Official statistics · 7 of 9 measures compare directly
Argyll and Bute and East Renfrewshire compared
Every measure Civometry publishes for both areas, side by side. Each figure is its publisher’s own for the period named beside it, and the difference between the two is stated in the middle. Neither area is called better: which direction counts as better depends on what you are asking, and the page does not decide that for you. Where the two figures are not comparable — a different period, or nothing published for one side — the row says so instead of showing a difference.
Argyll and Bute
S12000035 · Scotland
East Renfrewshire
S12000011 · Scotland
Getting better or worse
+2
Civometry calculation on Home Office, ONS, HM Land Registry and MHCLG figures
2 more in Argyll and Bute
0
Civometry calculation on Home Office, ONS, HM Land Registry and MHCLG figures
Population
87,310
National Records of Scotland: Mid-year population estimates time series
12,530 more in East Renfrewshire
99,840
National Records of Scotland: Mid-year population estimates time series
Median annual pay, full-time employees
£39,010
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence
£7,269 more in East Renfrewshire
£46,279
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence
Average house price
£179,020
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
£116,289 more in East Renfrewshire
£295,309
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
All claimants
2.5%
ONS: Claimant count by sex and age (Nomis)
0.8 percentage points higher in Argyll and Bute
1.7%
ONS: Claimant count by sex and age (Nomis)
All recorded crime and offences
411
Scottish Government: Recorded Crime in Scotland: bulletin tables
158 more in Argyll and Bute
253
Scottish Government: Recorded Crime in Scotland: bulletin tables
House price to pay ratio
4.6 years
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
1.8 years more in East Renfrewshire
6.4 years
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
Annual rent as a share of pay
No published figure
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
No published figure for Argyll and Bute.
No published figure
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
Band D council tax as a share of pay
No published figure
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
No published figure for Argyll and Bute.
No published figure
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
In one sentence
In the latest published figures, population was 87,310 in Argyll and Bute and 99,840 in East Renfrewshire (mid-2025); median annual pay, full-time employees was £39,010 in Argyll and Bute and £46,279 in East Renfrewshire (2025); and average house price was £179,020 in Argyll and Bute and £295,309 in East Renfrewshire (June 2026). (Civometry, from official statistics; each figure is the publisher's own.)
In the latest published figures, population was 87,310 in Argyll and Bute and 99,840 in East Renfrewshire (mid-2025); median annual pay, full-time employees was £39,010 in Argyll and Bute and £46,279 in East Renfrewshire (2025); and average house price was £179,020 in Argyll and Bute and £295,309 in East Renfrewshire (June 2026). (Civometry, from official statistics; each figure is the publisher's own.)
Recorded crime by category
A category-by-category crime comparison needs both areas to have a full, current twelve months in the data.police.uk archive. One of them does not, so it is not shown; the crime rate above, where published, still comes from that archive.
What this comparison rests on
Two figures are only subtracted when they are the same measure over the same period. Populations differ (— and — residents on the latest estimates used here), so counts are shown alongside rates rather than instead of them. Nothing on this page is weighted, indexed or scored: every difference is one published number minus another, and the rows that cannot be compared say why.