Facts from the General Register Office for Scotland 2004
The details came from the April census of 2001 visit the GRO web site

Comparative Population Profile:
Paisley Locality
Scotland

 

Interesting Facts

Paisley

Scotland

Median Age - Male

37.00

37.00

Median Age - Female

39.00

39.00

Number of males per female - under 25

1.00

1.04

Number of males per female - 25 or over

0.85

0.88

Percentage of households where not all persons are in the same religion category

22.49

23.76

Percentage of households where not all persons are in the same ethnic category

0.59

0.97

Percentage of households where not all persons are in the same country of birth category

8.04

13.49

Sex

Information

Paisley

Scotland

Total resident population

74,170

5,062,011

- % Males

47.08

48.05

- % Females

52.92

51.95

Age

Information

Paisley

Scotland

Total resident population

74,170

5,062,011

- % 0-4 years old

5.57

5.47

- % 5-15 years old

13.11

13.73

- % 16-29 years old

17.43

17.46

- % 30-44 years old

24.09

22.97

- % 45-59 years old

18.01

19.29

- % 60-74 years old

14.52

13.98

- % 75 and over

7.28

7.09

Total resident population

74,170

5,062,011

- % under 16

18.67

19.20

- % 16-pensionable age

61.98

62.19

- % pensionable age and over

19.35

18.61

Marital Status

Information

Paisley

Scotland

Total resident population aged 16+

60,322

4,089,946

- % Single (never married)

32.65

30.55

- % Married (first marriage)

40.30

44.27

- % Re-married

4.68

5.52

- % Separated (but still legally married)

4.35

3.57

- % Divorced

8.28

7.02

- % Widowed

9.73

9.06

Resident Type

Information

Paisley

Scotland

Total resident population

74,170

5,062,011

- % People resident in households

98.76

98.30

- % People resident in communal establishments

1.24

1.70

Country of Birth

Information

Paisley

Scotland

Total resident population

74,170

5,062,011

- % Scotland (inc UK part not specified)

92.90

87.15

- % England

3.50

8.08

- % Wales

0.13

0.33

- % Northern Ireland

0.62

0.66

- % Ireland (inc. part not specified)

0.61

0.43

- % Rest of Europe

0.79

1.10

- % Elsewhere

1.44

2.25

Gaelic

Information

Paisley

Scotland

Total resident population

74,170

5,062,011

- % Speaking Gaelic

0.53

1.16

- Of those speaking Gaelic % born outside Scotland

7.44

8.27