Dumfries and Galloway Council

Bins, council tax and planning, and what the council covers

Dumfries and Galloway Council is the one council for Dumfries and Galloway: it runs bins, council tax and planning, and schools, roads and social care. ONS places 6,926 postcodes in use in Dumfries and Galloway, in 16 postcode districts across 2 postcode areas.

67% of homes and businesses in Dumfries and Galloway can get gigabit broadband, Ofcom says.

Its own pages listed
17
Postcodes in use
6,926
Postcode districts
16
Towns and villages
18

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

Its website

Dumfries and Galloway Council

dumgal.gov.uk

Name and website as GOV.UK gives them.

Do it on Dumfries and Galloway Council's own website

Each link goes straight to the page on the council's own website for that task. We opened every one on 14 October 2026.

Bins and recycling

Council tax

Planning and building

Housing

Roads and parking

Report a problem

Schools

Care, support and libraries

Councillors, voting and complaints

The pages are the ones GOV.UK lists for Dumfries and Galloway Council. GOV.UK lists 18. When we opened them on 14 October 2026, 1 page had gone (missing, or moved to a page about something else). We left it out rather than send you to a page we could not see. If one has moved since, tell us.

What broadband can you get in Dumfries and Galloway?

Across Dumfries and Galloway, 67% of homes and businesses can get gigabit broadband and 67% full fibre, Ofcom says.

Full fibre67% can get it
Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)67% can get it
Superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)97% can get it
Cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s)Under 1%

For one street, look up its postcode: each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

How much is council tax in Dumfries and Galloway?

Band D for 2026‑27: £1,579 a year

Every other band is a fixed share of Band D, set in law. Band A is two thirds of it; band H is nearly two and a half times it.

BandA year
Band A£1,052
Band B£1,228
Band C£1,403
Band D£1,579
Band E£2,074
Band F£2,565
Band G£3,092
Band H£3,868

Band D is the average across the area, so a home's own bill can be a little different. Bands other than D are worked out by us from Band D and rounded to the pound. The figures do not include water and sewerage charges. A home's bill also takes off any discount, such as 25% for one adult living alone.

Check one home's band with the Scottish Assessors

Source: Scottish Government, Council Tax by band 2026-27, published 31 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Postcode districts with postcodes in Dumfries and Galloway

Counted from the ONS Postcode Directory. A postcode district is drawn for sorting post, so many cross a council's edge.

Its postcode areas

DG postcode area: Dumfries, postcodes in use here:6,902 of 6,912ML postcode area: Motherwell, postcodes in use here:24 of 9,884

Beside each area: how many of its postcodes in use are in Dumfries and Galloway.

Towns and villages

DumfriesStranraerAnnanNewton StewartLocharbriggsDalbeattieKirkcudbrightCastle DouglasLockerbieMoffatGretnaLochmabenLangholmThornhill, Dumfries and GallowaySanquharEastriggsKirkconnel and KelloholmGatehouse of Fleet

Is an address in Dumfries and Galloway?

A council's edge does not follow postcodes exactly. Check the postcode.

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What Dumfries and Galloway covers: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. Its name, website and own pages: GOV.UK, Local authority services, downloaded 14 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0; every link opened on 14 October 2026. See all our data sources

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