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East Renfrewshire Council

Local authority area: East Renfrewshire · Siorrachd Rinn Friù an Ear

East Renfrewshire is a scottish council area in Scotland. It covers 174.2 km² and had 95,530 residents in 2019 — about 548 people per km². The authority dates from 1996. The council is based in Giffnock.

People

Population

Estimates recorded for East Renfrewshire, 2001–2019.

Residents, 201995,530+6.8% since 2001
Land area174.2km²67.3 sq mi
Density548/ km²people per square kilometre
Rank by population#323of 382 UK councils · #23 in Scotland
Population estimates18 data points
89.8K89.8K89.9K90K90.4K90.8K91K91.5K92.4K92.9K93.8K94.8K95.2K95.5K
20062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019
History

How the council came to be

  1. 1996
    Created

    East Renfrewshire became a local authority area.

Abroad

Twinned with

AlbertslundTârgu Mureș
Borders

Neighbouring councils

Elections

5 electoral wards

All wards of East Renfrewshire

Westminster

Constituencies

Source: Wikidata Q211925 (CC0)Figures as recorded with their reference year; boundaries may have changed since.