What the figures for Lower Dounreay cover
Every figure on this site comes from official or open public data. This page shows, for each one, the area it covers, the period, the source and when we last updated it.
Lower Dounreay is part of the parish of Reay.
Official statistics are published for parishes and census areas, not for every village and hamlet, so there are no separate figures for Lower Dounreay. Broadband, food hygiene, businesses and population are for all of Reay parish (626 residents). Flood risk, planning, transport and weather are measured from Lower Dounreay itself, and schools include the nearest to Lower Dounreay.
Figure by figure
| Figure | Covers | Period | Source | Last updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | Usual residents of the parish of Reay | Census 2022 | National Records of Scotland, Scotland’s Census 2022 | 1 Nov 2026 |
| Property | Not available for Scotland: Registers of Scotland does not publish individual sale prices as open data | Not published | Registers of Scotland | Not published |
| Crime | Not available for Scotland: Police Scotland does not publish street-level crime data | Not published | Police Scotland | Not published |
| Broadband | Postcodes in the parish of Reay | Speeds measured 2023, availability 2025 | Ofcom Connected Nations | 30 Sept 2026 |
| Schools | Open schools in the parish of Reay, plus the nearest others within 5 km of Lower Dounreay | Pupil rolls from the 2023 school census | Scottish Government School Roll and Locations, Education Scotland reports | 8 Oct 2026 |
| Food hygiene | Food businesses at postcodes in the parish of Reay | Latest inspection for each business | Food Standards Scotland (FHIS), via the FSA | 2 Nov 2026 |
| Businesses | Active companies with their registered office in the parish of Reay. A registered office is not always where a company trades. | Current register | Companies House | 2 Nov 2026 |
| Local trades | Active companies whose main activity is a trade, registered in the KW14 postcode district, those in the parish of Reay first | Current register | Companies House | 2 Nov 2026 |
| Planning | Applications within 5 km of the centre of Lower Dounreay | Last 12 months | PlanIt, from council planning registers | 2 Nov 2026 |
| Flood risk | The kilometre square around the centre of Lower Dounreay; nearest river measured from the centre | SEPA flood maps 2025 | SEPA flood maps, OS Open Rivers | 2 Nov 2026 |
| Transport | The stations nearest to Lower Dounreay, with walking routes from its centre | Departures live | National Rail, NaPTAN, OpenStreetMap | Live |
| Weather | The location of Lower Dounreay | Live forecast | MET Norway | Live |
| National comparisons | Food hygiene: all of Scotland. Broadband: the UK. Worked out from the same datasets as the local figures | Same periods as above | Our own calculation | 2 Nov 2026 |
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