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Scottish council areas: all 32

Scotland’s 32 council areas date from 1996. Each council is a single-tier authority covering education, social work, roads, housing and planning.

32 current5.5M residents
CouncilRegion / nationPopulationArea, km²People / km²Website
Emblem of Aberdeen City CouncilAberdeen CityScotland228,6702019185.71,231aberdeencity.gov.uk
Emblem of Aberdeenshire CouncilAberdeenshireScotland261,21020196,312.641aberdeenshire.gov.uk
Emblem of Angus CouncilAngusScotland115,82020202,181.653angus.gov.uk
Argyll and ButeScotland85,87020196,908.712argyll-bute.gov.uk
City of EdinburghScotland524,9302019263.41,993—
Emblem of Clackmannanshire CouncilClackmannanshireScotland51,5402019159.0324clacks.gov.uk
Emblem of Dumfries and Galloway CouncilDumfries and GallowayScotland148,86020196,426.923dumgal.gov.uk
Dundee CityScotland149,320201959.82,496—
Emblem of East Ayrshire CouncilEast AyrshireScotland122,01020191,262.197east-ayrshire.gov.uk
Emblem of East Dunbartonshire CouncilEast DunbartonshireScotland108,6402019174.5623eastdunbarton.gov.uk
Emblem of East Lothian CouncilEast LothianScotland107,0902019679.2158eastlothian.gov.uk
East RenfrewshireScotland95,5302019174.2548eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk
FalkirkScotland160,8902019297.4541falkirk.gov.uk
Emblem of Fife CouncilFifeScotland373,55020191,325.0282fife.gov.uk
Emblem of Glasgow City CouncilGlasgow CityScotland633,1202019174.73,624glasgow.gov.uk
Emblem of Highland CouncilHighlandScotland235,830201925,657.29highland.gov.uk
InverclydeScotland77,8002019160.4485inverclyde.gov.uk
Emblem of Midlothian CouncilMidlothianScotland92,4602019353.7261midlothian.gov.uk
Emblem of The Moray CouncilMorayScotland95,82020192,237.643moray.gov.uk
Emblem of North Ayrshire CouncilNorth AyrshireScotland134,7402019885.4152north-ayrshire.gov.uk
Emblem of North Lanarkshire CouncilNorth LanarkshireScotland341,3702019469.9726northlan.gov.uk
Orkney IslandsScotland22,2702019990.022orkney.gov.uk
Emblem of Comhairle nan Eilean SiarOuter HebridesScotland26,72020193,058.79cne-siar.gov.uk
Emblem of Perth and Kinross CouncilPerth and KinrossScotland151,95020195,285.629pkc.gov.uk
RenfrewshireScotland179,1002019261.5685renfrewshire.gov.uk
Scottish BordersScotland115,51020194,731.824scotborders.gov.uk
Shetland IslandsScotland22,92020191,468.016shetland.gov.uk
Emblem of South Ayrshire CouncilSouth AyrshireScotland112,61020191,222.092south-ayrshire.gov.uk
Emblem of South Lanarkshire CouncilSouth LanarkshireScotland320,53020191,771.9181southlanarkshire.gov.uk
StirlingScotland94,21020192,187.043stirling.gov.uk
Emblem of West Dunbartonshire CouncilWest DunbartonshireScotland88,9302019158.8560west-dunbarton.gov.uk
Emblem of West Lothian CouncilWest LothianScotland183,1002019427.7428westlothian.gov.uk
32 councils · population: latest estimate in Wikidata, year in small type · source: Wikidata