GENUKI - Fife - Internal Migration 1911

Internal Migration to and from Fife - 1911 census figures

The published census reports, available online at histpop, give information on the birthplaces of those who were resident in Scotland.

This allows us to see:

how many people lived in Fife but were born elsewhere (the first table given below)
where, within Scotland, people born in Fife had moved to (the second table given below)
by comparing the information for different census years, whether there were any changes to this internal migration over time. Figures for 1841.

It does not tell us:

the breakdown of birthplaces of the residents in each parish
the countries of birth of those born overseas
the counties of birth of those born in England, Wales and Ireland
where in the rest of the British Isles furth* of Scotland, those who were born in Fife were living
how many emigrated overseas (apart from a brief note in 1841)
when the people moved or how long they have been resident in Fife
if they lived elsewhere between birth and their 1911 place of residence

[* furth: Scots adverb, meaning: outside or beyond]

For 1911, the tables show that only two thirds (67%) of those who lived in Fife were also born in the county. However, three quarters (76%) of those who were born in Fife and were still living in Scotland were still living in Fife. And, for example, although 251 people born in Wigtownshire had moved to live in Fife, only 86 had gone the other way. Locally, although 7402 people born in Fife had moved to live in Angus & Dundee, 10768 had made the reverse move to live in Fife.

How many moved into Fife?

This table, from the 1911 census, shows the birthplaces of all those who lived in Fife.

For example, 734 males aged below 20 were born in Perthshire but living in Fife. 2.3% of all those living in Fife were born in Perthshire.

RESIDENT IN FIFE, BORN IN:	Males		Females		Total males	Total females	Total	% of those living in Fife
RESIDENT IN FIFE, BORN IN:	< 20 Years	20 Years +	< 20 Years	20 Years +	Total males	Total females	Total	% of those living in Fife
SCOTLAND	55759	67209	54606	74733	122968	129339	252307	94.2%
ENGLAND	1159	3213	1224	2762	4372	3986	8358	3.1%
WALES	35	104	33	68	139	101	240	0.1%
IRELAND	211	2850	166	1037	3061	1203	4264	1.6%
ISLE of MAN and CHANNEL ISLANDS	0	12	1	17	12	18	30	0.0%
BRITISH COLONIES or DEPENDENCIES	148	192	149	255	340	404	744	0.3%
FOREIGN COUNTRIES -
...BRITISH SUBJECTS (by birth)	112	158	105	193	270	298	568	0.2%
...BRITISH SUBJECTS (naturalised)	4	36	1	25	40	26	66	0.0%
...FOREIGNERS	190	716	38	174	906	212	1118	0.4%
BORN at SEA (BRITISH)	1	24	1	18	25	19	44	0.0%

TOTAL INHABITANTS	57619	74514	56324	79282	132133	135606	267739	100.0%

Counties:
FIFE	44622	42807	44076	49216	87429	93292	180721	67.5%
MIDLOTHIAN	2499	4272	2300	4506	6771	6806	13577	5.1%
LANARK	2474	3885	2306	3825	6359	6131	12490	4.7%
ANGUS	1577	3819	1413	3959	5396	5372	10768	4.0%
PERTH	734	2268	727	2531	3002	3258	6260	2.3%
STIRLING	629	1012	680	1142	1641	1822	3463	1.3%
WEST LOTHIAN	596	1030	595	920	1626	1515	3141	1.2%
AYR	440	1047	432	931	1487	1363	2850	1.1%
CLACKMANNAN	364	892	361	846	1256	1207	2463	0.9%
ABERDEEN	231	915	248	1055	1146	1303	2449	0.9%
KINROSS	279	727	251	896	1006	1147	2153	0.8%
EAST LOTHIAN	200	678	184	644	878	828	1706	0.6%
RENFREW	230	514	210	532	744	742	1486	0.6%
DUMBARTON	153	255	158	260	408	418	826	0.3%
KINCARDINE	78	322	84	324	400	408	808	0.3%
INVERNESS	61	313	54	364	374	418	792	0.3%
BANFF	50	231	38	306	281	344	625	0.2%
ROXBURGH	52	264	48	261	316	309	625	0.2%
BERWICK	58	217	52	265	275	317	592	0.2%
ARGYLL	65	211	67	243	276	310	586	0.2%
DUMFRIES	63	219	60	221	282	281	563	0.2%
MORAY	40	202	48	261	242	309	551	0.2%
ROSS & CROMARTY	23	229	23	251	252	274	526	0.2%
CAITHNESS	21	148	19	208	169	227	396	0.1%
PEEBLES	56	130	26	118	186	144	330	0.1%
WIGTOWN	26	103	31	91	129	122	251	0.1%
KIRKCUDBRIGHT	29	91	28	102	120	130	250	0.1%
ORKNEY	22	90	10	102	112	112	224	0.1%
SELKIRK	22	75	22	74	97	96	193	0.1%
SUTHERLAND	13	68	8	75	81	83	164	0.1%
Birthplace Not Stated	22	36	17	68	58	85	143	0.1%
SHETLAND	9	56	11	48	65	59	124	0.0%
NAIRN	11	46	10	40	57	50	107	0.0%
BUTE	10	37	9	48	47	57	104	0.0%

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Where did Fife people move to?

