Data was collected for over 4.7 million Scots. Mechanical tabulation was also used for the first time in the form of Hollerith machines, which incorporated a punch card system. More information could thus be collected and the census asked additional questions about the occupation of the head of the household, for example, their marital status, the duration of their marriage and about the children living in the household. The statistics were reported in record time, in five volumes published between 1911 and 1913.
According to the 1911 Census, the Scottish population was 4,759,445. The number of males was 2,307,603; the number of females was 2,451,842. The Scottish population was growing quickly at the time in part due to better health care and the resulting improvements in child mortality rates and to immigration. Since the previous census in 1901, the total population had increased by six per cent. The population had tripled since the first census, in 1801, which recorded a population of 1,608,420.
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