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Forfar and District

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South Angus. About 15,762 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 0% of people in Forfar and District live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
15,557
Joint 686th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
83.7%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
4.1%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Forfar and District compares

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

Forfar and DistrictMiddle
Population8 wards, Angus · 2021
Population: every ward in Angus8 areas from 10,665 to 17,292. The middle area is 14,319. Forfar and District is 15,557.
15,5573rd most 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%. Forfar and District is 0.0%.
0%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%. Forfar and District is 83.7%.
83.7%joint 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%. Forfar and District is 4.1%.
4.1%2nd highest

What is the population of Forfar and District?

Forfar and District had 15,557 usual residents at the census.

Forfar and District is the joint 686th 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 Forfar 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
Forfar and District in brief

Forfar and District had 15,557 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in Forfar and District live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Forfar and District, 83.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Forfar and District, 4.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.