Talk:List of towns and cities in Scotland by population

message: Elgin is a town, surely? Marks87 (talk) 16:02, 27 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Elgin? 

message: Just to say this list was very helpful - I just wanted a list of the main towns! Isonomia (talk) 18:54, 15 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Thanks

message: The settlement population figures in this table are not consistent with the 2001 Census information. For instance Livingston does not have a population over 70,000. West Lothian Council estimates show approximately 55,000 in 2008.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.133.117.123 (talk) 16:29, 17 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Population Figures 

message: This page was a right mess due to people trying to update from 2001 census figures. I have completely updated using the GRO Scotland 2008 mid year estimates for Localities (released March 2010) as they are the most recent available and closest in scope to the original figures.
This is not ideal in some areas with odd places like Viewpark and Giffnock appearing that aren't really proper localities but they are consistent and its what GRO use. 
See the original info here http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/statistics/publications-and-data/population-estimates/special-area/settlements-localities/mid-2008-pop-est-settlements-localities/localities-list-of-tables.html 
Please do not update one town with a number from elsewhere unless you are prepared to update all 56 from the same source as I have done to maintain consistency. Cheers Andrewdpcotton (talk)  —Preceding undated comment added 14:33, 7 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Total update with new figures  

message: Have removed the tags. All figures here are referenced from the GRO Scotland figures linekd at foot of page so additional reference tag was obviously not required. Have also removed the out of date tag. The Mid 2008 GRO Scotland settlement figures were released in March 2010 and are a biennial publication so the next anticipated update to these figures would be the Mid 2010 figures which are likely to be released in Spring 2012. I suspect they will be included in what GRO describe as "Sub-National Population Projections for Scottish Areas, 2010-based" which are due for release in February 2012 according to this page: http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/futurepb.html Andrewdpcotton (talk) 15:17, 19 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tags  

message: Have updated with Mid 2010 Population estimates (most recent available). Main changes are that GRO have decided to rename Kirkcaldy to Kirkcaldy and Dysart so I have kept their usage and pipelinked to Kirkcaldy article, lumped Methil and Buckhaven together so again I've used their spelling but pipelinked to the Levenmouth article. GRO also seem to have been stricter in drawing boundaries of smaller towns so Polmont, Giffnock, Clarkston and Stenhousemuir all drop off this list as their populations fall due to outlying areas of those towns being classified as separate localities e.g. Westquarter near Polmont gains its own separate listing from GRO.
Have also changed page name back to what it is , a list of towns and cities. Locality is a technical term used by GRO for tightly drawn town and city boundaries. Settlement is their equivalent loosely drawn figure. This is a list of towns and cities though whether we use locality or settlement populations. Andrewdpcotton (talk) 11:53, 21 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Updated Figures 

message: Source 1 is a dead link. Pablothepenguin (talk) 18:06, 21 June 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Source 1 

message: The 79,000 population figure for Inverness comes from Highland Council figures for what they call the "Inverness City Area" This is the population of 7 Multi Member Wards, not just the 4 and a bit wards that comprise Inverness itself. The 79,000 population includes small towns and villages outside Inverness such as Culloden, Westhill, Cradlehall and Smithton as well as more distant settlements such as Ardersier, Cawdor, Tomatin, Beauly, Cannich, Drumnadrochit and even Fort Augustus which is 35 miles away.
For this article we need to use figures for the urban area only and using the NRS derived statistics enables a consistent comparison across Scotland.Andrewdpcotton (talk) 09:06, 29 October 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Inverness