Deprivation in Dumfries and Galloway
Council areaSouth Scotland. 145,490 people (mid-2025 estimate) in 6,437 square kilometres, the 6th most sparsely populated council in the UK.
3 layers about deprivation for Dumfries and Galloway, each at the level its publisher released it, with its own date and source.
Deprivation by neighbourhood
Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020v2
19 of Dumfries and Galloway’s 201 neighbourhoods are in Scotland’s most deprived 20%.
Share of neighbourhoods in Scotland's most deprived 20%
CouncilScotland only9.5% of the neighbourhoods in Dumfries and Galloway are among the most deprived 20% of neighbourhoods in Scotland.
Among councils in Scotland, that is the 13th least deprived of 32.
Worked out by Open Index from the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020v2 deciles.
Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020
NeighbourhoodScotland onlyPublished for neighbourhoods, not as one figure for the whole of Dumfries and Galloway. The map shows each one.
Deprivation rank (Scotland)
NeighbourhoodScotland onlyPublished for neighbourhoods, not as one figure for the whole of Dumfries and Galloway. The map shows each one.