Average (mean) household size fell from 3.25 persons per household as at the 1971 Census to 2.74 as at the 1991 Census.It is not possible to provide equivalent household data from the 1961 census as the counties in place at that time split the area now covered by East Dunbartonshire into several different parts and covered very different areas.Census and Estimated Total Population and Average Household Size in the East Dunbartonshire Local Authority Area 1971 to 2000 PopulationAverage Household SizeBearsden and MilngavieStrathkelvinBearsden and Milngavie and StrathkelvinEast DunbartonshireBearsden and MilngavieStrathkelvinBearsden and Milngavie and StrathkelvinEast Dunbartonshire197135,878177,2381113,1161 3.0813.3413.251 198139,351186,6441125,9951109,68422.9813.0813.051 199140,612185,1911125,8031110,63022.7312.7412.741 199241,000285,9502126,9502110,37022.7232.7332.733 199341,050285,6702126,7202110,18022.7132.7132.713 199441,400285,8002127,2002110,6502 2.683199541,600286,1002127,7002111,1302 2.663199641,540285,6102127,1502110,7502 2.643199741,750285,5102127,2602110,8702 2.613199841,420284,3702125,7902109,5702 2.583199941,800285,3002127,1002110,6902 2.553200041,920285,3002127,2202110,7602 2.573Sources:1...