This is a group of templates that provide an easy method to link to population statistics for Scottish districts. The templates are updated from time to time as the Office for National Statistics (ONS) releases new data, thus it should not be necessary to manually update the articles or their references. Districts are identified by passing a GSS code as a parameter. The Office for National Statistics began using the new GSS codes in preference to the old ONS codes in January 2011, and support for the old 4 character codes has been removed from this template.
The templates are:
The following also apply
Examples relate to Fife.
370,300
3rd
279
14th
1,325
13th
280,180
"Population Estimates for UK, England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, Mid-2016". Office for National Statistics. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
"Standard Area Measurements (2016) for Administrative Areas in the United Kingdom". Office for National Statistics. 1 February 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
"Electoral Statistics - Scotland 1st December 2016". National Records of Scotland. 1 December 2016. Table 3. Retrieved 2017-06-27.
mid-2016 est.
2016
When updating the figures in the population template, check that the table in List of Scottish council areas by population and List of Scottish council areas by population density are still correctly ordered.