Place Profile
Total Population
150,000
2023•ONS Mid-Year Population Estimates
Median Age
Not yet available
Population Over 65
25.9%
2024•ONS Mid-Year Estimates (derived)•derived
Population Under 18
15.6%
2024•ONS Mid-Year Estimates (derived)•derived
Fiscal Snapshot
Fiscal metrics not yet available for this place.
Metrics like expenditure per head, council tax, and business rates will appear here once ingested.
Social & Economic
Housing Benefit Recipients
2,627
202508 (Aug-25)•DWP Stat-Xplore
Pension Credit Recipients
2,466
Nov-24•DWP Stat-Xplore
PIP Recipients
46
Sep-25•DWP Stat-Xplore
Employment Rate
69.9%
2026•NOMIS Annual Population Survey
Unemployment Rate
2.9%
2021•NOMIS Annual Population Survey
Housing
Owned with Mortgage %
26.6%
Scotland-SSCQ-2019•Scottish Govt SSCQ (statistics.gov.scot)•measured
Owned Outright %
39.6%
Scotland-SSCQ-2019•Scottish Govt SSCQ (statistics.gov.scot)•measured
Private Rented %
11.2%
Scotland-SSCQ-2019•Scottish Govt SSCQ (statistics.gov.scot)•measured
Social Rented %
21.9%
Scotland-SSCQ-2019•Scottish Govt SSCQ (statistics.gov.scot)•measured
Benchmarking
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Data Coverage
Overall coverage: 47/430 metrics (11%)
Low coverage
economic2/2 (100%)
welfare2/2 (100%)
housing9/12 (75%)
migration5/8 (63%)
religion12/26 (46%)
demographic12/28 (43%)
social3/19 (16%)