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Dunfermline South
vs West Fife and Coastal Villages

Dunfermline South has the younger population: 16% 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 17%).

Map of Fife with Dunfermline South highlighted
Dunfermline South
413 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 South has 23,356 residents in 9,725 households; West Fife and Coastal Villages has 16,970 in 7,684. West Fife and Coastal Villages has the higher share of residents aged 65 and over: 23%, 8 percentage points more than Dunfermline South (Fife: 22%). West Fife and Coastal Villages has the higher share of people living alone: 31%, 2.9 percentage points more than Dunfermline South (Fife: 35%).

23,356Residents (2021)
16,970Residents (2021)
371,816Residents (2021)
9,725Households
7,684Households
169,445Households
16.3%Aged 15–29
14.0%Aged 15–29
17.3%Aged 15–29
14.5%Aged 65 and over
22.5%Aged 65 and over
21.5%Aged 65 and over
28.2%Living alone
31.1%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 34% in West Fife and Coastal Villages. Dunfermline South has the higher share of owner-occupied homes: 73%, 1.9 percentage points more than West Fife and Coastal Villages (Fife: 65%). Dunfermline South has the higher share of private renting: 9%, 2 percentage points more than West Fife and Coastal Villages (Fife: 12%).

73.1%Owner-occupied
71.2%Owner-occupied
65.3%Owner-occupied
9.4%Private renting
7.4%Private renting
11.6%Private renting
16.9%Social renting
20.0%Social renting
21.9%Social renting
36.0%Detached houses
33.6%Detached houses
26.1%Detached houses
26.2%Semi-detached houses
30.7%Semi-detached houses
26.4%Semi-detached houses
22.8%Terraced houses
20.9%Terraced houses
23.2%Terraced houses
14.7%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%, 14.3 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 17 in West Fife and Coastal Villages. The typical postcode is 419 m from the nearest school in Dunfermline South and 454 m in West Fife and Coastal Villages. The typical postcode is 1,477 m from the nearest tram stop or railway station in Dunfermline South and 6,516 m in West Fife and Coastal Villages. Gigabit-capable broadband reaches 92% of premises in Dunfermline South and 67% in West Fife and Coastal Villages.

16.8%Green space within 500 m
31.1%Green space within 500 m
21.1%Green space within 500 m
71Services within 15 min (median)
17Services within 15 min (median)
49Services within 15 min (median)
419 mNearest school (median)
454 mNearest school (median)
–Nearest school (median)
1.5 kmNearest tram or rail (median)
6.5 kmNearest tram or rail (median)
–Nearest tram or rail (median)
91.7%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 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.

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 South and West Fife and Coastal Villages next to other wards of Fife.

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