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North Ayrshire Council

Local authority area: North Ayrshire · Siorrachd Àir a Tuath

North Ayrshire is a scottish council area in Scotland. It covers 885.4 km² and had 134,740 residents in 2019 — about 152 people per km². The authority dates from 1996. The council is based in Irvine.

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People

Population

Estimates recorded for North Ayrshire, 2001–2019.

Residents, 2019134,740-0.8% since 2001

Land area885.4km²341.9 sq mi

Density152/ km²people per square kilometre

Rank by population#231of 382 UK councils · #15 in Scotland

Population estimates19 data points

136.8K137.4K137.9K137.8K137.8K138.1K137.6K136.9K136.5K136.1K135.9K135.8K135.3K134.7K

20062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019

History

How the council came to be

1996
Created
North Ayrshire became a local authority area.

Abroad

Twinned with

Uddevalla Municipality

Same region, same type

Other scottish council areas in Scotland

All councils in Scotland

Glasgow City633,120 City of Edinburgh524,930 Fife373,550 North Lanarkshire341,370 South Lanarkshire320,530 Aberdeenshire261,210 Highland235,830 Aberdeen City228,670 West Lothian183,100 Renfrewshire179,100 Falkirk160,890 Perth and Kinross151,950

Elections

9 electoral wards

All wards of North Ayrshire

Westminster

Constituencies

North Ayrshire and Arran · 7 wards Central Ayrshire · 4 wards

Source: Wikidata Q206926 (CC0)Figures as recorded with their reference year; boundaries may have changed since.