Borrowing estimates for Stirling, built from published survey rates and population figures.
64,500
Credit or loan holders
An estimated 64,500 adults in Stirling held at least one credit or loan product in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 83% of adults in Scotland held at least one credit or loan product (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 77,753 adults aged 18 and over in Stirling (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
49,000
Credit card holders
An estimated 49,000 adults in Stirling held a credit card in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 63% of adults in Scotland held a credit card (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 77,753 adults aged 18 and over in Stirling (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
16,300
Overdraft users
An estimated 16,300 adults in Stirling were overdrawn on a current account in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 21% of adults in Scotland were overdrawn on a current account (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 77,753 adults aged 18 and over in Stirling (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
20,200
Residential mortgage holders
An estimated 20,200 adults in Stirling had a residential mortgage in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 26% of adults in Scotland had a residential mortgage (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 77,753 adults aged 18 and over in Stirling (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
15,600
Buy now, pay later users
An estimated 15,600 adults in Stirling used buy now, pay later credit in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 20% of adults in Scotland used buy now, pay later credit (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 77,753 adults aged 18 and over in Stirling (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
4,820
High-cost credit users
An estimated 4,820 adults in Stirling held high-cost credit in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 6.2% of adults in Scotland held high-cost credit (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 77,753 adults aged 18 and over in Stirling (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
17,900
Low financial resilience
An estimated 17,900 adults in Stirling had low financial resilience in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 23% of adults in Scotland had low financial resilience (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 77,753 adults aged 18 and over in Stirling (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
6,220
In financial difficulty
An estimated 6,220 adults in Stirling were in financial difficulty in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 8% of adults in Scotland were in financial difficulty (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 77,753 adults aged 18 and over in Stirling (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
79,610
Residents aged 16 and over
The estimated population aged 16 and over in Stirling was 79,610 at mid-2025.
Source: Population estimates - local authority based by single year of age (Nomis NM_2002_1), mid-year estimates, Office for National Statistics, 30 June 2025
ONS mid-2025 population estimates (published 29 July 2026 for England and Wales; Scotland and Northern Ireland as carried in the same Nomis table), local authority boundaries as of April 2023, usual residents, as returned by the Nomis 'Aged 16+' category.