According to an investigation by BBC Scotland,

 

• Around a fifth of Scotland’s 1,514 Community Councils are not currently operating.
• 90 per cent of those that are in operation do not have elections.
• Only eight council areas still have all their Community Councils operating, with 229 Community Councils currently suspended nationwide.
• The least number of Community Councils is in Dundee City, where only 15.8 per cent currently operate. North Lanarkshire has the second lowest at 47.5 per cent.