Information February 2008
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Insight 2006 Population estimates for settlements and wards Information February 2008 This Insight contains the latest estimates of the population of settlements and wards within Falkirk Council area. These update the 2005 figures published in April 2007. The total population of the Council area is 149,680. Introduction Table 2: Settlement population estimates 2006 Settlement Population This Insight contains the latest (2006) estimates of Airth 1,763 the total population of each of the settlements and Allandale 271 wards in Falkirk Council area by the R & I Unit of Avonbridge 606 Corporate & Commercial Services. The ward Banknock 2,444 estimates are for the multi-member wards which Blackness 129 came into effect at the elections in May 2007. Bo'ness 14,568 Bonnybridge 4,893 Brightons 4,500 The General Register Office for Scotland now California 693 publish small area population estimates for the 197 Carron 2,526 datazones in the Council area and these have been Carronshore 2,970 used to estimate the population of the wards and Denny 8,084 also of the larger settlements. The estimates for the Dennyloanhead 1,240 smaller settlements continue to be made by rolling Dunipace 2,598 forward the figures from the 2001 Census, taking Dunmore 67 account of new housing developments and Falkirk 33,893 controlling the total to the 2006 Falkirk Council mid Fankerton 204 Grangemouth 17,153 year estimate of population. Greenhill 1,824 Haggs 366 2006 Population estimates Hall Glen & Glen Village 3,323 Head of Muir 1,815 Table 1 shows the 2006 population estimates for High Bonnybridge 610 wards and Table 2 the estimates for settlements Larbert 6,740 Laurieston 2,635 Table 1: Ward population estimates 2006 Letham 206 Ward Population Limerigg 203 Longcroft 341 1 Bo’ness and Blackness 15,104 Maddiston 2,902 2 Grangemouth 17,562 Muirhouses 223 3 Denny and Banknock 18,100 Polmont 5,459 4 Carse, Kinnaird and Tryst 18,215 Redding 1,909 5 Bonnybridge and Larbert 14,989 Reddingmuirhead 1,179 6 Falkirk North 18,761 Rumford 760 7 Falkirk South 18,312 Shieldhill 2,539 8 Lower Braes 13,261 Skinflats 331 9 Upper Braes 15,376 Slamannan 1,337 South Alloa 111 The five larger wards, ranging in size from 17,562 to Standburn 145 18,761 are four member wards, while the four Stenhousemuir 10,377 smaller wards, which range in size from 13,261 to Stoneywood 307 15,376, each have three elected members. Torwood 226 Wallacestone 724 The largest settlement is Falkirk, with an estimated Westquarter 1,124 population of 33,893, followed by Grangemouth – Whitecross 787 17,153 and Bo’ness – 14,568. Rural remainder 2,575 Insight Information 2008/02 Population change 2001 to 2006 Table 4: Population change 2001 to 2006- settlements Not only has the total population of Falkirk Council Change area increased since the 2001 Census but the Population 2001-06 distribution within the Council area has altered, with Settlement 2001 2006 No. % some areas growing while others have a falling Airth 1,273 1,763+490 +38.5% population. Allandale 220 271+51 +23.2% Avonbridge 625 606-19 -3.0% Table 3 shows the changes in population of the Banknock 2,529 2,444-85 -3.4% multi-member wards and Table 4 the changes by Blackness 135 129-6 -4.4% settlement. Bo'ness 13,961 14,568+607 +4.3% Bonnybridge 4,745 4,893+148 +3.1% Brightons 3,932 4,500+568 +14.4% Table 3: Population change 2001 to 2006 - wards California 702 693-9 -1.3% Change Carron 2,567 2,526-41 -1.6% Population 2001-06 Carronshore 3,026 2,970-56 -1.9% Ward 2001 2006 No. % Denny 7,385 8,084+699 +9.5% 1 Bo’ness and Dennyloanhead 1,079 1,240+161 +14.9% 14,761 15,104 +343 +2.3% Blackness Dunipace 2,441 2,598+157 +6.4% 2 Grangemouth 18,274 17,562 -712 -3.9% Dunmore 70 67-3 -4.3% 3 Denny and Banknock 17,414 18,100 +686 +3.9% Falkirk 32,422 33,893+1,471 +4.5% 4 Carse, Kinnaird and Fankerton 214 204-10 -4.7% 18,053 18,215 +162 +0.9% Tryst Grangemouth 17,906 17,153-753 -4.2% 5 Bonnybridge and Greenhill 1,265 1,824+559 +44.2% 13,143 14,989 +1,846 +14.0% Larbert Haggs 383 366-17 -4.4% 6 Falkirk North 17,562 18,761 +1,199 +6.8% Hall Glen & Glen Village 3,488 3,323 -165 -4.7% 7 Falkirk South 18,490 18,312 -178 -1.0% Head of Muir 1,901 1,815 -86 -4.5% 8 Lower Braes 13,114 13,261 +147 +1.1% High Bonnybridge 610 610 0 0.0% 9 Upper Braes 14,380 15,376 +996 +6.9% Larbert 6,425 6,740+315 +4.9% Laurieston 2,752 2,635-117 -4.3% Seven of the nine wards have increased in Letham 217 206-11 -5.1% population since 2001 and two have declined. The Limerigg 212 203-9 -4.2% largest increase has been in the Bonnybridge and Longcroft 330 341+11 +3.3% Larbert ward where there has been a considerable Maddiston 2,925 2,902-23 -0.8% amount of new development taking place. The Muirhouses 235 223-12 -5.1% Grangemouth ward has seen the greatest decrease Polmont 5,422 5,459+37 +0.7% Redding 1,954 1,909-45 -2.3% in population. Reddingmuirhead 561 1,179+618 +110% Rumford 421 760+339 +80.5% Several small settlements, such as Airth, Greenhill, Shieldhill 2,656 2,539-117 -4.4% Reddingmuirhead, Rumford and South Alloa, show Skinflats 347 331-16 -4.6% very large percentage increases in population Slamannan 1,398 1,337-61 -4.4% between 2001 and 2006 because of large housing South Alloa 75 111 +36 +48.0% developments relative to their size in 2001. In terms Standburn 149 145-4 -2.7% of actual increases in population, Falkirk itself had Stenhousemuir 10,351 10,377+26 +0.3% the biggest increase of almost 1,500, and of the Stoneywood 288 307+19 +6.6% larger settlements, Bo’ness, Denny and Torwood 187 226+39 +20.9% Wallacestone 746 724-22 -2.9% Stenhousemuir also grew. Westquarter 1,105 1,124+19 +1.7% Whitecross 819 787-32 -3.9% In contrast, there was a decrease in the population Rural remainder 2,737 2,575 -162 -5.9% of Grangemouth. Where the population is declining, this is mainly due to the fact that there has been little or no new development For further information please contact: Falkirk Council Research and Information Unit Corporate & Commercial Services Municipal Buildings Falkirk FK1 5RS Tel: (01324) 506010/506016 Fax: (01324) 506061 E-mail: r&[email protected] Web site: www.falkirk.gov.uk Insight Information 2008/02 .