Dumfries and Galloway: Lowest Percentage Church Attendance in Scotland

According to the latest UK Church Statistics report (2020), Dumfries and Galloway currently has the lowest percentage church attendance of any Scottish council area. In 2016, 4.6% of the population here attended church, second only to East Lothian (4.5%). However by 2025 Dumfries and Galloway’s church attendance is forecast to drop to 2.8% by 2025 – with the next worst being Clackmannanshire at 3.1%. To read the rest of this post on the Stranraer RPCS website, click here.