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Nith

Ward

East Dumfries and Galloway. About 13,222 people in 47 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 Nith live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
13,000
Joint 1,286th 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
75.4%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.8%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Nith compares

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

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Population12 wards, Dumfries and Galloway · 2021
Population: every ward in Dumfries and Galloway12 areas from 9,275 to 14,233. The middle area is 13,085. Nith is 13,000.
13,0006th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares12 wards, Dumfries and Galloway · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Dumfries and Galloway12 areas from 0.0% to 92.0%. The middle area is 39.5%. Nith is 0.0%.
0%joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage12 wards, Dumfries and Galloway · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Dumfries and Galloway12 areas from 48.1% to 89.9%. The middle area is 64.7%. Nith is 75.4%.
75.4%4th highest
Claimant rate12 wards, Dumfries and Galloway · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Dumfries and Galloway12 areas from 1.8% to 4.2%. The middle area is 2.6%. Nith is 2.8%.
2.8%5th highest

What is the population of Nith?

Nith had 13,000 usual residents at the census.

Nith is the joint 1,286th most populated of 8,397 in the UK.

Figures for the whole of Dumfries and Galloway

These figures are published for the whole of Dumfries and Galloway, not for each ward, so they describe all of Dumfries and Galloway and not Nith 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 paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
4.9×
Joint 39th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Population estimate
145,490
Down 0.3% in a year
ONS population estimates · 2025
Nith in brief

Nith had 13,000 usual residents at the census.

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

In Nith, 75.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

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