 Lewis/Harris is the most populous of the Scottish islands, and had just over 21,000 residents in 2011, a rise of 5.6% from the 2001 census total of 19,918.Stornoway is the main town of the island, and the civil parish of Stornoway, including the town and various nearby villages, has a population of about 12,000.Stornoway (') has ferry links to Ullapool and air services to Benbecula, Inverness, Aberdeen, Glasgow and Edinburgh. '