dunbarton | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Dumfries | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| Edinburgh * | 39 | 22 | 58 | 32 | 113 | 82 | 90 | 55 | 201 | 130 | 73 | 67 | 42 | 36 | ||
| Elgin * | 1 | 1 | 1 |
2 |
1 |
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| Fife | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 5 | 41 | 10 | 6 | 2 | |||
| Forfar * | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 6 | |||||
| Haddington * |
1 |
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| Inverness | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||
| Kincardine | ||||||||||||||||
| Kinross | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Kirkudbright | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Lanark | 54 | 24 | 152 | 92 | 228 | 112 | 1695 | 768 | 2575 | 1467 | 396 | 304 | 307 | 296 | ||
| Linlithgow * | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 89 | 43 | 4 | 3 | 1 | |||||||
| Nairn | ||||||||||||||||
| Orkney | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Peebles | ||||||||||||||||
| Perth | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Renfrew | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 2 | |||
| Ross & Cromarty | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Roxburgh | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Selkirk | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Stirling | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |||||||
| Sutherland | ||||||||||||||||
| Wigton | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Zetland | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
1871 Census of Scotland: Part 2, XIII,
Birthplaces of the People, p. 193.
1881 Census of Scotland: Part 2, XIV, Birthplaces of the People, pp.
346,356.
1891 Census of Scotland: Vol. 2, XIV, Birthplaces of the People, pp. 300,
310.
1901 Census of Scotland: XV, Number and Nationality of Foreigners - Counties,
pp. 316-319
1911 Census of Scotland: Table VII, p. 54; Table VIII, P.56; Table XIV, p. 66;
Table XV, p.68.
1921 Census of Scotland: Vol. 2, Table 60, p214.
1931 Census of Scotland: Vol. 2, Table 36.
Figures for 1871, 1901 and 1931 refer to alien Poles only.
* Edinburgh / Midlothian
* Elgin / Moray
* Forfar / Angus
* Haddington / East Lothian
* Linlithgow / West Lothian
Polish Born Residents in the Cities
of Scotland: 1871 - 1931
| 1871 | 1881 | 1891 | 1901 | 1911 | 1921 | 1931 | |||||||||
| City | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| Aberdeen | 7 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Dundee | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 58 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 3 | |
| Edinburgh | 39 | 22 | 57 | 31 | 108 | 80 | 75 | 47 | 93 | 80 | 66 | 60 | 35 | 33 | |
| Glasgow | 51 | 24 | 146 | 92 | 134 | 78 | 432 | 311 | 565 | 400 | 339 | 276 | 280 | 203 | |
1871 Census of Scotland: XIII,
Birthplaces of the People, p.193.
1881 Census of Scotland: Table XIV, Birthplaces of the People, pp. 382,
392.
1891 Census of Scotland: Table XIV, Birthplaces of the People, pp. 338.
348.
1901 Census of Scotland: XV, Number and Nationality of Foreigners - Burghs, pp.
320, 321.
1911 Census of Scotland: Table VII, p. 54; Table VIII, P.56; Table XIV, p. 66;
Table XV, p.68.
1921 Census of Scotland: Vol. 2, Table 60, p.214.
1931 Census of Scotland: Vol. 2, Table 46.
Figures for 1871, 1901 and 1931 refer to alien Poles only.
Polish Born Residents living in the Cities of Scotland, 1871 - 1931 (Percentages)
| 1871 | 1881 | 1891 | 1901 | 1911 | 1921 | 1931 | |||||||||
| City | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| Edinburgh | 33.3 | 43.1 | 22.4 | 21.8 | 26.9 | 38.5 | 3.4 | 4.7 | 2.9 | 4.4 | 10.9 | 13.2 | 9.1 | 9.3 | |
| Glasgow | 43.6 | 47.1 | 57.5 | 64.8 | 33.3 | 37.5 | 19.7 | 31.3 | 17.7 | 21.9 | 55.8 | 60.7 | 72.7 | 57 | |
| All Cities | 83.8 | 96.1 | 83.5 | 90.1 | 62.7 | 76.9 | 23.6 | 37.1 | 21.0 | 29.5 | 69.4 | 76.5 | 83.6 | 67.4 | |
Figures for 1871, 1901 and 1931 refer to alien Poles only
Polish Born Residents in the Principal Burghs: 1871-1901
| 1871 | 1881 | 1891 | 1901 | |||||
| Town | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F |
| Airdrie | 1 | |||||||
| Ayr | 1 | |||||||
| Coatbridge | 13 | 1 | 93 | 37 | ||||
| Dumbarton | 1 | |||||||
| Dumfries | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Dunfermline | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Falkirk | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Galashiels | 1 | |||||||
| Govan | 1 | |||||||
| Greenock | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 12 | ||
| Hamilton | 2 | 2 | 45 | 16 | ||||
| Hawick | 1 | |||||||
| Inverness | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| Leith | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Motherwell | 2 | 1 | 35 | 14 | ||||
| Paisley | 1 | |||||||
| Partick | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Perth | 2 | |||||||
| Stirling | 2 | |||||||
| Wishaw | 7 | 6 | ||||||
1871 Census of Scotland: XIII,
Birthplaces of the People, p.193.
1881 Census of Scotland: Table XIV, Birthplaces of the People, pp. 382,
392.
1891 Census of Scotland: Table XIV, Birthplaces of the People, pp. 338.
348.
1901 Census of Scotland: XV, Number and Nationality of Foreigners - Burghs, pp.
320, 321.
Figures for 1871 and 1901 refer to alien
Poles only.
1901 figures only given for Burghs with population over 30,000.
Contents
Section 1 - Regional Distribution of Poles in Scotland
Section 2 - Age and Marital Status of Poles in Scotland
Section 3 - Occupational Distribution of Poles in Scotland
