Population

The Census collects information every ten years about the characteristics of people and households in the country. It is used by central and local government, health authorities and many other organizations to allocate resources and plan services for everyone.

Lennoxtown Population 1841-1991

There is quite a substantial increase in population between 1931-1951. This may be partly explained by the opening Lennox Castle Hospital and the Kali Nail Works, which brought employment, and ultimately new residents to the village. The opening of Lennox-Castle Hospital alone in 1936 boosted the population considerably, with around 800 new employees and 1,200 patients.

The Lennoxtown population for 2001 was:

3773

Google Earth state the present population is: 4902.

As yet, have been unable to establish their source.

This figure seemed lower than expected, so was checked out at various sources. It can be confirmed by looking at the comparative population pages below. Click here to see comparison profiles.

Population of Campsie according to Nimmo's History of Stirlingshire

The great increase arose from the establishment of the Kincaid Print Works in 1785, Lennoxmill in late 1780's, the Alum Works in 1806, Glenmill, and Lillyburn printfield in 1831

Population of Campsie Parish in 1881 and 1891

(as published by the Registrar-General)

	Inhabited houses		Uninhabited houses		Houses Building		Males		Females		Total		Number of Rooms
	1881	1891	1881	1891	1881	1891	1881	1891	1881	1891	1881	1891	1881	1891
Lennoxtown	693	636	96	106			1570	1391	1679	1447	3249	2838	1520	1401
Clachan	9	10	2	3			19	12	24	33	43	45	52	80
Haughhead	50	43	8	5			92	84	115	101	207	185	133	108
Glenmill	20	13		7			19	21	54	45	73	66	57	48
Milton	123	139	16	16			292	334	263	330	555	664	266	370
Mount of Glorat	18	18	4				42	50	41	47	83	97	36	47
Birdston	24	20	2				34	37	51	52	85	89	78	72
Torrance	113	95	13	27			230	191	266	189	496	380	227	216
East Balgrochan	11	7	1	4			32	11	28	12	60	23	27	16
West Balgrochan	24	19	1	10	3		64	43	64	43	128	86	58	45
Landward Districts	162	155	14	21	1		409	399	485	466	894	865	900	905

Total	1247	1155	157	199	4		2803	2573	3070	2765	5873	5338	3354	3308

According to these statistics there is a drop in the Campsie population in

1881, when the figure fell to : 5837

and a further drop in 1891 to : 5338

The population of Lennoxtown for those years: 1881 was 3249

1891 was 2838

Some Statistics of Campsie Parish

Year	Births			Marriages	Deaths	No of births in excess of deaths
Year	Legitimate	Illegitimate	Total	Marriages	Deaths	No of births in excess of deaths
1881	162	15	177	35	108	69
1882	165	11	176	32	120	56
1883	170	12	182	35	117	65
1884	168	13	181	28	101	80
1885	156	16	172	30	121	51
1886	165	15	180	45	121	59
1887	184	16	200	30	108	92
1888	167	8	175	33	111	64
1889	132	13	145	24	98	47
1890	154	13	167	26	107	60
1891	141	17	158	32	121	37
Total for 11 years	1764	149	1913	350	1233	680
Average each year	160	13`1/2`	174	32	112	62

The average mortality per 1000 of population-

Basing on 5873 the census of 1881 is 19.07

Basing " 5338 " " 1891 is 20.98

The percentage of illegitimate births on the total number of births averages 7.51 for the period of 11 years.

Comparative Population profile, derived from Scotland's Census, April 29th 2001

Comparative employment charts for Lennoxtown. Derived from Scotland's Census, April 2001

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