Official statistics · 7 of 9 measures compare directly
North Ayrshire and West Dunbartonshire 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.
North Ayrshire
S12000021 · Scotland
West Dunbartonshire
S12000039 · Scotland
Getting better or worse
0
Civometry calculation on Home Office, ONS, HM Land Registry and MHCLG figures
The same in both
0
Civometry calculation on Home Office, ONS, HM Land Registry and MHCLG figures
Population
133,660
National Records of Scotland: Mid-year population estimates time series
45,320 more in North Ayrshire
88,340
National Records of Scotland: Mid-year population estimates time series
Median annual pay, full-time employees
£40,312
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence
£301 more in North Ayrshire
£40,011
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence
Average house price
£141,756
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
£13,375 more in North Ayrshire
£128,381
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
All claimants
4.2%
ONS: Claimant count by sex and age (Nomis)
0.5 percentage points higher in North Ayrshire
3.7%
ONS: Claimant count by sex and age (Nomis)
All recorded crime and offences
544
Scottish Government: Recorded Crime in Scotland: bulletin tables
151 more in West Dunbartonshire
695
Scottish Government: Recorded Crime in Scotland: bulletin tables
House price to pay ratio
3.5 years
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
0.3 years more in North Ayrshire
3.2 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 North Ayrshire.
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 North Ayrshire.
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 133,660 in North Ayrshire and 88,340 in West Dunbartonshire (mid-2025); median annual pay, full-time employees was £40,312 in North Ayrshire and £40,011 in West Dunbartonshire (2025); and average house price was £141,756 in North Ayrshire and £128,381 in West Dunbartonshire (June 2026). (Civometry, from official statistics; each figure is the publisher's own.)
In the latest published figures, population was 133,660 in North Ayrshire and 88,340 in West Dunbartonshire (mid-2025); median annual pay, full-time employees was £40,312 in North Ayrshire and £40,011 in West Dunbartonshire (2025); and average house price was £141,756 in North Ayrshire and £128,381 in West Dunbartonshire (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.