Official statistics · 7 of 9 measures compare directly
North Ayrshire and South Ayrshire compared
Every measure Civometry publishes for both areas, side by side. Each figure is its publisher’s own for the period named beside it, and the difference between the two is stated in the middle. Neither area is called better: which direction counts as better depends on what you are asking, and the page does not decide that for you. Where the two figures are not comparable — a different period, or nothing published for one side — the row says so instead of showing a difference.
North Ayrshire
S12000021 · Scotland
South Ayrshire
S12000028 · Scotland
Getting better or worse
0
Civometry calculation on Home Office, ONS, HM Land Registry and MHCLG figures
2 more in North Ayrshire
−2
Civometry calculation on Home Office, ONS, HM Land Registry and MHCLG figures
Population
133,660
National Records of Scotland: Mid-year population estimates time series
21,380 more in North Ayrshire
112,280
National Records of Scotland: Mid-year population estimates time series
Median annual pay, full-time employees
£40,312
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence
£2,764 more in South Ayrshire
£43,076
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence
Average house price
£141,756
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
£30,449 more in South Ayrshire
£172,205
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
All claimants
4.2%
ONS: Claimant count by sex and age (Nomis)
1.1 percentage points higher in North Ayrshire
3.1%
ONS: Claimant count by sex and age (Nomis)
All recorded crime and offences
544
Scottish Government: Recorded Crime in Scotland: bulletin tables
82 more in North Ayrshire
462
Scottish Government: Recorded Crime in Scotland: bulletin tables
House price to pay ratio
3.5 years
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
0.5 years more in South Ayrshire
4.0 years
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
Annual rent as a share of pay
No published figure
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
No published figure for North Ayrshire.
No published figure
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
Band D council tax as a share of pay
No published figure
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
No published figure for North Ayrshire.
No published figure
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
In one sentence
In the latest published figures, population was 133,660 in North Ayrshire and 112,280 in South Ayrshire (mid-2025); median annual pay, full-time employees was £40,312 in North Ayrshire and £43,076 in South Ayrshire (2025); and average house price was £141,756 in North Ayrshire and £172,205 in South Ayrshire (June 2026). (Civometry, from official statistics; each figure is the publisher's own.)
In the latest published figures, population was 133,660 in North Ayrshire and 112,280 in South Ayrshire (mid-2025); median annual pay, full-time employees was £40,312 in North Ayrshire and £43,076 in South Ayrshire (2025); and average house price was £141,756 in North Ayrshire and £172,205 in South Ayrshire (June 2026). (Civometry, from official statistics; each figure is the publisher's own.)
Recorded crime by category
A category-by-category crime comparison needs both areas to have a full, current twelve months in the data.police.uk archive. One of them does not, so it is not shown; the crime rate above, where published, still comes from that archive.
What this comparison rests on
Two figures are only subtracted when they are the same measure over the same period. Populations differ (— and — residents on the latest estimates used here), so counts are shown alongside rates rather than instead of them. Nothing on this page is weighted, indexed or scored: every difference is one published number minus another, and the rows that cannot be compared say why.