Environment 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.
5 layers about environment for Dumfries and Galloway, each at the level its publisher released it, with its own date and source.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
Dumfries and Galloway’s 12 wards range from 0% to 92%.
Radon potential
1 km gridPublished as points, so there is no single figure for Dumfries and Galloway. The map shows each one.
People in radon Affected Area squares
CouncilAbout 35% of people in Dumfries and Galloway live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Across the UK the figure is 44%.
Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas.
- Against Scotland
- 30% higher27%
- Against the UK
- 20% lower44%
Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)
1 km gridPublished as points, so there is no single figure for Dumfries and Galloway. The map shows each one.
Fine particles (PM2.5)
1 km gridPublished as points, so there is no single figure for Dumfries and Galloway. The map shows each one.
Green space
OutlineGreat Britain onlyPublished as points, so there is no single figure for Dumfries and Galloway. The map shows each one.