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Places

Thirty-two councils as civic places. Ward action lives on My street. No private addresses. 29 of 32 councils have a verified 2024/25 Audit Scotland AAR. 3 delayed — missing, not zero. 25 have an AAR-printed usable-reserves stock. A blank reserves line is not extracted, not £0.

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Last checked 11 September 2026

32 councils

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Aberdeen City230,180 mid-2025usable reserves £153.6m · 2024/25My street desk AAR 2024/25
Aberdeenshire264,640 mid-2025usable reserves £78.7m · 2024/25My street desk AAR 2024/25
Angus114,610 mid-2025usable reserves £51.9m · 2024/25My street desk AAR 2024/25
Argyll and Bute87,310 mid-2025usable reserves £121.2m · 2024/25My street desk AAR 2024/25
City of Edinburgh531,370 mid-2025usable reserves £376.6m · 2024/25My street desk AAR 2024/25
Clackmannanshire51,610 mid-2025usable reserves £27.1m · 2024/25 · estimateMy street desk AAR 2023/24 · 2024/25 NOT PRINTED
Dumfries and Galloway145,490 mid-2025usable reserves £93m · 2024/25My street desk AAR 2024/25
Dundee City148,390 mid-2025usable reserves not published — AAR linkedMy street desk AAR 2024/25
East Ayrshire121,350 mid-2025usable reserves £117m · 2024/25My street desk AAR 2024/25
East Dunbartonshire109,550 mid-2025usable reserves £21.2m · 2024/25 · estimateMy street desk AAR 2023/24 · 2024/25 NOT PRINTED
East Lothian116,460 mid-2025usable reserves £58.1m · 2024/25My street desk AAR 2024/25
East Renfrewshire99,840 mid-2025usable reserves not published — AAR linkedMy street desk AAR 2024/25
Falkirk160,230 mid-2025usable reserves £109.6m · 2024/25My street desk AAR 2024/25
Fife373,990 mid-2025usable reserves £135.1m · 2024/25My street desk AAR 2024/25
Glasgow City654,330 mid-2025usable reserves £193.6m · 2024/25My street desk AAR 2024/25
Highland237,260 mid-2025usable reserves £157.4m · 2024/25My street desk AAR 2024/25
Inverclyde78,550 mid-2025usable reserves £47.2m · 2024/25My street desk AAR 2024/25
Midlothian100,390 mid-2025usable reserves £85m · 2024/25My street desk AAR 2024/25
Moray94,730 mid-2025usable reserves £42m · 2024/25My street desk AAR 2024/25
Na h-Eileanan Siar25,770 mid-2025usable reserves £44.7m · 2024/25My street desk AAR 2024/25
North Ayrshire133,660 mid-2025usable reserves £129.8m · 2024/25My street desk AAR 2024/25
North Lanarkshire343,930 mid-2025usable reserves £346.3m · 2024/25My street desk AAR 2024/25
Orkney Islands21,920 mid-2025usable reserves £241.5m · 2024/25My street desk AAR 2024/25
Perth and Kinross154,930 mid-2025usable reserves not published — AAR linkedMy street desk AAR 2024/25
Renfrewshire189,270 mid-2025usable reserves not published — AAR linkedMy street desk AAR 2024/25
Scottish Borders116,800 mid-2025usable reserves £53m · 2024/25My street desk AAR 2024/25
Shetland Islands22,710 mid-2025usable reserves £373.7m · 2024/25My street desk AAR 2024/25
South Ayrshire112,280 mid-2025usable reserves £37.5m · 2024/25My street desk AAR 2024/25
South Lanarkshire334,330 mid-2025usable reserves £147.6m · 2024/25My street desk AAR 2024/25
Stirling94,040 mid-2025usable reserves £51.6m · 2024/25 · unauditedMy street desk AAR 2023/24 · 2024/25 NOT PRINTED
West Dunbartonshire88,340 mid-2025usable reserves £13.1m · 2024/25My street desk AAR 2024/25
West Lothian187,240 mid-2025usable reserves £31.5m · 2024/25My street desk AAR 2024/25

Council area mid-year population (32 LAs × 2015–2025)

Scotland local authorities. Blank years are missing, not zero. Swipe sideways for years. Source

