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Inverness area guide

Who lives in Inverness, how they live, and how it compares on crime, schools and transport.

Council
Highland
Region
Scotland
Population
51,758 (2024)
At a glance

What Inverness is like

Inverness is a city in Highland in Scotland. It is home to about 51,758 people across 24,006 households. 60.1% of households own their home, 14% rent privately and 22.1% are in social housing. The largest age group is 55–59, and 60.2% of adults are in work. On deprivation, it sits near the middle of the scale for Scotland.

Scores

How Inverness compares

Headline figures for Inverness, set against Scotland as a whole.

AffluenceMore
5.4/ 10

Around the middle. Scored from 1 (most deprived in Scotland) to 10 (least deprived).

CrimeMore
43per 1,000

Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents in Highland a year, against 57 across Scotland.

TransportMore
5.0/ 10

Good: 1 station within a mile, 47 bus stops within 800m.

SchoolsMore
23

23 schools in Inverness. None has a published inspection grade.

Questions

Inverness FAQs

01
Is Inverness a good place to live?

Deprivation, crime, schools and transport at a glance.

It scores 5.4 out of 10 on the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020, where 10 is the least deprived in Scotland. Transport connectivity scores 5.0 out of 10 (good).
02
Is Inverness safe?

How recorded crime here compares with the national average.

Police Scotland publishes crime by council area only. Highland recorded 43 crimes per 1,000 residents in 2025-26, against 57 across Scotland.
03
Who lives in Inverness?

Age, home ownership and housing from the census.

The largest age group is 55–59, at 7.6% of residents. 60.1% of households own their home. The most common property type is semi-detached (29.3%).
04
Which council covers Inverness?

The local authority for Inverness is Highland.

Inverness comes under Highland in Scotland. Council tax, planning applications and bin collections are handled there.
05
How well connected is Inverness?

Connectivity scores 5.0 out of 10.

There are 47 bus stops within 800m and 1 station or tram stop within a mile, scoring 5.0 out of 10 (good). The nearest station is Inverness Rail Station, 0.6 miles away.

Sources: Scotland's Census 2022 (NRS); ONS mid-year population estimates; police recorded crime; the English, Welsh and Scottish indices of deprivation; ONS small area income estimates; ONS private rents; DfE, Welsh and Scottish school registers and Ofsted; DfT NaPTAN; ORR estimates of station usage. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right.

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