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 2: 1951 - 2001
Polish Born Residents in the Regions
of Scotland: 1951 - 2001
1951 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | |||||||
Region | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F |
Borders | 454 | 47 | 243 | 32 | 220 | 30 | 170 | 36 | 117 | 43 | 58 | 31 |
Central | 741 | 65 | 632 | 67 | 565 | 70 | 471 | 64 | 306 | 65 | 171 | 58 |
Dumfries & Galloway | 285 | 13 | 138 | 10 | 115 | 10 | 96 | 13 | 69 | 17 | 41 | 16 |
Fife | 1190 | 104 | 1011 | 106 | 735 | 105 | 564 | 105 | 337 | 86 | 221 | 77 |
Grampian | 429 | 49 | 320 | 32 | 280 | 40 | 209 | 37 | 166 | 57 | 102 | 62 |
Highland | 237 | 21 | 190 | 27 | 145 | 20 | 125 | 27 | 97 | 32 | 53 | 22 |
Lothian | 1622 | 404 | 1394 | 318 | 1160 | 305 | 901 | 264 | 572 | 233 | 324 | 272 |
Strathclyde | 2061 | 341 | 1802 | 408 | 1435 | 350 | 1036 | 302 | 659 | 260 | 415 | 278 |
Tayside | 952 | 110 | 875 | 118 | 745 | 130 | 518 | 139 | 335 | 125 | 187 | 111 |
Orkney | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Shetland | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Western Isles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
1951 Census of Scotland: Vol. 3, Table
37.
1961 Census of Scotland: County Reports, Table 10.
1971 Census of Scotland: County Reports, Table 13.
1981 Census of Scotland: Region Reports, Vol. 2, Table 51.
1991 Census of Scotland: Part 1, Vol. 1, Table 7.
2001 Census of Scotland: Published on Internet
Notes
a - Figures for 1951 given for alien Poles only.
b - Figures for 1951 - 1971 were given for the old Counties, and have been
adjusted to fit the Regions as they existed at the time of the 1981 and 1991
Censuses.
c - No specific figures were given for Poles in the counties of Banff, Bute,
Berwick, Caithness, Kincardine, Kirkudbright, Orkney, Peebles, Sutherland,
Wigton, or Zetland for 1961. The total number of Poles in these counties
in 1961 was 249. Their distribution between these counties for 1961 has
been estimated on the basis of the changes 1951/1971.
d - Figures for 2001 were given for the new Councils and have been adjusted to
fit the Regions as they existed at the time of the 1981 and 1991 Censuses.
Polish Born Residents in the Regions
of Scotland, 1951 - 2001 (Percentages)
1951 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | |||||||
Region | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F |
% | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | |
Borders | 5.7 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 2.8 | 4.1 | 2.8 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 3.3 |
Central | 9.2 | 5.7 | 9.6 | 5.9 | 10.4 | 6.5 | 11.1 | 6.5 | 11.3 | 7.1 | 10.9 | 6.2 |
Dumfries & Galloway | 3.6 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 2.6 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 1.7 |
Fife | 14.8 | 9 | 15.3 | 9.4 | 13.6 | 9.8 | 13.8 | 10.6 | 13.9 | 9.3 | 14 | 8.3 |
Grampian | 5.4 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 2.8 | 5.2 | 3.7 | 5.2 | 3.6 | 6.1 | 6.2 | 6.5 | 6.7 |
Highland | 3 | 1.8 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 2.4 |
Lothian | 20.2 | 35 | 21.1 | 28.1 | 21.2 | 28.5 | 22 | 26.7 | 21.2 | 25.3 | 20.6 | 29.3 |
Strathclyde | 25.7 | 29.5 | 27.3 | 36.1 | 26.5 | 32.7 | 25.8 | 30.5 | 24.4 | 28.3 | 26.3 | 29.9 |
Tayside | 11.9 | 9.5 | 13.2 | 10.4 | 13.8 | 12.1 | 12.4 | 14 | 12.4 | 13.7 | 11.9 | 11.9 |
Orkney | 0.1 | * | 0.1 | * | 0.1 | * | * | * | 0.1 | * | 0.2 | * |
Shetland | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | 0.1 | * | * | * | 0.1 |
Western Isles | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
* = <0.1%
See sources and notes for previous table.
Percentage Distribution of the Population
between the Regions of Scotland, 1981,
for the Total Population, all Foreign
Born Residents and Polish Born Residents.
