Dunfermline

Town

Town in Fife, Scotland.

Dunfermline is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Dunfermline 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.

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Radon Affected Area by town

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 6% of people in Dunfermline live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population

54,881

193rd most populated of 1,209

ONS Census 2021 · 2021

Gigabit broadband coverage

91.8%

UK 87.8%

Ofcom · Jan 2026

Claimant rate

2.7%

UK 3.9%

ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Dunfermline compares

Each dot is a town. The black line marks the middle one.

DunfermlineMiddle

Population117 towns, Scotland · 2021

54,8817th most populated

People in radon Affected Area squares117 towns, Scotland · 2022

6%joint 54th most people in radon Affected Areas

Gigabit broadband coverage117 towns, Scotland · Jan 2026

91.8%47th lowest

Claimant rate117 towns, Scotland · Aug 2026

2.7%joint 42nd lowest

What is the population of Dunfermline?

Dunfermline had 54,881 usual residents at the census.

Dunfermline is the 193rd most populated of 1,209 in the UK.

Neighbourhoods in Dunfermline

Name	People (census)	Recorded crime per 1,000	Deprivation decile	Gigabit broadband
Abbey Parks North	520	No figure	No figure	61.5%
Abbey Parks South and Brucefield North West	739	No figure	No figure	92.2%
Abbeyview Central	685	No figure	No figure	99.4%
Abbeyview East	1,115	No figure	No figure	95.0%
Abbeyview Linburn	904	No figure	No figure	99.7%
Abbeyview North	879	No figure	No figure	93.5%
Abbeyview South East	659	No figure	No figure	99.7%
Abbeyview West	634	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Balbridgeburn North	846	No figure	No figure	80.5%
Balbridgeburn South	546	No figure	No figure	95.9%
Bellyeoman North and Townhill Landward	536	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Bellyeoman South	710	No figure	No figure	89.4%
Bellyeoman South West	831	No figure	No figure	78.4%
Beveridgewell East	775	No figure	No figure	95.3%
Beveridgewell North	447	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Beveridgewell West	558	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Beveridgewell Western and Parkneuk	423	No figure	No figure	93.2%
Broomhead	1,114	No figure	No figure	79.3%
Brucefield North	577	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Brucefield South	591	No figure	No figure	88.9%
Brucefield South West	543	No figure	No figure	80.8%
Brucefield West	742	No figure	No figure	87.3%
Calais Muir	1,028	No figure	No figure	92.2%
Carnegie Drive	1,116	No figure	No figure	74.2%
Duloch Central North East	640	No figure	No figure	93.7%
Duloch Central North West	544	No figure	No figure	94.1%
Duloch Central South	480	No figure	No figure	89.6%
Duloch Central South East	721	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Duloch Central South West	518	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Duloch North	498	No figure	No figure	95.2%
Duloch North East	1,067	No figure	No figure	92.5%
Duloch North West	566	No figure	No figure	87.8%
Duloch South	794	No figure	No figure	86.2%
Duloch South East	664	No figure	No figure	99.1%
Duloch South West	585	No figure	No figure	93.4%
Garvock Hill North East	921	No figure	No figure	97.2%
Garvock Hill South	772	No figure	No figure	99.7%
Garvock Hill West	557	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Halbeath	853	No figure	No figure	91.4%
Headwell Central	807	No figure	No figure	95.9%
Headwell East	785	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Headwell North	1,026	No figure	No figure	99.8%
Headwell South West	1,116	No figure	No figure	96.0%
Kingseathill	700	No figure	No figure	99.1%
Ladys Mill	842	No figure	No figure	98.7%
Lynebank	1,058	No figure	No figure	92.5%
Masterton Central	808	No figure	No figure	99.6%
Masterton East	603	No figure	No figure	94.8%
Masterton North	710	No figure	No figure	96.1%
Masterton South	760	No figure	No figure	97.6%
Masterton South East	725	No figure	No figure	86.8%
Middlebank East	647	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Middlebank West	627	No figure	No figure	94.9%
Milesmark East	660	No figure	No figure	99.4%
Milesmark West	725	No figure	No figure	94.0%
Pitbauchlie West	790	No figure	No figure	98.2%
Pitbauchlie and Pitcorthie North West	794	No figure	No figure	73.9%
Pitcorthie Central	784	No figure	No figure	88.2%
Pitcorthie East	896	No figure	No figure	99.8%
Pitcorthie North	727	No figure	No figure	86.4%
Pitcorthie North East	537	No figure	No figure	99.6%
Pitcorthie North West	743	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Pitcorthie West	919	No figure	No figure	98.3%
Pitreavie	732	No figure	No figure	80.6%
Pitreavie Castle East and Heathery	648	No figure	No figure	99.6%
Pitreavie Castle West	489	No figure	No figure	57.2%
Pittencrieff	1,108	No figure	No figure	84.2%
Queen Margaret Fauld	609	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Queen Margaret Hospital	515	No figure	No figure	93.1%
South Fod East	580	No figure	No figure	99.5%
South Fod West	522	No figure	No figure	99.5%
Touch	585	No figure	No figure	79.7%
Townhill East	652	No figure	No figure	99.1%
Townhill West	519	No figure	No figure	95.4%
Transy	713	No figure	No figure	81.7%
Wellwood	521	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Woodmill North	628	No figure	No figure	90.5%
Woodmill South	993	No figure	No figure	93.8%
Woodmill West	913	No figure	No figure	98.1%

Your MP

Graeme DownieLabourMP for Dunfermline and Dollar

As of 18 October 2026, from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

Council1

Fife

Postcode districts covering Dunfermline2

Middle areas in Dunfermline16

Towns near Dunfermline6

Dunfermline in brief

Dunfermline is a town in Fife, Scotland.

About 55,795 people lived in Dunfermline in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from NRS small-area estimates).

Dunfermline had 54,881 usual residents at the census.

About 6% of people in Dunfermline live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Dunfermline, 91.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Dunfermline, 2.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.