Upper Nithsdale
Middle areaNorth Dumfries and Galloway. 4,526 people in 274 square kilometres.
Gigabit coverage by ward
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
There is no gigabit broadband coverage figure for Upper Nithsdale’s wards yet.
How Upper Nithsdale compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Figures for the whole of Dumfries and Galloway
These figures are published for the whole of Dumfries and Galloway, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Dumfries and Galloway and not Upper Nithsdale alone. See Dumfries and Galloway
Upper Nithsdale in brief
Upper Nithsdale had 4,600 usual residents at the census.
In Upper Nithsdale, 53.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Upper Nithsdale, 3.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.
59.6% of residents in Upper Nithsdale were aged 15 to 64 at the census.