Editing Arbroath (section)

==Demography==
Residents of Arbroath are called Arbroathians<ref>{{Cite book |last=McBain |first=J. M. |title=Eminent Arbroathians, 1178–1894 |year=1897 |location=Arbroath |publisher=Brodie & Salmond}}</ref> but often call themselves ''Red Lichties''<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ma.hw.ac.uk/RSE/events/reports/2007-2008/red_lichties.pdf |title=The Red Lichties and Their Impact on the Rest of the World |access-date=18 August 2009 |author=Lord Fraser of Carmyllie |publisher=Royal Society of Edinburgh |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091222123741/http://www.ma.hw.ac.uk/RSE/events/reports/2007-2008/red_lichties.pdf |archive-date=22 December 2009}}</ref> after the red lamp that shone from the harbour light and foghorn tower at the harbour entrance, as an aid to shipping entering the harbour.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2004 |title=Dictionaries of the Scots Language:: SND :: reid |url=https://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/reid |access-date=2023-01-27 |website=Dictionaries of the Scots Language |at=Reference (48)}}</ref>

Scotland's census of 2011 reports the total resident population of Arbroath as 23,902, a 4.9 per cent increase over the 22,785 reported by the 2001 census. About 86.5 per cent of the population was born in Scotland, down from 88.9 per cent in 2001 and 95.6 per cent was born in the United Kingdom as a whole (2001: 97.7 per cent). In 2011, Arbroath had a higher percentage of its population under 16 years of age (18.3 per cent) than Scotland (17.3 per cent). Persons aged 65 years and over are put at 18.9 per cent compared with Scotland's 16.8 per cent. Arbroath correspondingly has a lower percentage of 16 to 64 year olds than Scotland. In 2011 there were 47.8 per cent males to 52.2 per cent females.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Area overviews |url=https://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/ |access-date=30 January 2023 |website=Scotland's Census |language=en}}</ref>

Arbroath has a moderate unemployment rate – some 2.7 per cent claim job-related [[social welfare]] benefits.<ref name='ACemp'>{{Cite web |url=http://www.angus.gov.uk/atoz/pdfs/unemploymentfttwa.pdf |title=Unemployment Statistics |access-date=17 March 2007 |date=January 2007 |publisher=Angus Council |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928004233/http://www.angus.gov.uk/atoz/pdfs/unemploymentfttwa.pdf |archive-date=28 September 2007}}</ref>