Dundee Facts & Figures

Dundee Facts & Figures

Our City

Dundee is Scotland's 4th largest City
It is situated at the Mouth of the River Tay, 60 miles north of Edinburgh and 67 miles South of Aberdeen
The City covers an area of 6,515 Hectares (26 square miles)

Our People

Dundee City has an estimated population of 142,470 (GRO Scotland Mid Year Estimate 2008)
In Dundee 17.7% of the resident population are aged 0-15, 64.6% aged 16-64 and 17.7% aged 65+. (Census 2001)
Dundee City has a total of 66,908 resident households (Census 2001)
Dundee City has an average household size of 2.13 persons. (Census 2001)
53.3% of households are owner occupied, 24.0% rented from the local authority, 7.8% rented from a Housing Association and 9.6% are privately rented. 5.0% are classified as Other. (Census 2001)
45.5% of Households in Dundee City have no car, 40.7% have 1 car, 11.8% have 2 cars and 2.1% have 3 cars or more. (Census 2001)
10.3% of residents live in detached homes, 24.1% in semi-detached properties, 11.6% in terraced properties and 54.0% in flats. (Census 2001)
Households in Dundee had a mean household income (gross) of £28,325 in 2008. (CACI Paycheck 2008)

Our Economy

There are 80,156 full and part-time jobs in the City. 9% of jobs are in the manufacturing sector, 45% in services, 40% in the public sector, 5.0% in construction and 1.0% in other activities. (Dundee City Council Company Database 2009)
66,200 Dundee City residents are in employment, representing an employment rate of 71.5% of the working age population. (Annual Population Survey Jan-Dec 2008)
On average, in 2008, there were 3,481 persons claiming unemployment related benefits each month in the city, a resident based rate of 3.9%. (Office for National Statistics; Nomis)
Median gross weekly earnings of full time employees working in Dundee stood at £465.60 in April 2008 (Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings)

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