West Dunbartonshire population, 2001–2024
West Dunbartonshire has an estimated population of 89,120 (mid-2024), down 4.5% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the West Dunbartonshire local authority area.
89,120
population, mid-2024
-4.5%
since 2001
-0.9%
last 10 years
2001
peak year (93,320)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 89,120 | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 88,940 | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 88,270 | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 88,510 | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 88,990 | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 89,560 | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 89,660 | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 90,120 | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 90,260 | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 89,930 | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 89,950 | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 89,980 | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 90,420 | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 90,610 | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 90,800 | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 91,080 | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 91,190 | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 91,370 | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 91,410 | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 91,530 | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 91,960 | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 92,470 | -0.6% |
| 2002 | 93,040 | -0.3% |
| 2001 | 93,320 | — |
High street businesses
West Dunbartonshire has 75 hairdressers and beauty salons, 40 pubs and bars, 25 licensed restaurants, 65 takeaways on the ONS business register (2025). Compare across the UK.
Rounded to the nearest 5, which is how ONS protects individual businesses from being identified.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the West Dunbartonshire local authority area (code S12000039), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.
Common questions
What is the population of West Dunbartonshire?
89,120, on the NRS mid-2024 estimate for the West Dunbartonshire local authority area. This page charts the full annual series back to 2001, so the figure sits in its twenty-year context rather than alone.
Is West Dunbartonshire growing or shrinking?
Shrinking: down 4.5% since 2001, from 93,320 to 89,120. The peak year in the series so far is 2001. Year-by-year figures and the chart are on this page.