Total Pop | All Non UK | Polish Born | |
Region | % | % | % |
Borders | 1.9 | 1.7 | 4.1 |
Central | 5.2 | 4.5 | 10.5 |
Dumfries & Galloway | 2.8 | 2 | 2.1 |
Fife | 6.5 | 5.8 | 13.2 |
Grampian | 9.2 | 10.6 | 4.8 |
Highland | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3 |
Lothian | 14.4 | 18.3 | 22.9 |
Strathclyde | 47.2 | 44.6 | 26.3 |
Tayside | 7.6 | 8.2 | 12.9 |
Orkney | 0.4 | 0.2 | * |
Shetland | 0.5 | 0.4 | * |
Western Isles | 0.6 | 0.3 | * |
1981 Census of Scotland: Region Reports, Vol. 2, Table 51.
* = <0.1%
Polish Born Residents in the Regions
& Island Areas of Scotland, 1981 - 1991.
Detailed breakdown by Region.
1981 | 1981 | 1991 | 1991 | |
Region | M | F | M | F |
Borders | 170 | 36 | 117 | 43 |
Berwickshire | 17 | 5 | 10 | 5 |
Etterick & Lauderdale | 78 | 16 | 54 | 23 |
Roxburgh | 42 | 6 | 29 | 5 |
Tweeddale | 33 | 9 | 24 | 10 |
Central | 471 | 64 | 306 | 65 |
Clackmannan | 100 | 14 | 63 | 13 |
Falkirk | 259 | 37 | 180 | 33 |
Stirling | 112 | 13 | 63 | 19 |
Dumfries & Galloway | 96 | 13 | 69 | 17 |
Annandale & Eskdale | 29 | 3 | 21 | 4 |
Nithsdale | 46 | 6 | 33 | 8 |
Stewarty | 9 | 1 | 8 | 2 |
Wigtown | 12 | 3 | 7 | 3 |
Fife | 564 | 105 | 337 | 86 |
Dunfermline | 153 | 28 | 101 | 19 |
Kirkaldy | 302 | 54 | 199 | 51 |
North-East Fife | 109 | 23 | 77 | 16 |
Grampian | 209 | 37 | 166 | 57 |
Aberdeen City | 81 | 19 | 67 | 27 |
Banff & Buchan | 44 | 6 | 42 | 12 |
Gordon | 19 | 3 | 11 | 6 |
Kincardine & Deeside | 22 | 5 | 18 | 7 |
Moray | 43 | 4 | 28 | 5 |
Highland | 125 | 27 | 97 | 32 |
Badenoch & Strathspey | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Caithness | 8 | 2 | 12 | 2 |
Inverness | 40 | 7 | 28 | 9 |
Lochaber | 10 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
Nairn | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
Ross & Cromarty | 49 | 10 | 40 | 11 |
Skye & Lochalsh | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Sutherland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Lothian | 901 | 264 | 572 | 233 |
East Lothian | 120 | 10 | 80 | 6 |
Edinburgh City | 537 | 218 | 341 | 189 |
Midlothian | 145 | 18 | 90 | 14 |
West Lothian | 99 | 18 | 61 | 24 |
Strathclyde | 1036 | 302 | 659 | 260 |
Argyll & Bute | 22 | 6 | 20 | 4 |
Bearsden & Milngavie | 32 | 6 | 21 | 8 |
Clydebank | 14 | 2 | 13 | 2 |
Cumbernauld & Kilsyth | 18 | 4 | 11 | 8 |
Cumnock & Doon Valley | 33 | 2 | 20 | 4 |
Cunninghame | 35 | 12 | 32 | 10 |
Dumbarton | 51 | 5 | 30 | 6 |
East Kilbride | 16 | 8 | 10 | 7 |
Eastwood | 40 | 26 | 24 | 13 |
Glasgow City | 446 | 147 | 282 | 126 |
Hamilton | 34 | 3 | 21 | 9 |
Inverclyde | 18 | 4 | 9 | 2 |
Kilmarnock & Loudon | 46 | 10 | 22 | 10 |
Kyle & Carrick | 39 | 9 | 31 | 8 |
Lanark & Clydesdale | 14 | 4 | 10 | 4 |
Monklands | 31 | 3 | 16 | 1 |
Motherwell | 31 | 12 | 26 | 8 |
Renfrew | 83 | 24 | 46 | 17 |
Strathkelvin | 33 | 15 | 15 | 13 |
Tayside | 518 | 139 | 335 | 125 |
Angus | 110 | 9 | 77 | 11 |
Dundee City | 229 | 80 | 142 | 68 |
Perth & Kinross | 179 | 50 | 116 | 46 |
Orkney | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Shetland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Western Isles | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
1981 Census of Scotland: Region Reports,
Vol. 2, Table 51.