This table, from the 1911 census reports, shows the number of people born in Fife who were living in the counties and cities of Scotland.

For example, 413 males aged below 20 were born in Fife but living in Perthshire. 1.7% of all those born in Fife & still living in Scotland were living in Perthshire.

BORN IN FIFE, RESIDENT IN:	MALES		FEMALES		Total males	Total females	Total	% of those born in Fife living in Scotland
BORN IN FIFE, RESIDENT IN:	< 20 Years	20 Years +	< 20 Years	20 Years +	Total males	Total females	Total	% of those born in Fife living in Scotland
Counties (including cities):
FIFE	44622	42807	44076	49216	87429	93292	180721	76.8%
MIDLOTHIAN (incl. Edinburgh)	1191	5178	1142	7034	6369	8176	14545	6.2%
LANARK (incl. Glasgow)	1052	4965	1040	4779	6017	5819	11836	5.0%
ANGUS (incl. Dundee)	701	2435	777	3489	3136	4266	7402	3.1%
PERTH	413	1637	386	1538	2050	1924	3974	1.7%
STIRLING	385	1090	404	1081	1475	1485	2960	1.3%
RENFREW	169	749	181	741	918	922	1840	0.8%
CLACKMANNAN	215	594	222	695	809	917	1726	0.7%
WEST LOTHIAN	301	574	300	518	875	818	1693	0.7%
KINROSS	257	530	278	533	787	811	1598	0.7%
DUMBARTON	108	534	103	491	642	594	1236	0.5%
AYR	124	368	145	381	492	526	1018	0.4%
ABERDEEN (incl. Aberdeen)	100	324	97	368	424	465	889	0.4%
EAST LOTHIAN	154	241	142	307	395	449	844	0.4%
ROXBURGH	46	110	34	161	156	195	351	0.1%
KINCARDINE (incl. part of Aberdeen)	54	97	44	140	151	184	335	0.1%
DUMFRIES	38	111	33	140	149	173	322	0.1%
ARGYLL	19	104	19	124	123	143	266	0.1%
BERWICK	19	82	26	125	101	151	252	0.1%
INVERNESS	28	81	23	94	109	117	226	0.1%
PEEBLES	28	81	20	93	109	113	222	0.1%
SELKIRK	13	72	15	113	85	128	213	0.1%
MORAY	23	55	17	60	78	77	155	0.1%
BANFF	21	54	23	46	75	69	144	0.1%
ROSS & CROMARTY	18	46	14	51	64	65	129	0.1%
KIRKCUDBRIGHT	5	49	5	50	54	55	109	0.0%
BUTE	9	25	9	46	34	55	89	0.0%
WIGTOWN	11	36	9	30	47	39	86	0.0%
NAIRN	5	11	7	28	16	35	51	0.0%
SHETLAND	5	24	3	15	29	18	47	0.0%
ORKNEY	5	19	4	10	24	14	38	0.0%
CAITHNESS	3	9	7	18	12	25	37	0.0%
SUTHERLAND	4	21	1	10	25	11	36	0.0%

Living in Scotland	50146	63113	49606	72525	113259	122131	235390	100.0%

Cities:
EDINBURGH	605	3365	536	4878	3970	5414	9384	4.0%
GLASGOW	457	2953	437	2857	3410	3294	6704	2.8%
DUNDEE	467	1714	578	2538	2181	3116	5297	2.3%
ABERDEEN	86	274	86	320	360	406	766	0.3%

Counties excluding cities:
MIDLOTHIAN	586	1813	606	2156	2399	2762	5161	2.2%
LANARK	595	2012	603	1922	2607	2525	5132	2.2%
ANGUS	234	721	199	951	955	1150	2105	0.9%
ABERDEEN	51	104	45	127	155	172	327	0.1%
KINCARDINE	17	43	10	61	60	71	131	0.1%

Report on the twelfth decennial census of Scotland, Vol. 1 [Parts 1-23] BPP 1912-13 CXIX [Cd.6097] 1006, Table XXV

Census of Scotland, 1911, Report on the twelfth decennial census of Scotland. Vol. II BPP 1913 LXXX [Cd.6896] 4, Table XXXVIII.

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