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Dunfermline North
vs West Fife and Coastal Villages

Dunfermline North has the younger population: 17% of residents are aged 15–29, against 14% in West Fife and Coastal Villages. West Fife and Coastal Villages has more green space nearby (31% within 500 m, against 20%).

Map of Fife with Dunfermline North highlighted
Dunfermline North
388 postcodes
Map of Fife with West Fife and Coastal Villages highlighted
West Fife and Coastal Villages
495 postcodes
Map of Fife
Fife
city average

People

Dunfermline North has 15,890 residents in 7,705 households; West Fife and Coastal Villages has 16,970 in 7,684. The share of residents aged 65 and over is about the same in both (23% and 23%). Dunfermline North has the higher share of people living alone: 40%, 8.4 percentage points more than West Fife and Coastal Villages (Fife: 35%).

15,890Residents (2021)
16,970Residents (2021)
371,816Residents (2021)
7,705Households
7,684Households
169,445Households
16.5%Aged 15–29
14.0%Aged 15–29
17.3%Aged 15–29
22.7%Aged 65 and over
22.5%Aged 65 and over
21.5%Aged 65 and over
39.5%Living alone
31.1%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 West Fife and Coastal Villages (34%). West Fife and Coastal Villages has the higher share of owner-occupied homes: 71%, 4 percentage points more than Dunfermline North (Fife: 65%). Dunfermline North has the higher share of private renting: 12%, 4.9 percentage points more than West Fife and Coastal Villages (Fife: 12%).

67.2%Owner-occupied
71.2%Owner-occupied
65.3%Owner-occupied
12.3%Private renting
7.4%Private renting
11.6%Private renting
19.4%Social renting
20.0%Social renting
21.9%Social renting
28.6%Detached houses
33.6%Detached houses
26.1%Detached houses
20.5%Semi-detached houses
30.7%Semi-detached houses
26.4%Semi-detached houses
14.8%Terraced houses
20.9%Terraced houses
23.2%Terraced houses
33.9%Flats
13.5%Flats
22.1%Flats

Surroundings

West Fife and Coastal Villages has the higher share of land within 500 m that is green space: 31%, 11.2 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 17 in West Fife and Coastal Villages. The typical postcode is 489 m from the nearest school in Dunfermline North and 454 m in West Fife and Coastal Villages. The typical postcode is 1,421 m from the nearest tram stop or railway station in Dunfermline North and 6,516 m in West Fife and Coastal Villages. Gigabit-capable broadband reaches 87% of premises in Dunfermline North and 67% in West Fife and Coastal Villages.

19.9%Green space within 500 m
31.1%Green space within 500 m
21.1%Green space within 500 m
54Services within 15 min (median)
17Services within 15 min (median)
49Services within 15 min (median)
489 mNearest school (median)
454 mNearest school (median)
–Nearest school (median)
1.4 kmNearest tram or rail (median)
6.5 kmNearest tram or rail (median)
–Nearest tram or rail (median)
87.0%Gigabit broadband (premises)
67.4%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.

West Fife and Coastal Villages

West Fife and Coastal Villages is one of 22 wards in Fife, home to 16,970 people in 7,684 households (Scotland's Census 2022). On average 31% of the land within 500 metres of a home postcode is green space — 47% above the Fife average.

More comparisons.

Dunfermline North and West Fife and Coastal Villages next to other wards of Fife.

Dunfermline North vs Dunfermline CentralDunfermline North vs Dunfermline SouthDunfermline North vs RosythDunfermline North vs CowdenbeathWest Fife and Coastal Villages vs Dunfermline CentralWest Fife and Coastal Villages vs RosythWest Fife and Coastal Villages vs Dunfermline SouthAll wards of Fife