East Renfrewshire: local statistics
East Renfrewshire is a council area in Scotland, home to an estimated 99,840 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 Renfrewshire, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
A typical home in East Renfrewshire cost £305,723 in July 2026, on the UK House Price Index, up 6.3% on July 2025. It ranks as the highest of the 32 council areas in Scotland; the average for Scotland was £196,349. This July figure is the highest in the series, 45% up on July 2016. The average price is 6.6 times the median annual pay of full-time employees who live in East Renfrewshire. That ratio is the 4th highest ratio of the 32 council areas in Scotland.
A girl born in East Renfrewshire in 2022 to 2024 could expect to live 84.9 years and a boy 81.5 years, on the ONS's period measure (Scotland: 81.1 and 77.2). For women that is 2.2 years more than in 2012 to 2014; for men, 1.7 more. It is the highest for women of the 32 council areas in Scotland.
Full-time employees living in East Renfrewshire earned a median £896.20 a week in April 2025 (£46,279 a year). It is the 2nd highest of the 32 council areas in Scotland, and 15.5% more than across Scotland. Jobs based in East Renfrewshire paid a median £856.30 a week, £39.90 less than the figure for people who live there. Ten years earlier, in 2015, it was £668.60: a change of +34% before inflation.
In August 2026, 1,065 people in East Renfrewshire were on the claimant count, 1.8% of residents aged 16 to 64; the rate for Scotland was 3.2%. That compares with 1.7% a year before. Over the last five years it peaked at 2.8% in August 2021 and was lowest at 1.6% in February 2026.
99,840 people lived in East Renfrewshire in mid-2025, according to the ONS, up 0.4% on mid-2024. Over ten years, since mid-2015, it has grown by 7.3%, against +3.6% for Scotland as a whole. That is 6th of 32 in Scotland, counting from the fastest growth. The mid-2025 estimate is the highest in the series.
3,115 businesses were registered for VAT or PAYE in East Renfrewshire in March 2026, 5% more than in 2016. There are 31 per 1,000 residents, the 24th highest of the 32 council areas in Scotland.
An estimated 75.8% of people aged 16 to 64 living in East Renfrewshire were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, according to the ONS Annual Population Survey (give or take 4.9 points); the figure for Scotland was 74.6%. Over the 11 years shown it ranged from 71.3% to 77.9%.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 93,090 |
| 2016 | 93,880 |
| 2017 | 94,810 |
| 2018 | 95,070 |
| 2019 | 95,410 |
| 2020 | 95,820 |
| 2021 | 96,210 |
| 2022 | 97,170 |
| 2023 | 98,620 |
| 2024 | 99,440 |
| 2025 | 99,840 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £210,516 |
| July 2017 | £215,505 |
| July 2018 | £220,326 |
| July 2019 | £231,874 |
| July 2020 | £219,005 |
| July 2021 | £250,695 |
| July 2022 | £282,017 |
| July 2023 | £277,685 |
| July 2024 | £286,123 |
| July 2025 | £287,648 |
| July 2026 | £305,723 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £668.60 a week |
| 2016 | £687.70 a week |
| 2017 | £685.40 a week |
| 2018 | £743.70 a week |
| 2019 | £783.40 a week |
| 2020 | £825.70 a week |
| 2021 | £809.40 a week |
| 2022 | £811.40 a week |
| 2023 | £864.00 a week |
| 2024 | £859.30 a week |
| 2025 | £896.20 a week |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 75.4% |
| 2016/17 | 76.3% |
| 2017/18 | 75.7% |
| 2018/19 | 73.4% |
| 2019/20 | 74.8% |
| 2020/21 | 72.4% |
| 2021/22 | 71.3% |
| 2022/23 | 77.9% |
| 2023/24 | 77.8% |
| 2024/25 | 77.2% |
| 2025/26 | 75.8% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 82.7 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 83.5 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 83.6 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 83.8 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 83.7 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 84.1 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 84.1 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 84.0 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 84.1 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 84.5 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 84.9 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 2,975 |
| 2017 | 3,075 |
| 2018 | 3,050 |
| 2019 | 3,070 |
| 2020 | 3,040 |
| 2021 | 3,050 |
| 2022 | 3,025 |
| 2023 | 2,990 |
| 2024 | 3,045 |
| 2025 | 3,060 |
| 2026 | 3,115 |
Questions about East Renfrewshire
What is the average house price in East Renfrewshire?
£305,723 in July 2026, on HM Land Registry's UK House Price Index (+6.3% on a year).
What is life expectancy in East Renfrewshire?
84.9 years for women and 81.5 for men (2022 to 2024, ONS).
What is the average salary in East Renfrewshire?
Median pay for full-time employees living in East Renfrewshire was £896.20 a week in April 2025 (£46,279 a year), from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in East Renfrewshire?
1,065 in August 2026 (1.8% of residents aged 16 to 64), on the ONS claimant count, which is not the unemployment rate.
What is the population of East Renfrewshire?
The ONS estimates 99,840 people lived in East Renfrewshire in mid-2025.
Who has power over East Renfrewshire
Every body that makes decisions for East Renfrewshire, 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 Renfrewshire council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- East Renfrewshire 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
- East Renfrewshire: Blair McDougall (Labour) 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 house price · Life expectancy at birth (UK) · UK average weekly earnings growth
- Other council areas in Scotland: East Dunbartonshire · Midlothian · Moray · South Ayrshire · Stirling · West Dunbartonshire
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