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Dounby

Dounby is a town or village in Orkney, Scotland, featuring around 1 pharmacies and 2 restaurants and cafés. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Dounby area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Orkney Islands area is among the least deprived areas in Scotland (SIMD 2020).

Council
Orkney Islands
County
Orkney
Constituency
Orkney and Shetland
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

11°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 12° / 11° · 70% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 10° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:33Sunset 16:19

8h 45m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

12US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Inverness, United Kingdom

Road safety

8 reported road collisions (2025)

5 killed or seriously injured · 9 casualties · 3.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

7 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 6 passed
  • 1 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

House prices

£216,479 average▼ 1.2% YoY

Across Orkney Islands · to 2026-08

Detached£290,099
Semi-detached£200,730
Terraced£171,455
Flat£111,960

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 176.9p · Asda (0.2 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 199.9p · Asda (0.2 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

3 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: Dounby Community School Ac7.4 Dual (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches2
  • Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local news

Source: Orkney Islands Council

Population

21,920 residents in Orkney Islands

  • Under 16: 15%
  • 16–64: 58%
  • 65+: 27%

Source: ONS mid-year estimates (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in Scotland

Source: Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Council control

Independent majority

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Pharmacies1
  • Parks & greens246
  • Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

1,780 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

4 jobs advertised · £23,750 avg

e.g. Relief Social Care Assistant, Smiddybrae House - ORK10238, Relief Social Care Worker, Smiddybrae House - ORK10288, Day Centre Officer, West Mainland Day Care Centre - ORK10874

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£786 median full-time weekly pay

1.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£25,234 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction8.2
  • Feeling worthwhile8.3
  • Happiness yesterday8.1
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.9

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2020-21

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Orkney and Shetland:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

Notable places nearby

  • Dounby · 0.1 km

    Dounby is a village on Mainland in Orkney, in the north of Scotland.

  • RAF Skeabrae · 2.3 km

    Royal Air Force Skeabrae, or more simply RAF Skeabrae, is a former Royal Air Force station located on Mainland, Orkney, United Kingdom.

  • Loch of Bosquoy · 2.4 km

    The Loch of Bosquoy is a small, shallow, rhomboid shaped loch on Mainland, Orkney, Scotland situated just off the north east corner of the Loch of Harray. The loch was surveyed during 1903 by Sir John Murray and later…

  • Harray · 3.5 km

    Harray is an Orcadian parish and village on Mainland, Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom. The village is near the Loch of Harray and was used by the Vikings for waterway transportation and Old Norse was spoken in the ar…

  • Dounby Click Mill · 3.6 km

    Dounby Click Mill is a mill located on the Mainland of Orkney, in Scotland. It is the last of the horizontal or "Norse" watermills of Orkney still in working order.

  • RNAS Twatt · 3.8 km

    Royal Naval Air Station Twatt, is a former military airfield, located near Twatt, Orkney, Scotland, of the Royal Navy. It was built by the Admiralty and was commissioned on 1 April 1941. On 1 January 1942 it became an…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Nearby towns

Frequently asked questions

Where is Dounby?
Dounby is a town in Orkney, Scotland, in the Orkney Islands local authority.
How deprived is Dounby?
The Orkney Islands local authority, which includes Dounby, is among the least deprived areas in Scotland on the SIMD 2020.