Table 1.2: Estimated Population by Age Groups
| East Ayrshire | Scotland |
| Census(%) | Mid Year Estimates(%) | Census(%) | Mid Year Estimates(%) |
| 2011 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2011 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
0-4 |
5.5 |
5.5 |
5.3 |
5.2 |
5.1 |
5.5 |
5.3 |
5.2 |
5.1 |
5.0 |
5-15 |
12.1 |
11.9 |
12.1 |
12.1 |
12.1 |
11.8 |
11.6 |
11.7 |
11.8 |
11.9 |
16-29 |
16.9 |
16.3 |
16.1 |
15.8 |
15.6 |
18.5 |
18.2 |
18.0 |
17.7 |
17.5 |
30-44 |
19.7 |
17.6 |
17.5 |
17.4 |
17.5 |
20 |
18.8 |
18.8 |
18.9 |
19.1 |
45-59 |
21.7 |
22.9 |
22.9 |
22.8 |
22.5 |
21.1 |
21.6 |
21.6 |
21.4 |
21.2 |
60-74 |
16.5 |
17.5 |
17.9 |
18.2 |
18.4 |
15.5 |
16.2 |
16.5 |
16.7 |
16.9 |
75+ |
7.7 |
8.4 |
8.4 |
8.5 |
8.8 |
7.7 |
8.2 |
8.3 |
8.4 |
8.5 |
Source: National Records of Scotland (2019 Mid Year Estimates of Population), 2020