Place Profile
Total Population
150,000
2023•ONS Mid-Year Population Estimates
Median Age
Not yet available
Population Over 65
22.1%
2024•ONS Mid-Year Estimates (derived)•derived
Population Under 18
16.7%
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
3,400
202508 (Aug-25)•DWP Stat-Xplore
Pension Credit Recipients
3,521
Nov-24•DWP Stat-Xplore
PIP Recipients
41
Sep-25•DWP Stat-Xplore
Employment Rate
70.3%
2026•NOMIS Annual Population Survey
Unemployment Rate
5.9%
2026•NOMIS Annual Population Survey
Housing
Owned with Mortgage %
29.7%
Scotland-SSCQ-2019•Scottish Govt SSCQ (statistics.gov.scot)•measured
Owned Outright %
33.6%
Scotland-SSCQ-2019•Scottish Govt SSCQ (statistics.gov.scot)•measured
Private Rented %
10.2%
Scotland-SSCQ-2019•Scottish Govt SSCQ (statistics.gov.scot)•measured
Social Rented %
26.2%
Scotland-SSCQ-2019•Scottish Govt SSCQ (statistics.gov.scot)•measured
Benchmarking
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Data Coverage
Overall coverage: 46/430 metrics (11%)
Low coverage
economic2/2 (100%)
welfare2/2 (100%)
housing9/12 (75%)
migration5/8 (63%)
demographic12/28 (43%)
religion11/26 (42%)
social3/19 (16%)