East Dunbartonshire: local statistics
East Dunbartonshire is a council area in Scotland, home to an estimated 109,550 people (mid-2025). This page brings together 8 official figures for the area, each with its period, publisher and the address it was read from. See also who has power over East Dunbartonshire, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
Full-time employees living in East Dunbartonshire earned a median £909.00 a week in April 2025 (£44,763 a year). It is the highest of all 32 council areas in Scotland, and 17.2% more than across Scotland. Jobs based in East Dunbartonshire paid a median £841.90 a week, £67.10 less than the figure for people who live there. Ten years earlier, in 2015, it was £617.90: a change of +47% before inflation.
A girl born in East Dunbartonshire in 2022 to 2024 could expect to live 84.2 years and a boy 80.3 years, on the ONS's period measure, compared with 81.1 and 77.2 years across Scotland. For women that is 0.7 years more than in 2012 to 2014; for men, 0.3 less. It is the 2nd highest for women in Scotland.
Homes in East Dunbartonshire sold for an average of £271,608 in July 2026, up 6.2% on a year before. Among council areas that puts it the 5th highest of 32 in Scotland (average for Scotland: £196,349). Prices are 47% above July 2016 and at their highest July level in the series. The average price is 6.1 times the median annual pay of full-time employees who live in East Dunbartonshire. That ratio is 5th of 32 in Scotland, counting from the highest ratio.
The claimant count for East Dunbartonshire stood at 1,285 in August 2026, or 2.0% of residents aged 16 to 64; the rate for Scotland was 3.2%. That compares with 1.8% a year before. Over the last five years it peaked at 3.2% in August 2021 and was lowest at 1.7% in December 2025.
The ONS counted 3,285 VAT or PAYE-registered businesses in East Dunbartonshire in March 2026, 6% fewer than in 2016. There are 30 per 1,000 residents, 26th of 32 in Scotland, counting from the highest.
East Dunbartonshire had an estimated 109,550 residents in mid-2025, a change of -0.1% in a year. The ten-year change since mid-2015 is +2.0%, against +3.6% for Scotland as a whole. That is the 11th fastest growth of all 32 council areas in Scotland. The series peaked at 109,680 in mid-2024.
The Annual Population Survey estimates that 73.9% of East Dunbartonshire residents aged 16 to 64 were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, with a margin of error of 4.2 points either way; the figure for Scotland was 74.6%. Over the 11 years shown it ranged from 73.7% to 78.7%.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 107,350 |
| 2016 | 107,830 |
| 2017 | 108,460 |
| 2018 | 108,560 |
| 2019 | 108,870 |
| 2020 | 108,880 |
| 2021 | 108,920 |
| 2022 | 108,990 |
| 2023 | 109,340 |
| 2024 | 109,680 |
| 2025 | 109,550 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £184,740 |
| July 2017 | £189,339 |
| July 2018 | £195,365 |
| July 2019 | £199,298 |
| July 2020 | £194,809 |
| July 2021 | £225,400 |
| July 2022 | £246,410 |
| July 2023 | £240,483 |
| July 2024 | £244,314 |
| July 2025 | £255,812 |
| July 2026 | £271,608 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £617.90 a week |
| 2016 | £629.80 a week |
| 2017 | £634.10 a week |
| 2018 | £684.70 a week |
| 2019 | £701.90 a week |
| 2020 | £718.40 a week |
| 2021 | £754.10 a week |
| 2022 | £744.10 a week |
| 2023 | £829.80 a week |
| 2024 | £860.10 a week |
| 2025 | £909.00 a week |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 75.1% |
| 2016/17 | 75.7% |
| 2017/18 | 77.0% |
| 2018/19 | 77.7% |
| 2019/20 | 76.0% |
| 2020/21 | 75.5% |
| 2021/22 | 73.7% |
| 2022/23 | 74.7% |
| 2023/24 | 75.5% |
| 2024/25 | 78.7% |
| 2025/26 | 73.9% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 83.5 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 83.6 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 83.5 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 83.4 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 83.5 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 83.8 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 83.5 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 83.6 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 83.6 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 84.0 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 84.2 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 3,500 |
| 2017 | 3,540 |
| 2018 | 3,515 |
| 2019 | 3,530 |
| 2020 | 3,480 |
| 2021 | 3,415 |
| 2022 | 3,350 |
| 2023 | 3,310 |
| 2024 | 3,275 |
| 2025 | 3,230 |
| 2026 | 3,285 |
Questions about East Dunbartonshire
What is the average salary in East Dunbartonshire?
Median pay for full-time employees living in East Dunbartonshire was £909.00 a week in April 2025 (£44,763 a year), from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
What is life expectancy in East Dunbartonshire?
84.2 years for women and 80.3 for men (2022 to 2024, ONS).
What is the average house price in East Dunbartonshire?
£271,608 in July 2026, on HM Land Registry's UK House Price Index (+6.2% on a year).
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in East Dunbartonshire?
The ONS claimant count was 1,285 in August 2026, 2.0% of 16 to 64-year-olds. It counts benefit claims, not unemployment.
What is the population of East Dunbartonshire?
The ONS estimates 109,550 people lived in East Dunbartonshire in mid-2025.
Who has power over East Dunbartonshire
Every body that makes decisions for East Dunbartonshire, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 3: Local councils
- East Dunbartonshire council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- East Dunbartonshire in official figures this page
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
- Scottish Parliament and Scottish Government makes law for Scotland on devolved subjects
Level 6: National government
- Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch: Katrina Murray (Labour) MP
- Mid Dunbartonshire: Susan Murray (Liberal Democrat) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
Each value above links to the official file or query it was read from, on 14 October 2026. What each figure measures.
- Average house price: Scottish figures come from Registers of Scotland.
More on this area and these figures
- Council money: spending, reserves and debt
- Figures for Scotland
- UK figures: UK average weekly earnings growth · Life expectancy at birth (UK) · UK average house price
- Other council areas in Scotland: Angus · East Lothian · East Renfrewshire · Midlothian · Scottish Borders · South Ayrshire
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