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Dunfermline Central
vs Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay

Dunfermline Central has the younger population: 16% of residents are aged 15–29, against 14% in Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay. Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay has more green space nearby (26% within 500 m, against 19%).

Map of Fife with Dunfermline Central highlighted
Dunfermline Central
547 postcodes
Map of Fife with Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay highlighted
Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay
439 postcodes
Map of Fife
Fife
city average

People

Dunfermline Central has 21,435 residents in 9,644 households; Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay has 17,799 in 8,168. Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay has the higher share of residents aged 65 and over: 24%, 5.8 percentage points more than Dunfermline Central (Fife: 22%). Dunfermline Central has the higher share of people living alone: 34%, 1.8 percentage points more than Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay (Fife: 35%).

21,435Residents (2021)
17,799Residents (2021)
371,816Residents (2021)
9,644Households
8,168Households
169,445Households
16.0%Aged 15–29
13.5%Aged 15–29
17.3%Aged 15–29
18.4%Aged 65 and over
24.2%Aged 65 and over
21.5%Aged 65 and over
34.0%Living alone
32.2%Living alone
35.2%Living alone

Homes and prices

In both, detached houses are the most common type of home: 34% of homes in Dunfermline Central and 39% in Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay. Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay has the higher share of owner-occupied homes: 78%, 6.6 percentage points more than Dunfermline Central (Fife: 65%). Dunfermline Central has the higher share of private renting: 12%, 1.2 percentage points more than Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay (Fife: 12%).

71.7%Owner-occupied
78.3%Owner-occupied
65.3%Owner-occupied
11.8%Private renting
10.6%Private renting
11.6%Private renting
15.6%Social renting
9.8%Social renting
21.9%Social renting
34.4%Detached houses
38.5%Detached houses
26.1%Detached houses
21.2%Semi-detached houses
23.3%Semi-detached houses
26.4%Semi-detached houses
13.8%Terraced houses
19.8%Terraced houses
23.2%Terraced houses
27.5%Flats
16.5%Flats
22.1%Flats

Surroundings

Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay has the higher share of land within 500 m that is green space: 26%, 7.5 percentage points more than Dunfermline Central (Fife: 21%). A typical postcode has 81 everyday shops and services within a 15-minute walk in Dunfermline Central, and 44 in Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay. The typical postcode is 457 m from the nearest school in Dunfermline Central and 597 m in Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay. The typical postcode is 946 m from the nearest tram stop or railway station in Dunfermline Central and 754 m in Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay. Gigabit-capable broadband reaches 79% of premises in Dunfermline Central and 78% in Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay.

18.8%Green space within 500 m
26.3%Green space within 500 m
21.1%Green space within 500 m
81Services within 15 min (median)
44Services within 15 min (median)
49Services within 15 min (median)
457 mNearest school (median)
597 mNearest school (median)
–Nearest school (median)
946 mNearest tram or rail (median)
754 mNearest tram or rail (median)
–Nearest tram or rail (median)
78.8%Gigabit broadband (premises)
77.8%Gigabit broadband (premises)
83.0%Gigabit broadband (premises)

Sources: Scotland's Census 2022 (NRS) · official school registers · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Environment Agency · Ofcom Connected Nations

In brief.

Each ward in a few lines, from its own page.

Dunfermline Central

Dunfermline Central is one of 22 wards in Fife, home to 21,435 people in 9,644 households (Scotland's Census 2022). On average 19% of the land within 500 metres of a home postcode is green space — 11% below the Fife average.

Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay

Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay is one of 22 wards in Fife, home to 17,799 people in 8,168 households (Scotland's Census 2022). On average 26% of the land within 500 metres of a home postcode is green space — 25% above the Fife average.

More comparisons.

Dunfermline Central and Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay next to other wards of Fife.

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