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Inverclyde Council
Local authority area: Inverclyde · Inbhir Chluaidh
Inverclyde is a scottish council area in Scotland. It covers 160.4 km² and had 77,800 residents in 2019 — about 485 people per km². The authority dates from 1996. The council is based in Greenock.
Town hall in the administrative centreGreenock Municipal Buildings
Photo: Thomas Nugent · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

People
Population
Estimates recorded for Inverclyde, 2001–2019.
Residents, 201977,800-7.5% since 2001
Land area160.4km²62.0 sq mi
Density485/ km²people per square kilometre
Rank by population#359of 382 UK councils · #28 in Scotland
Population estimates19 data points
82.3K82.1K82K81.7K81.5K81.2K80.7K80.3K79.9K79.5K79.2K78.8K78.2K77.8K
20062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019
History
How the council came to be
- 1996Created
Inverclyde became a local authority area.
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Elections
7 electoral wards
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Council offices
Offices, town halls and local council offices in the area.
TGreenock Town HallTown hall · Greenock PA15 1LYTPort Glasgow Town HallTown hall · Port Glasgow PA14 5HD
Westminster
Constituencies
Source: Wikidata Q208271 (CC0)Figures as recorded with their reference year; boundaries may have changed since.