Northumberland vs Scottish Borders
A side-by-side comparison of the Northumberland and Scottish Borders local authority areas — population, density, deprivation and age profile, from ONS Census 2021 and each nation’s Indices of Deprivation. Deprivation uses IoD2025 for Northumberland and SIMD 2020 for Scottish Borders, so those two figures aren’t directly comparable.
In short: Northumberland is the more populous.
| Northumberland | Scottish Borders | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 320,569 | 116,800 |
| Density | 64/km² | — |
| Deprivation | 11% in most-deprived 10% | 2% in most-deprived 10% |
| Council tax (Band D) | £2,597 | — |
| Schools Good/Outstanding | 90% | — |
| Aged under 16 | 16% | 15% |
| Aged 16–64 | 58% | 57% |
| Aged 65+ | 25% | 28% |