Editing Stirling (section)

==Demography==
The population of the settlement of Stirling in the 2022 Census was 49,928,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/webapi/jsf/tableView/tableView.xhtml | title=Home }}</ref> which is very similar to the figure for the [[List of towns and cities in Scotland by population#Settlements|settlement]] in 2011 of 49,950. In 2022, the Stirling council area had a population of 92,600, reflecting a 2.6% increase from the 2011 census. Of the population in 2022, 51.9% of the population were female, while 48.1% were male.<ref>{{cite web |title=Census 2022 - Briefing Note |url=https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/fe3c076be4cf4db3a036be3db0b5f975 |website=Storymaps ArcGIS |date=24 September 2023 |publisher=National Records of Scotland |access-date=7 February 2025}}</ref> The age distribution in Stirling showed that 16.7% of the population was under 15 years old, which is slightly higher than Scotland's average of 15%. Additionally, Stirling had a larger proportion of residents of pensionable age, with 20.41% of the population being 65 or older, compared to the Scottish average of 20.1%.<ref>{{cite web |title=Scotland's Population 2023 - The Registrar General's Annual Review of Demographic Trends |url=https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/publications/scotlands-population-2023-the-registrar-generals-annual-review-of-demographic-trends/#:~:text=There%20are%20now%20over%20one,in%20other%20UK%20countries%20too. |website=National Records of Scotland |publisher=The Scottish Government |access-date=7 February 2025}}</ref>

Historical records also exist both in book form<ref name="The history of Stirlingshire"/> and in online databases.<ref>{{cite web|title=Stirling District|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10212868|website=A Vision of Britain|publisher=University of Portsmouth|access-date=9 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171009143747/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10212868|archive-date=9 October 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>