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Carnoustie and District

Ward

South Angus. About 13,643 people in 68 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 4% of people in Carnoustie and District live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
13,644
1,133rd most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
4%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
71.4%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
1.9%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Carnoustie and District compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

Carnoustie and DistrictMiddle
Population8 wards, Angus · 2021
Population: every ward in Angus8 areas from 10,665 to 17,292. The middle area is 14,319. Carnoustie and District is 13,644.
13,6444th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares8 wards, Angus · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Angus8 areas from 0.0% to 91.0%. The middle area is 33.0%. Carnoustie and District is 4.0%.
4%2nd fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage8 wards, Angus · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Angus8 areas from 52.7% to 83.7%. The middle area is 64.5%. Carnoustie and District is 71.4%.
71.4%3rd highest
Claimant rate8 wards, Angus · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Angus8 areas from 1.6% to 5.7%. The middle area is 3.4%. Carnoustie and District is 1.9%.
1.9%2nd lowest

What is the population of Carnoustie and District?

Carnoustie and District had 13,644 usual residents at the census.

Carnoustie and District is the 1,133rd most populated of 8,397 in the UK.

Figures for the whole of Angus

These figures are published for the whole of Angus, not for each ward, so they describe all of Angus and not Carnoustie and District alone. See Angus

Average house price
£178,455
Up 5.1% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£37,291
134th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
4.8×
Joint 36th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Population estimate
114,610
Down 0.3% in a year
ONS population estimates · 2025
Carnoustie and District in brief

Carnoustie and District had 13,644 usual residents at the census.

About 4% of people in Carnoustie and District live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Carnoustie and District, 71.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Carnoustie and District, 1.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.