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Upper Nithsdale - 01

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North Dumfries and Galloway. 465 people in 43 square kilometres.

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Gigabit coverage by neighbourhood

Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026

Under 60%98% or more

In Upper Nithsdale - 01, 16.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

Population
501
2,521st lowest of 46,844
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
16.1%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.8%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026
Aged 15 to 64
64.3%
19,771st highest of 46,844
ONS Census 2021 · 2021

Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020 is published for the 2011 Data Zones, whose boundaries differ from this neighbourhood’s, so it has no figure for Upper Nithsdale - 01. See deprivation across Dumfries and Galloway

How Upper Nithsdale - 01 compares

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

Upper Nithsdale - 01Middle
Population202 neighbourhoods, Dumfries and Galloway · 2021
Population: every neighbourhood in Dumfries and Galloway202 areas from 398 to 1,168. The middle area is 695. Upper Nithsdale - 01 is 501.
50120th lowest
Gigabit broadband coverage202 neighbourhoods, Dumfries and Galloway · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every neighbourhood in Dumfries and Galloway202 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 76.4%. Upper Nithsdale - 01 is 16.1%.
16.1%joint 13th lowest
Claimant rate190 neighbourhoods, Dumfries and Galloway · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every neighbourhood in Dumfries and Galloway190 areas from 0.0% to 8.8%. The middle area is 2.6%. Upper Nithsdale - 01 is 2.8%.
2.8%joint 85th highest
Aged 15 to 64202 neighbourhoods, Dumfries and Galloway · 2021
Aged 15 to 64: every neighbourhood in Dumfries and Galloway202 areas from 43.1% to 73.9%. The middle area is 58.5%. Upper Nithsdale - 01 is 64.3%.
64.3%joint 31st highest

Figures for the whole of Dumfries and Galloway

These figures are published for the whole of Dumfries and Galloway, not for each neighbourhood, so they describe all of Dumfries and Galloway and not Upper Nithsdale - 01 alone. See Dumfries and Galloway

Average house price
£169,511
Up 4.6% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£34,895
59th lowest of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
4.9×
39th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Female life expectancy
81.2years
UK 83.0 years
ONS life expectancy · 2022 to 2024
Upper Nithsdale - 01 in brief

Upper Nithsdale - 01 had 501 usual residents at the census.

In Upper Nithsdale - 01, 16.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Upper Nithsdale - 01, 2.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.

64.3% of residents in Upper Nithsdale - 01 were aged 15 to 64 at the census.