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Dunfermline North
vs Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay

Dunfermline North has the younger population: 17% 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 20%).

Map of Fife with Dunfermline North highlighted
Dunfermline North
388 postcodes
Map of Fife with Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay highlighted
Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay
439 postcodes
Map of Fife
Fife
city average

People

Dunfermline North has 15,890 residents in 7,705 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%, 1.5 percentage points more than Dunfermline North (Fife: 22%). Dunfermline North has the higher share of people living alone: 40%, 7.3 percentage points more than Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay (Fife: 35%).

15,890Residents (2021)
17,799Residents (2021)
371,816Residents (2021)
7,705Households
8,168Households
169,445Households
16.5%Aged 15–29
13.5%Aged 15–29
17.3%Aged 15–29
22.7%Aged 65 and over
24.2%Aged 65 and over
21.5%Aged 65 and over
39.5%Living alone
32.2%Living alone
35.2%Living alone

Homes and prices

The most common type of home is flats in Dunfermline North (34%) and detached houses in Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay (39%). Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay has the higher share of owner-occupied homes: 78%, 11.1 percentage points more than Dunfermline North (Fife: 65%). Dunfermline North has the higher share of private renting: 12%, 1.7 percentage points more than Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay (Fife: 12%).

67.2%Owner-occupied
78.3%Owner-occupied
65.3%Owner-occupied
12.3%Private renting
10.6%Private renting
11.6%Private renting
19.4%Social renting
9.8%Social renting
21.9%Social renting
28.6%Detached houses
38.5%Detached houses
26.1%Detached houses
20.5%Semi-detached houses
23.3%Semi-detached houses
26.4%Semi-detached houses
14.8%Terraced houses
19.8%Terraced houses
23.2%Terraced houses
33.9%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%, 6.4 percentage points more than Dunfermline North (Fife: 21%). A typical postcode has 54 everyday shops and services within a 15-minute walk in Dunfermline North, and 44 in Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay. The typical postcode is 489 m from the nearest school in Dunfermline North and 597 m in Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay. The typical postcode is 1,421 m from the nearest tram stop or railway station in Dunfermline North and 754 m in Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay. Gigabit-capable broadband reaches 87% of premises in Dunfermline North and 78% in Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay.

19.9%Green space within 500 m
26.3%Green space within 500 m
21.1%Green space within 500 m
54Services within 15 min (median)
44Services within 15 min (median)
49Services within 15 min (median)
489 mNearest school (median)
597 mNearest school (median)
–Nearest school (median)
1.4 kmNearest tram or rail (median)
754 mNearest tram or rail (median)
–Nearest tram or rail (median)
87.0%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 North

Dunfermline North is one of 22 wards in Fife, home to 15,890 people in 7,705 households (Scotland's Census 2022). On average 20% of the land within 500 metres of a home postcode is green space — 6% 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 North and Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay next to other wards of Fife.

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