Reviewed figures: 1996 to 2025. The chart opens on the latest 30 years; choose All history for the full reviewed record.
Shown on this chart: 28,600 people in 1996; 25,770 people in 2025. 9.9% lower between these observations.
25.4k27.1k28.8k
19962025
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Full history context
The population fell from 28,600 to 25,770 between 1996 and 2025.
2024 to 2025: 160 less people (0.6% lower).
This counts the whole council area. Growth alone does not establish overcrowding or a shortfall in services.
Data table and workings
All ages, both sexes, usual residents. Source series rebased to the 2021/2022 censuses; latest revisions replace older estimates.
These estimates cover the whole authority, including any surrounding towns and countryside.
Historical boundaries/revisions follow the source series; null years are not zero.
The table retains the full reviewed history when the chart is shortened. Preset ranges end at this measure’s latest published period. Yearly windows count published annual periods; monthly windows count months. Gaps are never filled with estimates.
Population over time — Na h-Eileanan Siar council area: full reviewed history
Na h-Eileanan Siar council area · Cash prices, before allowing for inflation
Reviewed figures: January 2004 to July 2026. This reviewed record covers fewer than 30 years, so the chart opens on all of it.
Shown on this chart: £39,022 in January 2004; £139,518 in July 2026. 257.5% higher between these observations.
£16.5k£96k£175.5k
January 2004July 2026
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Average home prices rose from £39,000 to £140,000 between January 2004 and July 2026.
July 2025 to July 2026: £9,000 more per home (6.7% higher).
Cash prices, before allowing for inflation. Changes do not show affordability without local earnings and household circumstances.
Data table and workings
Published UK House Price Index average price, all property types and all buyers, not seasonally adjusted. Entire series comes from the 2026-07 official full-file release, preserving its historical revisions and exact area codes. It is a mix-adjusted average, not the median price paid.
Prices are in pounds at the time, not adjusted for inflation.
Whole local authority area; not a typical home listing or the budget needed by a first-time buyer.
Provisional estimates can be revised. Historical boundaries follow the exact published source code; no old-code series has been relabelled.
The table retains the full reviewed history when the chart is shortened. Preset ranges end at this measure’s latest published period. Yearly windows count published annual periods; monthly windows count months. Gaps are never filled with estimates.
Average home price over time — Na h-Eileanan Siar council area: full reviewed history
UK Facts calculation: output-area counts summed using the official NRS 2022 geography index only when every required cell is numeric. The source dash has no verified definition in the archive or its disclosure notes, so affected sums are withheld; it is not treated as zero. Dash-cell counts are retained in diagnostics. Cells are privacy-adjusted and may not add to independently published totals. Each percentage uses its own table denominator.
A required output-area cell contains an undefined dash; the affected aggregate is withheld, not treated as zero.
Show the workings
UK Facts calculation: output-area counts summed using the official NRS 2022 geography index only when every required cell is numeric. The source dash has no verified definition in the archive or its disclosure notes, so affected sums are withheld; it is not treated as zero. Dash-cell counts are retained in diagnostics. Cells are privacy-adjusted and may not add to independently published totals. Each percentage uses its own table denominator.
UK Facts calculation: output-area counts summed using the official NRS 2022 geography index only when every required cell is numeric. The source dash has no verified definition in the archive or its disclosure notes, so affected sums are withheld; it is not treated as zero. Dash-cell counts are retained in diagnostics. Cells are privacy-adjusted and may not add to independently published totals. Each percentage uses its own table denominator. Scottish degree-or-higher excludes HNC/HND and is kept distinct from the wider Level 4+ measure used elsewhere.
Published UK House Price Index average price, all property types and all buyers, not seasonally adjusted. Entire series comes from the 2026-07 official full-file release, preserving its historical revisions and exact area codes. It is a mix-adjusted average, not the median price paid.
Shown to the nearest £1,000. Published value: £139,518.
UK Facts calculation: output-area counts summed using the official NRS 2022 geography index only when every required cell is numeric. The source dash has no verified definition in the archive or its disclosure notes, so affected sums are withheld; it is not treated as zero. Dash-cell counts are retained in diagnostics. Cells are privacy-adjusted and may not add to independently published totals. Each percentage uses its own table denominator. Scottish degree-or-higher excludes HNC/HND and is kept distinct from the wider Level 4+ measure used elsewhere.
A required output-area cell contains an undefined dash; the affected aggregate is withheld, not treated as zero.
Show the workings
UK Facts calculation: output-area counts summed using the official NRS 2022 geography index only when every required cell is numeric. The source dash has no verified definition in the archive or its disclosure notes, so affected sums are withheld; it is not treated as zero. Dash-cell counts are retained in diagnostics. Cells are privacy-adjusted and may not add to independently published totals. Each percentage uses its own table denominator.
Homes rented from a council or housing association
Not available
20 March 2022 · Na h-Eileanan Siar council area
A required output-area cell contains an undefined dash; the affected aggregate is withheld, not treated as zero.
Show the workings
UK Facts calculation: output-area counts summed using the official NRS 2022 geography index only when every required cell is numeric. The source dash has no verified definition in the archive or its disclosure notes, so affected sums are withheld; it is not treated as zero. Dash-cell counts are retained in diagnostics. Cells are privacy-adjusted and may not add to independently published totals. Each percentage uses its own table denominator.
