1931-2001: Population by Parish

Figures include populations of Burghs. NB Cockenzie & Port Seton was part of Tranent Parish

Parish	19311	19512	19613	19714	19815	1991 GRO6	2001 GRO7	1991 ELDC8	1997 estimate ELDC9
Aberlady	1094 524M 570F	1519 867M 652F	1089 511M 578F	1071 509M 562F	1114 515M 599F	1027 484M 543F	1210 571M 639F	1081	1226 578M 650F
Athelstaneford	945 431M 514F	1205 648M 557F	982 515M 467F	866 457M 409F	791 399M 392F	631 299M 332F	659 326M 333F	535	644 329M 316F
Bolton	296 151M 145F	239 124M 115F	209 102M 107F	180 86M 94F	206 108M 98F	254 116M 138F	175 93M 82F	168	170 81M 89F
Dirleton [& Gullane]	2824 1224M 1600F	2817 1317M 1500F	2768 1316M 1452F	3041 1469M 1572F	3205 1481M 1724F	3278 1575M 1703F	3188 1475M 1713F	3111	3411 1666M 1747F
Dunbar [incl West Barns]	5062 2399M 2663F	5439 2514M 2925F	5088 2364M 2724F	5696 2712M 2984F	6386 3126M 3260F	6849 3291M 3558F	7105 3398M 3707F	6536	7041 3485M 3560F
Garvald [& Bara]	554 296M 258F	448 258M 190F	374 225M 149F	310 175M 135F	283 151M 132F	242 122M 120F	448 230M 218F	282	309 164M 144F
Gladsmuir [& Longniddry & Macmerry]	1779 860M 919F	2001 1008M 993F	2173 1094M 1079F	3039 1479M 1560F	4349 2097M 2252F	4383 2126M 2257F	3894 1872M 2022F	4069	4271 2087M 2184F
Haddington	5682 2649M 3033F	5731 2695M 3036F	6592 3146M 3446F	7787 3752M 4035F	8842 4250M 4592F	9490 4596M 4894F	9689 4645M 5044F	9071	9676 4744M 4935F
Humbie	556 268M 288F	490 240M 250F	399 196M 203F	392 189M 203F	332 165M 167F	372 197M 175F	342 169M 173F	297	389 191M 197F
Innerwick	684 341M 343F	601 306M 178F	484 248M 236F	439 222M 217F	596 392M 204F	275 149M 126F	445 227M 218F	347	406 218M 187F
Inveresk [incl Musselburgh, Wallyford & Whitecraig]	2070010	2149311	2215212 10709M 11443F	21489 10454M 11035F	20771 9829M 10942F	22243 10452M 11791F	23991 11260M 12731F	21645	23798 11385M 12417F
Morham	206 106M 100F	165 89M 76F	134 70M 64F	123 65M 58F	128 69M 59F	—	122 63M 59F	104	103 50M 53F
North Berwick	4083 1596M 2487F	4580 1983M 2597F	4470 1877M 2593F	4604 1991M 2613F	5260 2414M 2846F	5641 2574M 3067F	6553 3044M 3509F	5400	6119 2805M 3316
Parish	1931	1951	1961	1971	1981	1991 GRO	2001 GRO	1991 ELDC	1997 estimate ELDC
Oldhamstocks	405 207M 198F	269 134M 135F	221 105M 116F	184 89M 95F	167 90M 77F	204 104M 100F	193 92M 101F	178	210 104M 106F
Ormiston	2032 1072M 960F	2234 1129M 1105F	2195 1095M 1100F	2233 1116M 1117F	2121 1044M 1077F	2241 1109M 1132F	2326 1141M 1185F	2226	2370 1167M 1203F
Pencaitland	1398 727M 671F	1413 742M 671F	1620 819M 801F	1542 767M 775F	1906 934M 972F	2163 1074M 1089F	2467 1205M 1262F	1969	2497 1230M 1266F
Prestonkirk incl East Linton	1628 779M 849F	1555 784M 771F	1489 706M 783F	1365 644M 721F	1457 691M 766F	1846 896M 950F	2219 1081M 1138F	1680	2030 979M 1050F
Prestonpans	5986 3150M 2836F	7593 3799M 3794F	8339 4151M 5188F	8561 4252M 4309F	7726 3822M 3904F	7152 3439M 3713F	7341 3541M 3800F	6767	7249 3620M 3628F
Saltoun	419 205M 214F	355 173M 182F	353 180M 173F	360 184M 176F	376 177M 199F	365 167M 198F	425 209M 216F	364	399 218M 181F
Spott	325 157M 168F	280 154M 126F	226 122M 104F	153 84M 69F	156 82M 74F	208 103M 105F	179 88M 91F	104	156 79M 77F
Stenton	462 230M 232F	424 212M 212F	352 179M 173F	264 132M 132F	235 113M 122F	336 164M 172F	307 151M 156F	264	328 167M 161F
Tranent	9002 4678M 4324F	11022 5503M 5519F	11450 5649M 5801F	12157 5954M 6203F	12790 6231M 6559F	13345 6457M 6888F	15169 7281M 7888F	13099	14596 7164M 7434F
Whitekirk & Tyninghame	732 357M 375F	642 313M 329F	621 315M 306F	464 230M 234F	360 180M 180F	447 225M 222F	522 251M 271F	379	465 225M 239F
Whittingehame	493 244M 249F	463 256M 207F	300 145M 155F	300 192M 108F	238 113M 125F	139 78M 61F	311 159M 152F	253	265 147M 119F
Yester (Gifford)	691 350M 341F	773 385M 387F	744 364M 380F	775 366M 409F	876 427M 449F	955 479M 476F	808 391M 417F	855	994 501M 492F
Parish	1931	1951	1961	1971	1981	1991 GRO	2001 GRO	1991 ELDC	1997 estimate ELDC

