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Dunfermline South
vs Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay

Dunfermline South 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 17%).

Map of Fife with Dunfermline South highlighted
Dunfermline South
413 postcodes
Map of Fife with Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay highlighted
Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay
439 postcodes
Map of Fife
Fife
city average

People

Dunfermline South has 23,356 residents in 9,725 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%, 9.7 percentage points more than Dunfermline South (Fife: 22%). Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay has the higher share of people living alone: 32%, 4 percentage points more than Dunfermline South (Fife: 35%).

23,356Residents (2021)
17,799Residents (2021)
371,816Residents (2021)
9,725Households
8,168Households
169,445Households
16.3%Aged 15–29
13.5%Aged 15–29
17.3%Aged 15–29
14.5%Aged 65 and over
24.2%Aged 65 and over
21.5%Aged 65 and over
28.2%Living alone
32.2%Living alone
35.2%Living alone

Homes and prices

In both, detached houses are the most common type of home: 36% of homes in Dunfermline South and 39% in Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay. Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay has the higher share of owner-occupied homes: 78%, 5.2 percentage points more than Dunfermline South (Fife: 65%). Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay has the higher share of private renting: 11%, 1.2 percentage points more than Dunfermline South (Fife: 12%).

73.1%Owner-occupied
78.3%Owner-occupied
65.3%Owner-occupied
9.4%Private renting
10.6%Private renting
11.6%Private renting
16.9%Social renting
9.8%Social renting
21.9%Social renting
36.0%Detached houses
38.5%Detached houses
26.1%Detached houses
26.2%Semi-detached houses
23.3%Semi-detached houses
26.4%Semi-detached houses
22.8%Terraced houses
19.8%Terraced houses
23.2%Terraced houses
14.7%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%, 9.5 percentage points more than Dunfermline South (Fife: 21%). A typical postcode has 71 everyday shops and services within a 15-minute walk in Dunfermline South, and 44 in Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay. The typical postcode is 419 m from the nearest school in Dunfermline South and 597 m in Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay. The typical postcode is 1,477 m from the nearest tram stop or railway station in Dunfermline South and 754 m in Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay. Gigabit-capable broadband reaches 92% of premises in Dunfermline South and 78% in Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay.

16.8%Green space within 500 m
26.3%Green space within 500 m
21.1%Green space within 500 m
71Services within 15 min (median)
44Services within 15 min (median)
49Services within 15 min (median)
419 mNearest school (median)
597 mNearest school (median)
–Nearest school (median)
1.5 kmNearest tram or rail (median)
754 mNearest tram or rail (median)
–Nearest tram or rail (median)
91.7%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 South

Dunfermline South is one of 22 wards in Fife, home to 23,356 people in 9,725 households (Scotland's Census 2022). On average 17% of the land within 500 metres of a home postcode is green space — 20% 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 South and Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay next to other wards of Fife.

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