Dunfermline · Scotland

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Fife council area. Every figure carries its own date.

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22 mapped electoral wards · May 2026. The same wards are available in the named list below. These are council boundaries, not police neighbourhoods.

Fife: 22 wards · boundaries May 2026
Ward	People in census	Privately rented homes	Bad or very bad health
Dunfermline North	15,890	Not available	Not available
Dunfermline Central	21,435	Not available	Not available
Dunfermline South	23,356	Not available	Not available
Rosyth	15,166	Not available	Not available
Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay	17,799	Not available	Not available
Burntisland, Kinghorn and Western Kirkcaldy	14,521	Not available	Not available
Kirkcaldy North	16,447	Not available	Not available
Kirkcaldy Central	14,889	Not available	Not available
Kirkcaldy East	15,286	Not available	Not available
Glenrothes North, Leslie and Markinch	17,918	Not available	Not available
Glenrothes Central and Thornton	15,504	Not available	Not available
Howe of Fife and Tay Coast	13,320	Not available	Not available
Tay Bridgehead	15,245	Not available	Not available
St Andrews	17,735	Not available	Not available
East Neuk and Landward	12,632	Not available	Not available
Cupar	13,906	Not available	Not available
Leven, Kennoway and Largo	19,495	Not available	Not available
Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss Villages	18,080	Not available	Not available
Cowdenbeath	22,020	Not available	Not available
Glenrothes West and Kinglassie	15,614	Not available	Not available
Lochgelly, Cardenden and Benarty	18,685	Not available	Not available
West Fife and Coastal Villages	16,970	Not available	Not available

Look beneath the council average

People aged 16+ with a degree or higher

14.5% to 43.5%

People aged 16+ with a degree or higher ranged from 14.5% in Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss Villages to 43.5% in Tay Bridgehead — a gap of 29 percentage points.

20 March 2022 · 22 of 22 current wards with comparable figures.

Qualifications show local skills, not whether people have secure jobs or use those skills at work. Scotland uses its own qualification categories.

See each ward and the workings

These are separate ward percentages, not an average of them. Boundaries: May 2026. Missing or differently defined figures are excluded from this range and stay visible on the ward pages.

People aged 16+ with a degree or higher · 20 March 2022
Ward	Share	Count	Population or households covered
Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss Villages	14.5%	2,182	15,027
Lochgelly, Cardenden and Benarty	15.3%	2,327	15,241
Cowdenbeath	18.9%	3,428	18,108
Glenrothes West and Kinglassie	19.5%	2,481	12,746
Glenrothes Central and Thornton	20.4%	2,613	12,808
Kirkcaldy East	22.7%	2,906	12,796
Rosyth	23%	2,844	12,388
Kirkcaldy North	24.1%	3,192	13,251
Leven, Kennoway and Largo	24.3%	4,000	16,469
Glenrothes North, Leslie and Markinch	26.2%	3,934	14,990
Kirkcaldy Central	27.1%	3,369	12,428
West Fife and Coastal Villages	27.2%	3,849	14,136
Dunfermline North	30.6%	4,138	13,504
Dunfermline South	31.9%	5,896	18,456
Burntisland, Kinghorn and Western Kirkcaldy	34.9%	4,219	12,090
Howe of Fife and Tay Coast	36.6%	4,184	11,424
Dunfermline Central	37.3%	6,549	17,539
St Andrews	38.3%	6,312	16,463
Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay	38.7%	5,801	15,004
East Neuk and Landward	39.9%	4,318	10,826
Cupar	40.3%	4,726	11,740
Tay Bridgehead	43.5%	5,468	12,561

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