Glasgow City Region

Population by deprivation decile, Glasgow City Region Local Authorities, 2021
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There is wide variation in the distribution of populations living in deprivation across the Glasgow City Region. Glasgow has the greatest concentration of people living in deprived circumstances, followed by Inverclyde and West Dunbartonshire, while at the other extreme the populations in East Dunbartonshire and East Renfrewshire are much less deprived. Nevertheless every local authority contains a proportion of their population who live in the most deprived decile in Scotland.

Under the latest version of Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD 2020), Inverclyde has overtaken Glasgow in having the highest proportion of its population residing in the most deprived decile; 30% compared to 29% in Glasgow. This is in part because Glasgow's population has become marginally less deprived relative to other areas over time. 

Nevertheless three out of ten Glaswegians still live in the most deprived 10% of areas in Scotland while only 6% of Glaswegians live in the least deprived 10% of areas in Scotland. In contrast, 38% and 28% respectively of the populations of East Renfrewshire and East Dunbartonshire reside in the least deprived 10% of areas.

Notes 

The graph above shows the proportions of population across the eight local authorities in the Glasgow City Region split by the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (2020) deciles. These deciles break down the population of Scotland into ten groups each containing approximately 10% of the population. Decile 1 represents the most deprived 10% of areas by population, decile 2 the next most deprived 10% of areas and so on, until decile 10 which represents the least deprived 10% of areas.

This page was last updated in September 2022.