Understanding Scottish Places

Faifley, West Dunbartonshire

Population 4,776

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Faifley in West Dunbartonshire was established as a mill village first for wool and later for cotton. In the 1950s new public housing was built as the town accommodated residents working in Glasgow and Clydebank. Much of this has since been demolished. Faifley is now a suburb of Hardgate.

In medium towns like this one, people experience more challenging circumstances with higher rates of unemployment, poorer health, lack of a car, lower levels of education and lower social grades than other groups. A higher proportion live in social rented housing. There is a higher proportion of single person households and lone parents.

Faifley is a dependent to interdependent town.

Its most similar towns are Ballingry, Lochore and Crosshill, Fauldhouse, Hallglen, and Hurlford and Crookedholm.

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Interdependent
Independent

Number of jobs

-6
Type average -4

Diversity of jobs

-6
Type average -3

Distance travelled to work

4
Type average -1

Number of public sector jobs

-6
Type average -3

Number of hospitals

-6
Type average -6

Number of GP's and dentists

-4
Type average -3

Number of children in primary schools

2
Type average -1

Number of children in secondary schools

-6
Type average -6

Distance travelled to study

6
Type average 1

Number of shops

-6
Type average -1

Diversity of retail offer

-4
Type average -4

Number of charities

Type average -3
Dependent
Interdependent
Independent

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Public

Education (% all people aged 16 and over)

  No education Standard grade or equivalent Higher grade or equivalent HNC, HND, SVQ4 Degree or higher degree
Faifley 23.52139548 25.70182611 9.839193241 25.89261379 14.96320523

Commercial

Distance travelled to study

  At home Up to 5km 5 to 10km 10 to 30km 30km and over
Faifley 5.276381909547739 15.305695142378559 1.109715242881072 1.423785594639866 0.1884422110552764

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