Council	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Aberdeen City	226,680	225,340	223,890	222,170	222,760	222,710	220,630	224,250	230,150	231,320	230,180
Aberdeenshire	263,250	263,460	262,920	262,220	261,900	261,510	263,140	263,750	264,850	265,110	264,640
Angus	116,870	116,450	116,090	115,610	115,530	114,990	114,950	114,670	115,100	114,930	114,610
Argyll and Bute	87,850	88,230	88,090	87,590	87,360	87,160	87,960	87,930	88,080	87,780	87,310
City of Edinburgh	490,280	496,200	500,770	503,920	508,280	509,550	505,750	514,570	526,660	532,070	531,370
Clackmannanshire	51,560	51,540	51,630	51,540	51,660	51,400	51,600	51,750	51,960	51,970	51,610
Dumfries and Galloway	148,820	148,390	147,810	146,990	146,810	146,090	146,250	145,770	146,040	145,930	145,490
Dundee City	147,320	147,220	147,810	147,770	148,290	148,070	146,790	148,470	150,200	149,330	148,390
East Ayrshire	121,620	121,580	121,150	120,810	120,870	120,340	120,500	120,400	120,800	121,320	121,350
East Dunbartonshire	107,350	107,830	108,460	108,560	108,870	108,880	108,920	108,990	109,340	109,680	109,550
East Lothian	104,110	105,170	106,080	107,070	108,510	109,510	111,340	112,460	113,860	115,180	116,460
East Renfrewshire	93,090	93,880	94,810	95,070	95,410	95,820	96,210	97,170	98,620	99,440	99,840
Falkirk	157,880	158,660	159,240	159,090	159,530	158,990	158,760	158,450	159,000	159,850	160,230
Fife	367,020	368,830	369,400	369,270	370,620	370,760	370,880	371,390	373,790	374,810	373,990
Glasgow City	595,200	600,820	604,220	608,190	612,490	612,710	610,860	622,050	640,350	650,320	654,330
Highland	234,060	234,570	234,800	234,530	234,510	233,910	235,850	235,710	236,830	237,570	237,260
Inverclyde	80,340	80,110	79,820	79,350	79,150	78,580	78,390	78,350	78,660	78,740	78,550
Midlothian	88,180	89,470	91,000	92,220	93,420	94,180	95,670	97,040	98,350	99,720	100,390
Moray	94,800	95,110	94,660	94,090	94,170	93,870	94,270	94,300	94,790	94,890	94,730
Na h-Eileanan Siar	26,930	26,700	26,690	26,500	26,340	26,080	26,160	26,120	26,000	25,930	25,770
North Ayrshire	136,220	135,950	135,810	135,130	134,570	134,040	133,860	133,490	133,750	133,830	133,660
North Lanarkshire	338,750	339,740	340,310	340,350	341,570	341,400	341,280	340,920	342,410	343,550	343,930
Orkney Islands	21,520	21,640	21,730	21,830	21,870	21,970	22,030	22,030	22,010	22,000	21,920
Perth and Kinross	148,490	149,170	149,540	149,350	149,740	149,410	150,700	151,130	153,180	154,490	154,930
Renfrewshire	175,900	177,400	178,530	179,510	181,040	181,610	182,330	184,370	187,150	188,610	189,270
Scottish Borders	114,890	115,460	115,970	116,190	116,490	116,380	117,080	116,820	117,080	117,190	116,800
Shetland Islands	23,370	23,240	23,110	23,000	22,910	22,890	22,960	23,020	22,890	22,800	22,710
South Ayrshire	112,260	112,200	112,400	111,990	112,010	111,470	111,560	111,560	112,050	112,270	112,280
South Lanarkshire	318,110	319,050	320,480	321,320	323,120	323,620	325,390	327,460	330,930	333,070	334,330
Stirling	90,890	91,600	91,780	91,940	92,100	92,090	91,470	92,610	93,850	94,620	94,040
West Dunbartonshire	89,930	90,260	90,120	89,660	89,560	88,990	88,510	88,270	88,820	88,820	88,340
West Lothian	177,060	178,330	179,080	179,270	179,740	179,920	180,850	181,730	184,250	186,160	187,240

Full matrix 32 councils × 11 years (2015–2025) from NRS Table 3 Persons. Complements single-year series.population.mid_year_la_2025. Mid-2023/2024 revised.

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Council ACouncil B

654,330

531,370

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Missing is not zero. Do not mix pots. Method.