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Saline

Saline is a village in Fife, Scotland, with a population of around 1,100. It has around 1 restaurant or café, 7 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Eddie's Rest, 7.2 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Saline area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Fife area is around the average in Scotland (SIMD 2020).

Council
Fife
County
Fife
Constituency
Dunfermline and West Fife
Police force
Scotland
Some panels draw on England & Wales-only official data, so street crime, energy ratings, NHS services, schools, council tax, care services, private rents, affordability and life expectancy aren’t shown for Scottish areas. Population, deprivation (SIMD), house prices, weather, food hygiene, council control, fuel and more still apply.

Weather

13°COvercast

  • Today: 16° / 8° · 24% rain
  • Tomorrow: 18° / 11° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:40Sunset 19:40

13h 0m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: St Andrew’s Day, Mon 30 Nov

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

45US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Fife Dunfermline, United Kingdom

Road safety

268 reported road collisions (2024)

103 killed or seriously injured · 363 casualties · 7.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

33 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 30 passed
  • 1 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Eddie's Rest (6.7 km)
  • 11 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Dunfermline City (8.9 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£176,924 average 6.8% YoY

Across Fife · to 2026-06

Detached£344,689
Semi-detached£203,131
Terraced£160,573
Flat£108,859

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 169.7p · Asda (10.8 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 191.7p · Asda (10.8 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

10 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: Cherry Tree Lodge (2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches4
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

373,990 residents in Fife

  • Under 16: 16%
  • 16–64: 61%
  • 65+: 23%

Source: ONS mid-year estimates (local authority)

Deprivation

Around the average in Scotland

8% of neighbourhoods are in Scotland’s most deprived 10%; 20% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Your MP

Graeme Downie

Labour

Dunfermline and Dollar

Recent votes:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour (minority)

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Parks & greens13

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

11,220 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

13 jobs advertised · £18,720 avg

e.g. Online Maths Tutor - Part Time, Online Maths Tutoring Job in Saline – Flexible Schedule, Online Spanish Tutor - Part Time

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£763 median full-time weekly pay

3.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,257 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Grid electricity

94% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 69% · Solar 16% · Wind 8% · Imports 6%

2 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for South Scotland · National Grid ESO

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.3
  • Feeling worthwhile7.7
  • Happiness yesterday7.2
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Dunfermline and Dollar:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

Notable places nearby

  • Saline, Fife · 0.3 km

    Saline is a village and parish in Fife, Scotland, situated 5 miles (8.0 km) to the north-west of Dunfermline. It lies in an elevated position on the western slopes of the Cleish Hills.

  • Steelend · 1.3 km

    Steelend is a former mining village in West Fife, Scotland, located on the B914 road approximately three-quarters of a mile east of the village of Saline and four miles north-west of Dunfermline. The village is home t…

  • Dunfermline (district) · 1.9 km

    Dunfermline was a local government district in the Fife region of Scotland from 1975 to 1996, lying to the south-west of the regional capital Glenrothes.

  • Oakley United F.C. · 2.9 km

    Oakley United Football Club are a Scottish football club based in Oakley, Fife. Formed in 1964, they play their home games at Blairwood Park. The club's colours are maroon and light blue.

  • Comrie, Fife · 3.2 km

    Comrie ; is a village in Fife, Scotland, located immediately west of the neighbouring village of Oakley, 6.2 miles (9.98 km) west of Dunfermline on the A907. In 2019 it had an estimated population of 810.

  • Blairhall · 3.5 km

    Blairhall is a town in West Fife, Scotland. It is situated 1.1 miles (1.77 km) west of Comrie, and 6.7 miles (10.783 km) west of Dunfermline.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Saline?
Saline is a town in Fife, Scotland, in the Fife local authority.
What is the population of Saline?
Saline has an approximate settlement population of 1,100.
How deprived is Saline?
The Fife local authority, which includes Saline, is around the average in Scotland on the SIMD 2020.