1. From Census of Scotland, 1931: Report on the 14th Decennial Census of Scotland: Vol. I – part 16, County of East Lothian – Table 5: Particulars of Civil Parishes ↩︎
2. From Census 1951: Report on the 15th Census of Scotland: Vol I – part 16, County of East Lothian – Table 5: Particulars of Population & Houses in Civil Parishes ↩︎
3. From Census 1961: Scotland County Report: Vol I – part 16, County of East Lothian – Table 3B: Population by Sex; Civil Parishes ↩︎
4. From Census 1971: Scotland County Report: Population Tables – Table 8 ↩︎
5. From Census 1981: Lothian Region, Vol IV – Table 2: Population enumerated in private households and elsewhere by residence status and sex. NB – figures quoted are from the ‘present population’ listings, NOT the resident population figures ↩︎
6. From the General Register Office for Scotland; Area level – Civil Parish, tables produced using C91; 1991 SAS Table 2: Age & Marital Status, residents. NOTES: Humbie part, Innerwick part, Inveresk part, Morham not given, Oldhamstocks part, Spott part, Stenton part ↩︎
7. From GRO, SCROLL website; Table KS01 2001 population, provided by East Lothian Council. GRO note that there have been changes in definition between 1991 and 2001 ↩︎
8. From East Lothian District Council; Department of Planning: Parish 1991. NOTES: the Parish data for 1991 from the ELDC and the GRO differ because the ELDC and the GRO use different methodologies in extracting the data ↩︎
9. From East Lothian District Council; Department of Planning: Parish Estimates (by sex) 1997 ↩︎
10. From Census 1961: Scotland Count Report: Vol I – part 22, County of Midlothian – Table 4B: Historical table 1801-1961; Civil Parishes ↩︎
11. From Census 1961: Scotland Count Report: Vol I – part 22, County of Midlothian – Table 4B: Historical table 1801-1961; Civil Parishes ↩︎
12. From Census 1961: Scotland County Report: Vol I – part 22, County of Midlothian – Table 3B: Population by Sex; Civil Parishes ↩︎