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They lost the referendum - but a huge 1.6 million, or 45% of the Scottish voters wanted to make Scotland an independent country. Who are they?

YES voters were younger

The most striking factor that affected how people voted? Age. Yes voters were much younger according to a post-referendum poll conducted by Lord Ashcroft. He broke down how people said they voted by age.

71% of 16-17 year olds voted yes. A much smaller 27% of the 65+s voted for independence.

Young people wanted a change: older people didn't.

But notice the interesting difference between 16-17 year olds and the slightly older 18-24 cohort, which was one of the least likely to support independence. Is that because they're worried about their job prospects? A post-election poll by YouGov showed a lower YES vote among youngsters - with 49% of 16-24 year olds voting YES from a sample of 283.

The group most in favour of independence were the 25-34 year olds. Though it maintained the general trend of older people being more in favour of the union.

However, it's worth noting that the Lord Ashcroft poll was able to collect the voting preferences of just fourteen 16-17 year-olds. That's too small a sample to represent anything conclusively.

YES voters live in areas with high unemployment

Four councils voted yes to independence including Glasgow and Dundee. They were Dundee City (57%), West Dunbartonshire 54%, Glasgow 53% and North Lanarkshire 51%.

We compared them to the councils with the lowest yes votes: Orkney Islands 33%, Scottish Borders 33%, Dumfries & Galloway 34% and the Shetland Islands 36% using 2012 data on multiple deprivation from the Scottish Parliament.

Yes voters live in places with much higher unemployment.

YES voters live in poorer areas

Looking at numbers on low-income tells the same story: the more deprived areas were more likely to want an independent Scotland.

The comparison is pretty stark.

Poorer, younger people in deprived areas were more likely to want an independent Scotland. Now it's up to the newly empowered Scottish Government - and Westminster - to see what they can do to help those disenfranchised from Great Britain.