Editing East Dunbartonshire (section)

==Demographics==
East Dunbartonshire council area has low levels of deprivation, with relatively low unemployment and low levels of crime. The population is both declining and ageing.<ref>
{{cite web
|author=Controller of Audit to the Accounts Commission
|url=http://www.audit-scotland.gov.uk/docs/local/2009/bv_090513_east_dunbartonshire.rtf
|title=The Audit of Best Value and Community Planning - East Dunbartonshire Council
|publisher=Scottish Government
|date=May 2009
|access-date=3 May 2012}}</ref>

In a 2007 [[Reader's Digest]] poll, East Dunbartonshire was voted the best place in Britain to raise a family.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6564215.stm |title=Scots areas top happy family poll |work=BBC News |date=18 April 2007 |access-date=1 March 2014}}</ref> The area has generally performed well in the [[Halifax (United Kingdom bank)|Halifax]] Quality of Life survey; in 2010 it was ranked third in Scotland,<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-12074102 |title=BBC News - Aberdeenshire tops 'quality of life' list |work=BBC News |date=27 December 2010 |access-date=1 March 2014}}</ref> and it was the only Scottish area in the British Top 20 in 2008.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/business/East-Dunbartonshire-is-only-Scottish.3927090.jp |title=East Dunbartonshire is only Scottish area in UK top 20 for 'quality of life' |work=The Scotsman |location= Edinburgh |date=28 March 2008 |access-date=1 March 2014}}</ref> A [[Legatum Prosperity Index]] published by the [[Legatum|Legatum Institute]] in October 2016 showed East Dunbartonshire as the most prosperous council area in Scotland and the ninth most prosperous in the United Kingdom.