Mearns and Laurencekirk
Middle areaSouth east Aberdeenshire. 3,503 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 22 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 9% of people in Mearns and Laurencekirk live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Mearns and Laurencekirk
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How Mearns and Laurencekirk compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
What is the population of Mearns and Laurencekirk?
Mearns and Laurencekirk had 3,474 usual residents at the census.
Mearns and Laurencekirk is the 1,254th least populated of 9,448 in the UK.
Figures for the whole of Aberdeenshire
These figures are published for the whole of Aberdeenshire, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Aberdeenshire and not Mearns and Laurencekirk alone. See Aberdeenshire
Mearns and Laurencekirk in brief
Mearns and Laurencekirk had 3,474 usual residents at the census.
About 9% of people in Mearns and Laurencekirk live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Mearns and Laurencekirk, 82.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Mearns and Laurencekirk, 2.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.