Falkirk: local statistics
Falkirk is a council area in Scotland, home to an estimated 160,230 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 Falkirk, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
In 2022 to 2024, women in Falkirk had a life expectancy at birth of 80.0 years; for men it was 76.3, compared with 81.1 and 77.2 years across Scotland. For women that is 0.9 years less than in 2012 to 2014; for men, 0.9 less. It is 25th of 32 in Scotland, counting from the highest for women.
Full-time employees living in Falkirk earned a median £741.20 a week in April 2025 (£38,432 a year). That is 4.4% below the figure for Scotland and 23rd of 32 in Scotland, counting from the highest. Measured by where people work rather than where they live, the median is £782.90, £41.70 higher. In 2015 the residents' median was £513.00, so it has risen 44% before inflation.
An estimated 78.6% of people aged 16 to 64 living in Falkirk were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, according to the ONS Annual Population Survey, with a margin of error of 4.1 points either way, against 74.6% across Scotland. Its lowest reading in the series was 71.7% and its highest 78.6%.
The average house price in Falkirk was £173,046 in July 2026, a rise of 4.9% in twelve months. Among council areas that puts it 20th of 32 in Scotland, counting from the highest; the average for Scotland was £196,349. This July figure is the highest in the series, 59% up on July 2016. The average price is 4.5 times the median annual pay of full-time employees who live in Falkirk. That ratio is 21st of 32 in Scotland, counting from the highest ratio.
3.0% of Falkirk residents aged 16 to 64 (3,045 people) were on the claimant count in August 2026, compared with 3.2% in Scotland. That compares with 2.9% a year before. Over the last five years it peaked at 4.7% in August 2021 and was lowest at 2.7% in December 2024.
Falkirk had an estimated 160,230 residents in mid-2025, up 0.2% on a year earlier. The ten-year change since mid-2015 is +1.5% (Scotland: +3.6%). That is mid-table in Scotland, 17th of 32. No earlier year in the series was higher.
The ONS counted 4,610 VAT or PAYE-registered businesses in Falkirk in March 2026, 4% fewer than in 2016. There are 29 per 1,000 residents, 29th of 32 in Scotland, counting from the highest.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 157,880 |
| 2016 | 158,660 |
| 2017 | 159,240 |
| 2018 | 159,090 |
| 2019 | 159,530 |
| 2020 | 158,990 |
| 2021 | 158,760 |
| 2022 | 158,450 |
| 2023 | 159,000 |
| 2024 | 159,850 |
| 2025 | 160,230 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £108,806 |
| July 2017 | £111,400 |
| July 2018 | £117,111 |
| July 2019 | £121,482 |
| July 2020 | £124,619 |
| July 2021 | £139,662 |
| July 2022 | £156,377 |
| July 2023 | £154,235 |
| July 2024 | £161,167 |
| July 2025 | £164,985 |
| July 2026 | £173,046 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £513.00 a week |
| 2016 | £551.90 a week |
| 2017 | £552.20 a week |
| 2018 | £564.00 a week |
| 2019 | £561.30 a week |
| 2020 | £579.60 a week |
| 2021 | £593.20 a week |
| 2022 | £619.10 a week |
| 2023 | £683.70 a week |
| 2024 | £722.10 a week |
| 2025 | £741.20 a week |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 75.3% |
| 2016/17 | 76.8% |
| 2017/18 | 76.0% |
| 2018/19 | 75.4% |
| 2019/20 | 73.7% |
| 2020/21 | 75.7% |
| 2021/22 | 76.8% |
| 2022/23 | 75.4% |
| 2023/24 | 71.7% |
| 2024/25 | 74.4% |
| 2025/26 | 78.6% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 80.9 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 80.9 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 80.6 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 80.5 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 80.3 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 80.4 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 80.3 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 80.1 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 79.8 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 79.7 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 80.0 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 4,795 |
| 2017 | 4,825 |
| 2018 | 4,780 |
| 2019 | 4,785 |
| 2020 | 4,795 |
| 2021 | 4,710 |
| 2022 | 4,590 |
| 2023 | 4,525 |
| 2024 | 4,550 |
| 2025 | 4,565 |
| 2026 | 4,610 |
Questions about Falkirk
What is life expectancy in Falkirk?
For 2022 to 2024 the ONS gives 76.3 years for men and 80.0 for women.
What is the average salary in Falkirk?
Median pay for full-time employees living in Falkirk was £741.20 a week in April 2025 (£38,432 a year), from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
What is the average house price in Falkirk?
£173,046 in July 2026, on HM Land Registry's UK House Price Index (+4.9% on a year).
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Falkirk?
The ONS claimant count was 3,045 in August 2026, 3.0% of 16 to 64-year-olds. It counts benefit claims, not unemployment.
What is the population of Falkirk?
160,230 in mid-2025, the latest ONS mid-year estimate.
Who has power over Falkirk
Every body that makes decisions for Falkirk, 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
- Falkirk council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- Falkirk 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
- Alloa and Grangemouth: Brian Leishman (Labour) MP
- Bathgate and Linlithgow: Kirsteen Sullivan (Labour (Co-op)) MP
- Falkirk: Euan Stainbank (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: Life expectancy at birth (UK) · UK average weekly earnings growth · UK employment rate
- Other council areas in Scotland: Dumfries and Galloway · Dundee City · North Ayrshire · Perth and Kinross · Renfrewshire · West Lothian
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