Dumbarton
TownTown in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland.
Dumbarton is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Dumbarton add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.
Radon Affected Area by town
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 71% of people in Dumbarton live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Dumbarton compares
Each dot is a town. The black line marks the middle one.
What is the population of Dumbarton?
Dumbarton had 19,716 usual residents at the census.
Dumbarton is the 552nd most populated of 1,209 in the UK.
Neighbourhoods in Dumbarton
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonhill - 02 | 545 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Dalreoch - 01 | 920 | No figure | No figure | 90.7% |
| Dalreoch - 02 | 680 | No figure | No figure | 76.0% |
| Dalreoch - 03 | 814 | No figure | No figure | 99.2% |
| Dalreoch - 04 | 681 | No figure | No figure | 80.7% |
| Dalreoch - 05 | 664 | No figure | No figure | 98.0% |
| Dalreoch - 06 | 676 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Dalreoch - 07 | 523 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Dalreoch - 08 | 561 | No figure | No figure | 91.7% |
| Dumbarton Central - 01 | 705 | No figure | No figure | 68.5% |
| Dumbarton Central - 02 | 638 | No figure | No figure | 83.2% |
| Dumbarton Central - 03 | 563 | No figure | No figure | 97.1% |
| Dumbarton Central - 04 | 628 | No figure | No figure | 93.3% |
| Dumbarton Central - 05 | 636 | No figure | No figure | 63.4% |
| Dumbarton Central - 06 | 524 | No figure | No figure | 97.8% |
| Dumbarton East - 01 | 648 | No figure | No figure | 90.4% |
| Dumbarton East - 02 | 655 | No figure | No figure | 97.0% |
| Dumbarton East - 03 | 839 | No figure | No figure | 99.1% |
| Dumbarton East - 04 | 1,006 | No figure | No figure | 75.6% |
| Dumbarton East - 05 | 468 | No figure | No figure | 96.7% |
| Dumbarton North - 01 | 1,003 | No figure | No figure | 90.6% |
| Dumbarton North - 02 | 658 | No figure | No figure | 82.6% |
| Dumbarton North - 03 | 705 | No figure | No figure | 54.2% |
| Dumbarton North - 04 | 967 | No figure | No figure | 93.3% |
| Dumbarton North - 05 | 793 | No figure | No figure | 91.8% |
| Dumbarton North - 06 | 672 | No figure | No figure | 99.7% |
| Garshake, Milton and Bowling - 03 | 390 | No figure | No figure | 81.9% |
| Garshake, Milton and Bowling - 04 | 570 | No figure | No figure | 98.6% |
| Garshake, Milton and Bowling - 05 | 862 | No figure | No figure | 99.6% |
| Garshake, Milton and Bowling - 06 | 1,042 | No figure | No figure | 92.2% |
Your MP
- Douglas McAllisterLabourMP for West Dunbartonshire
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Council1
Postcode districts covering Dumbarton1
Middle areas in Dumbarton5
Towns near Dumbarton6
Dumbarton in brief
Dumbarton is a town in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland.
About 19,777 people lived in Dumbarton in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from NRS small-area estimates).
Dumbarton had 19,716 usual residents at the census.
About 71% of people in Dumbarton live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Dumbarton, 88.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Dumbarton, 3.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.