Local authority · S12000017
Highland
In useHighland is a local authority in Scotland, published in boundary releases since December 2011.
The May 2026 boundary, generalised to about 100 m.
- Code
- S12000017
- Kind
- Local authority
- Area
- 26,025 km²
- Population
- 237,290Mid-2024 estimate
- In use
- 2011 to now
Where it sits
Grouping of councilsInverness, The Hebrides, The Highlands
CountryScotland
What it contains
21 wards, as of the May 2026 boundaries
- Aird and Loch Ness
- Badenoch and Strathspey
- Black Isle
- Caol and Mallaig
- Cromarty Firth
- Culloden and Ardersier
- Dingwall and Seaforth
- East Sutherland and Edderton
- Eilean á Chèo
- Fort William and Ardnamurchan
- Inverness Central
- Inverness Millburn
- Inverness Ness-side
- Inverness South
- Inverness West
- Nairn and Cawdor
- North, West and Central Sutherland
- Tain and Easter Ross
- Thurso and Northwest Caithness
- Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh
- Wick and East Caithness
What it overlaps
1 ward, as of the December 2023 boundaries
Neighbours
4 local authorities share a border with Highland, longest border first.
- Perth and Kinross 114.5 km
- Moray 111.2 km
- Argyll and Bute 74.7 km
- Aberdeenshire 24.7 km
Data published for it
19 of the Atlas's datasets publish figures for Highland itself.
- Air Quality2024
- Broadband Coverage2025
- Child Poverty2022 to 2025 (4 years)
- Claimant Count2026
- EU Referendum Results2016
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions2005 to 2024 (20 years)
- Jobs2011 to 2024 (14 years)
- Land Area2024
- Life Expectancy2024
- Life Expectancy Series2003 to 2024 (22 years)
- Mobile Coverage2025
- Population (Local Authority)2011 to 2024 (14 years)
- Public electric vehicle chargers by local authority2026
- Road Collisions by Local Authority2024 and 2025
- Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation2020
- Subnational electricity consumption2015 to 2024 (10 years)
- Subnational gas consumption2015 to 2024 (10 years)
- UK business: activity, size and location2025
- Unemployment2021
Ask the API
Everything on this page comes from the UK Data Atlas API's geography resolver. These requests return it, for the May 2026 release.
- The areaDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/S12000017 - Its boundaryDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/S12000017/geometry?tier=medium - Its historyDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/S12000017/history - What it sits withinDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/S12000017/parents - What it containsDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/S12000017/children - Its neighboursDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/S12000017/neighbours - What you can ask about itDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/S12000017?include=capabilities