Editing Hirta (section)

=== Declining population ===
In 1764 (according to the Census),<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/dec/29/1764-census-reveals-st-kilda-residents-feasted-on-1600-seabirds-a-day 1764 census reveals St Kilda residents feasted on 1,600 seabirds a day 29 December 2016]</ref> there were 90 St Kildans, 105 in 1841, and 112 in 1851. The following year, 36 left for Australia, financed by the Highland and Island Emigration Society.<ref>[https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/article/scotlands-history-emigration-st-kilda Scotland's History: Emigration from St Kilda 27 February 2019]</ref> By the 1861 census, the population was only 71; by 1911 it was 74, and 43 by 1927, declining to 36 by 1930.<ref name="nrscotland.gov.uk"/>