Dumfries and Galloway
Council areaSouth Scotland. 145,490 people in 6,437 square kilometres, the 6th most sparsely populated council in the UK.
Deprivation by neighbourhood
Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020v2
Most deprived 10%Least
19 of Dumfries and Galloway’s 201 neighbourhoods are in Scotland’s most deprived 20%.
How Dumfries and Galloway compares
Each dot is a council. The black line marks the middle one.
Dumfries and GallowayMiddle
Average house price360 areas, UK · Jul 2026
£169,51131st lowest
Annual price change360 areas, UK · Jul 2026
+4.6%79th strongest
Median full-time pay348 areas, Great Britain · 2025
£34,89559th lowest
House price to pay348 areas, Great Britain · 2025
4.9×joint 39th most affordable
Population361 areas, UK · 2021
145,868177th highest
Every council ranked: average house price, annual price change, median full-time pay, house price to pay and population.
House prices since 2004
Monthly average house price, smoothed. Dumfries and Galloway’s is 2.5 times its 2004 level, slower than Scotland’s.
Wards in Dumfries and Galloway12
Middle areas in Dumfries and Galloway40
- Annan East
- Annan West
- Annandale East
- Annandale West
- Calside
- Castle Douglas
- Collin
- Dalbeattie
- Dalbeattie Rural
- Dumfries Central
- Eastriggs
- Gatehouse
- Georgetown
- Glenkens
- Gretna
- Heathhall
- Kingholm
- Kirkcudbright
- Langholm and Eskdale
- Locharbriggs
- Lochmaben
- Lochside and Lincluden
- Lockerbie
- Machars North
- Machars South
- Mid Nithsdale
- Moffat
- New Abbey
- Newton Stewart
- Nunholm
- Rhins North
- Rhins South
- Shawhead
- Stranraer East
- Stranraer South
- Stranraer West
- Summerville
- Thornhill
- Troqueer
- Upper Nithsdale
Constituencies mostly in Dumfries and Galloway2
Neighbourhoods in Dumfries and Galloway202
- Annan East - 01
- Annan East - 02
- Annan East - 03
- Annan East - 04
- Annan East - 05
- Annan East - 06
- Annan East - 07
- Annan East - 08
- Annan West - 01
- Annan West - 02
- Annan West - 03
- Annan West - 04
- Annandale East - 01
- Annandale East - 02
- Annandale East - 03
- Annandale East - 04
- Annandale East - 05
- Annandale West - 01
- Annandale West - 02
- Annandale West - 03
- Annandale West - 04
- Calside - 01
- Calside - 02
- Calside - 03
- Calside - 04
- Castle Douglas - 01
- Castle Douglas - 02
- Castle Douglas - 03
- Castle Douglas - 04
- Castle Douglas - 05
- Collin - 01
- Collin - 02
- Collin - 03
- Collin - 04
- Collin - 05
- Dalbeattie - 01
- Dalbeattie - 02
- Dalbeattie - 03
- Dalbeattie - 04
- Dalbeattie - 05
- Dalbeattie Rural - 01
- Dalbeattie Rural - 02
- Dalbeattie Rural - 03
- Dumfries Central - 01
- Dumfries Central - 02
- Dumfries Central - 03
- Dumfries Central - 04
- Dumfries Central - 05
- Eastriggs - 01
- Eastriggs - 02
- Eastriggs - 03
- Eastriggs - 04
- Gatehouse - 01
- Gatehouse - 02
- Gatehouse - 03
- Gatehouse - 04
- Gatehouse - 05
- Georgetown - 01
- Georgetown - 02
- Georgetown - 03
- Georgetown - 04
- Glenkens - 01
- Glenkens - 02
- Glenkens - 03
- Glenkens - 04
- Glenkens - 05
