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Local Intelligence · Scotland

What should I know about this place in Scotland?

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Enter a postcode or town, or choose a council area below, to see how many schools and charities it has, what is distinctive compared with Scotland, and who runs local life.

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Browse by council area

Aberdeen City62 schools · 878 charitiesAberdeenshire161 schools · 1,293 charitiesAngus58 schools · 524 charitiesArgyll and Bute81 schools · 812 charitiesCity of Edinburgh115 schools · 2,843 charitiesClackmannanshire24 schools · 180 charitiesDumfries and Galloway106 schools · 854 charitiesDundee City41 schools · 631 charitiesEast Ayrshire54 schools · 333 charitiesEast Dunbartonshire44 schools · 385 charitiesEast Lothian40 schools · 470 charitiesEast Renfrewshire32 schools · 333 charitiesFalkirk58 schools · 395 charitiesFife157 schools · 1,328 charitiesGlasgow City189 schools · 2,467 charitiesHighland196 schools · 1,792 charitiesInverclyde28 schools · 253 charitiesMidlothian39 schools · 306 charitiesMoray52 schools · 546 charitiesNa h-Eileanan Siar23 schools · 334 charitiesNorth Ayrshire59 schools · 416 charitiesNorth Lanarkshire153 schools · 679 charitiesOrkney Islands22 schools · 251 charitiesPerth and Kinross76 schools · 923 charitiesRenfrewshire63 schools · 491 charitiesScottish Borders63 schools · 804 charitiesShetland Islands27 schools · 277 charitiesSouth Ayrshire49 schools · 411 charitiesSouth Lanarkshire150 schools · 806 charitiesStirling49 schools · 520 charitiesWest Dunbartonshire41 schools · 207 charitiesWest Lothian88 schools · 501 charities

How to read this

The figures describe places, not the people who live in them, and they are counts of records, not rates: we do not hold population figures for Scotland here. We say "higher" or "lower", never "good" or "bad", and where something is missing we say so instead of filling the gap.

  • The Scottish Parliament is not matched to a postcode yet (constituency boundaries by postcode are not held); the page links to all 129 MSPs.
  • School governor records are not published for Scotland.
  • Health boards are matched from council area; a few council areas are shared between two boards.

Looking for the schools and charities closest to a postcode? Try Who runs things in Scotland.