1991 Census of Scotland: Part 1, Vol. 1, Table 7.
Polish Born Residents in the Council Areas of Scotland,
2001.
Males | Females | |||||||
Area |
Total |
0 - 15 | 16 - 64 | 65 + | Total | 0 - 15 | 16 - 59 | 60+ |
Scotland | 1576 | 20 | 268 | 1288 | 929 | 22 | 463 | 444 |
Aberdeen City | 38 | 2 | 9 | 27 | 33 | 2 | 25 | 6 |
Aberdeenshire | 44 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 22 | 0 | 16 | 6 |
Angus | 47 | 0 | 6 | 41 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
Argyll and Bute | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
Clackmannanshire | 33 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
Dumfries and Galloway | 41 | 0 | 3 | 38 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 10 |
Dundee City | 76 | 0 | 10 | 66 | 51 | 1 | 20 | 30 |
East Ayrshire | 20 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
East Dunbartonshire | 25 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 24 | 0 | 15 | 9 |
East Lothian | 50 | 0 | 6 | 44 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 |
East Renfrewshire | 19 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 5 |
Edinburgh City | 188 | 1 | 50 | 137 | 228 | 8 | 109 | 111 |
Eilean Siar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Falkirk | 102 | 0 | 15 | 87 | 28 | 0 | 9 | 19 |
Fife | 221 | 0 | 46 | 175 | 77 | 0 | 29 | 48 |
Glasgow City | 150 | 6 | 36 | 108 | 131 | 5 | 77 | 49 |
Highland | 53 | 0 | 10 | 43 | 22 | 0 | 13 | 9 |
Inverclyde | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
Midlothian | 47 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
Moray | 20 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
North Ayrshire | 15 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
North Lanarkshire | 46 | 1 | 8 | 37 | 20 | 0 | 13 | 7 |
Orkney Islands | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Perth and Kinross | 64 | 1 | 5 | 58 | 51 | 1 | 21 | 29 |
Renfrewshire | 33 | 0 | 9 | 24 | 21 | 0 | 11 | 10 |
Scottish Borders | 58 | 0 | 2 | 56 | 31 | 0 | 12 | 19 |
Shetland Islands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
South Ayrshire | 16 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
South Lanarkshire | 46 | 1 | 15 | 30 | 24 | 1 | 14 | 9 |
Stirling | 36 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 16 | 0 | 10 | 6 |
West Dunbartonshire | 29 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
West Lothian | 39 | 0 | 9 | 30 | 20 | 0 | 8 | 12 |
Census of Scotland, 2001: Published on the Internet.
Percentage of Male Polish Born
Residents in the Cities of Scotland, 1951-2001
City | 1951 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 |
% | % | % | % | % | % | |
All Cities | 27.9 | 33.7 | 32.9 | 31.6 | 30.8 | 28.7 |
Aberdeen | 1.4 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.4 |
Dundee | 3.4 | 5.3 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.3 | 4.8 |
Edinburgh | 11.2 | 12.9 | 12.8 | 13.1 | 12.6 | 11.9 |
Glasgow | 11.9 | 13.8 | 12.8 | 10.9 | 10.4 | 9.5 |
Note - Figures for 1951 given for alien Poles only
Percentage of Female Polish Born Residents in the Cities of Scotland, 1951-2001
City | 1951 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001.0 |
% | % | % | % | % | % | |
All Cities | 48.1 | 51.9 | 48.1 | 46.9 | 44.6 | 47.7 |
Aberdeen | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 1.9 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
Dundee | 2.9 | 5.3 | 7.0 | 8.1 | 7.4 | 5.5 |
Edinburgh | 26.4 | 23.5 | 23.3 | 22.0 | 20.6 | 24.5 |
Glasgow | 17.7 | 22.4 | 17.3 | 14.9 | 13.7 | 14.1 |
Note - Figures for 1951 given for alien Poles only
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