- Gretna - 01
- Gretna - 02
- Gretna - 03
- Gretna - 04
- Gretna - 05
- Gretna - 06
- Heathhall - 01
- Heathhall - 02
- Heathhall - 03
- Heathhall - 04
- Heathhall - 05
- Kingholm - 01
- Kingholm - 02
- Kingholm - 03
- Kingholm - 04
- Kirkcudbright - 01
- Kirkcudbright - 02
- Kirkcudbright - 03
- Kirkcudbright - 04
- Kirkcudbright - 05
- Kirkcudbright - 06
- Kirkcudbright - 07
- Kirkcudbright - 08
- Langholm and Eskdale - 01
- Langholm and Eskdale - 02
- Langholm and Eskdale - 03
- Langholm and Eskdale - 04
- Langholm and Eskdale - 05
- Locharbriggs - 01
- Locharbriggs - 02
- Locharbriggs - 03
- Locharbriggs - 04
- Locharbriggs - 05
- Lochmaben - 01
- Lochmaben - 02
- Lochmaben - 03
- Lochmaben - 04
- Lochside and Lincluden - 01
- Lochside and Lincluden - 02
- Lochside and Lincluden - 03
- Lochside and Lincluden - 04
- Lochside and Lincluden - 05
- Lochside and Lincluden - 06
- Lochside and Lincluden - 07
- Lochside and Lincluden - 08
- Lochside and Lincluden - 09
- Lockerbie - 01
- Lockerbie - 02
- Lockerbie - 03
- Lockerbie - 04
- Lockerbie - 05
- Lockerbie - 06
- Machars North - 01
- Machars North - 02
- Machars North - 03
- Machars South - 01
- Machars South - 02
- Machars South - 03
- Machars South - 04
- Machars South - 05
- Machars South - 06
- Machars South - 07
- Mid Nithsdale - 01
- Mid Nithsdale - 02
- Mid Nithsdale - 03
- Mid Nithsdale - 04
- Moffat - 01
- Moffat - 02
- Moffat - 03
- Moffat - 04
- Moffat - 05
- New Abbey - 01
- New Abbey - 02
- New Abbey - 03
- New Abbey - 04
- Newton Stewart - 01
- Newton Stewart - 02
- Newton Stewart - 03
- Newton Stewart - 04
- Newton Stewart - 05
- Newton Stewart - 06
- Newton Stewart - 07
- Newton Stewart - 08
- Nunholm - 01
- Nunholm - 02
- Nunholm - 03
- Nunholm - 04
- Rhins North - 01
- Rhins North - 02
- Rhins North - 03
- Rhins North - 04
- Rhins South - 01
- Rhins South - 02
- Rhins South - 03
- Rhins South - 04
- Rhins South - 05
- Shawhead - 01
- Shawhead - 02
- Shawhead - 03
- Shawhead - 04
- Stranraer East - 01
- Stranraer East - 02
- Stranraer East - 03
- Stranraer South - 01
- Stranraer South - 02
- Stranraer South - 03
- Stranraer South - 04
- Stranraer West - 01
- Stranraer West - 02
- Stranraer West - 03
- Stranraer West - 04
- Summerville - 01
- Summerville - 02
- Summerville - 03
- Summerville - 04
- Summerville - 05
- Summerville - 06
- Summerville - 07
- Summerville - 08
- Thornhill - 01
- Thornhill - 02
- Thornhill - 03
- Thornhill - 04
- Thornhill - 05
- Troqueer - 01
- Troqueer - 02
- Troqueer - 03
- Troqueer - 04
- Troqueer - 05
- Upper Nithsdale - 01
- Upper Nithsdale - 02
- Upper Nithsdale - 03
- Upper Nithsdale - 04
- Upper Nithsdale - 05
- Upper Nithsdale - 06
- Upper Nithsdale - 07
Dumfries and Galloway in brief
Dumfries and Galloway’s average house price was £169,511 in July 2026.
Full-time workers living in Dumfries and Galloway earned a median of £34,895 in 2025.
A home in Dumfries and Galloway costs 4.9 times local full-time pay.
Dumfries and Galloway had 145,868 usual residents at the census.