Statistics comparing the libraries of Renfrewshire. Provided by waggy7 on the Lochwinnoch forum: http://www.lochwinnoch.info/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=5272&p=46750#p46750

1. Book Loans Lib Visits
Population Average
Loans per member of
the person
Total Change Average
visits per member of
population
Population Total change
loans from visits from
2009/10 previous year 2009/10 previous
year
Johnstone 15,687 10 149992 -1% Paisley Central 2 74,000 143907 12%
Paisley Central 74,000 2 143542 -2% Johnstone 9 15,687 134856 -14%
Renfrew 20,251 5 95792 3% Renfrew 4 20,251 76517 -17%
Erskine 15,437 5 80454 6% Erskine 5 15,437 71821 -11%
Glenburn 9214 6 59431 1% Ferguslie 9 5600 50369 14%
Foxbar 4,561 7 34044 3% Glenburn 5 9214 42420 3%
Linwood 9,453 3 32640 -3% Bishopton 6 5,157 29031 19%
Bishopton 5,157 6 28794 -3% Foxbar 5 4,561 25011 35%
Bridge of Weir 4,635 6 27623 -5% Bridge of Weir 5 4,635 23623 -5%
Ralston 4,507 6 25078 -2% Linwood 2 9,453 23067 -18%
Lochwinnoch 2,628
8
21981 -2% Lochwinnoch
9
2,628 22764 -22%
Ferguslie 5600 4 20428 10% Ralston 3 4,507 13429 -20%
Total 719799 1% Total 656815 -4%

2. PC bookings Average per
member of the
population
Population Total Change PC
transactions
Average per
member of the
population
Population Total Change
PC bookings from transactions from
2009/10 previous year 2009/10 previous year
Paisley
Central
0.3 74,000 22442 -1.0% Paisley
Central
4.2 74,000 309891 4%
Johnstone 0.9 15,687 14378 -5.0% Johnstone 19.1 15,687 299226 -8%
Renfrew 0.5 20,251 10479 -3.0% Renfrew 9.0 20,251 182788 -7%
Ferguslie 0.5 15,437 8295 24.0% Erskine 27.9 5600 156421 -3%
Erskine 0.7 5600 4146 -22.0% Glenburn 11.4 9214 105119 1%
Glenburn 0.4 9214 3268 -17.0% Ferguslie 5.1 15,437 79092 14%
Linwood 0.6 5,157 3197 -29.0% Foxbar 13.4 4,561 61220 14%
Bishopton 0.5 4,561 2217 -23.0% Bishopton 13.2 4,561 60042 6%
Foxbar 0.5 4,561 2165 -2.0% Linwood 11.4 5,157 58904 -11%
Lochwinnoch
0.7 2,628 1783 -46.0% Bridge of
Weir
11.3 4,635 52458 -6%
Bridge of
Weir
0.3 4,635 1212 -36.0% Lochwinnoch
17.7
2,628 46528 -15%
Ralston 0.1 4,507 667 -11.0% Ralston 8.7 4,507 39174 -9%
Total 74249 -7.0% Total 1450863 -2%