Editing Perth, Scotland (section)

===Population===
In 1891, the population of Perth was 30,768. In 1901, it was 32,872, an increase of 2,104 in ten years.<ref name=official24>''Official Guide to Perth and Its Neighbourhood by the Tramway Car Routes'' – Perth Town Council (1907), p. 24</ref> According to the 2022 Census for Scotland, ONS data for Perth and Kinross<ref>{{Cite web |title=Estimates of the population for the UK, England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland - Office for National Statistics |url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/datasets/populationestimatesforukenglandandwalesscotlandandnorthernireland |access-date=2025-03-10 |website=www.ons.gov.uk}}</ref> increased to 151,120.
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|+'''Perth compared according to [[United Kingdom Census 2001|UK Census 2001]]'''<ref name="Perth Population">{{cite web |url=http://www.scrol.gov.uk/scrol/browser/profile.jsp?profile=Population&mainLevel=Locality&mainText=Perth&mainTextExplicitMatch=false&compLevel=CountryProfile&compText=&compTextExplicitMatch=null |title=Comparative Population: Perth Locality Scotland |publisher=scrol.co.uk |year=2001 |access-date=4 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404163503/http://www.scrol.gov.uk/scrol/browser/profile.jsp?profile=Population&mainLevel=Locality&mainText=Perth&mainTextExplicitMatch=false&compLevel=CountryProfile&compText=&compTextExplicitMatch=null |archive-date=4 April 2012 |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="FifePopulation">{{cite web |url=http://www.scrol.gov.uk/scrol/browser/profile.jsp?profile=Population&mainLevel=CouncilArea&mainArea=Perth+%26+Kinross&mainText=&mainTextExplicitMatch=false&compLevel=CountryProfile&compText=&compTextExplicitMatch=null |title=Comparative Population: Perth & Kinross Council Area |publisher=scrol.gov.uk |year=2001 |access-date=4 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404163611/http://www.scrol.gov.uk/scrol/browser/profile.jsp?profile=Population&mainLevel=CouncilArea&mainArea=Perth+&+Kinross&mainText=&mainTextExplicitMatch=false&compLevel=CountryProfile&compText=&compTextExplicitMatch=null |archive-date=4 April 2012 |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="Perth Employment">{{cite web |url=http://www.scrol.gov.uk/scrol/browser/profile.jsp?profile=Employment&mainLevel=Locality&mainText=Perth&mainTextExplicitMatch=false&compLevel=CountryProfile&compText=&compTextExplicitMatch=null |title=Comparative Employment Profile: Perth Locality Scotland |publisher=scrol.gov.uk |year=2001 |access-date=4 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404163627/http://www.scrol.gov.uk/scrol/browser/profile.jsp?profile=Employment&mainLevel=Locality&mainText=Perth&mainTextExplicitMatch=false&compLevel=CountryProfile&compText=&compTextExplicitMatch=null |archive-date=4 April 2012 |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="Perth & Kinross Employment">{{cite web |url=http://www.scrol.gov.uk/scrol/browser/profile.jsp?profile=Employment&mainLevel=CouncilArea&mainArea=Perth+%26+Kinross&mainText=&mainTextExplicitMatch=false&compLevel=CountryProfile&compText=&compTextExplicitMatch=null |title=Comparative Employment Profile: Perth & Kinross Locality Scotland |publisher=scrol.gov.uk |year=2001 |access-date=4 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404163716/http://www.scrol.gov.uk/scrol/browser/profile.jsp?profile=Employment&mainLevel=CouncilArea&mainArea=Perth+&+Kinross&mainText=&mainTextExplicitMatch=false&compLevel=CountryProfile&compText=&compTextExplicitMatch=null |archive-date=4 April 2012 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
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!style="padding:2px;"|Perth
!style="padding:2px;"|Perth & Kinross
!style="padding:2px;"|Scotland
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! style="text-align:left;"|Total population
|43,450||97,824||5,062,011
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! style="text-align:left;"|[[British nationality law|Foreign born]]
|3.06%||3.57%||3.35%
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! style="text-align:left;"|Over 75 years old
|8.16%||8.56%||7.09%
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! style="text-align:left;"|Unemployed
|1,045||2,730||148,082
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According to the [[2001 UK Census]], Perth had a total population of 43,450.<ref name="Perth Population" /> A more recent population estimate of the city has been recorded as 44,820 in 2008.<ref name="Population Estimates">{{cite web |url=http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/files2/stats/population-estimates/08mye-localities-table2.xls |title=Mid-2008 Population Estimates – Localities in order of size |publisher=General Register for Scotland |year=2008 |access-date=11 September 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100702235600/http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/files2/stats/population-estimates/08mye-localities-table2.xls |archive-date=2 July 2010 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> The demographic make-up of the population is much in line with the rest of Scotland. The age group from 30 to 44 forms the largest portion of the population (22%).<ref name="Perth Population" /> The median age of males and females living in Perth was 37 and 40 years respectively, compared to 37 and 39 years for those in the whole of Scotland.<ref name="Perth Population" />