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Upper Braes

Ward

South Falkirk. About 16,065 people in 83 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 5% of people in Upper Braes live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
16,050
585th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
5%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
93.6%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.2%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Upper Braes compares

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

Upper BraesMiddle
Population9 wards, Falkirk · 2021
Population: every ward in Falkirk9 areas from 14,844 to 21,884. The middle area is 16,552. Upper Braes is 16,050.
16,0504th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares9 wards, Falkirk · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Falkirk9 areas from 0.0% to 55.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. Upper Braes is 5.0%.
5%2nd most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage9 wards, Falkirk · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Falkirk9 areas from 91.4% to 97.2%. The middle area is 94.3%. Upper Braes is 93.6%.
93.6%3rd lowest
Claimant rate9 wards, Falkirk · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Falkirk9 areas from 2.0% to 4.8%. The middle area is 2.7%. Upper Braes is 2.2%.
2.2%joint 3rd lowest

What is the population of Upper Braes?

Upper Braes had 16,050 usual residents at the census.

Upper Braes is the 585th most populated of 8,397 in the UK.

Figures for the whole of Falkirk

These figures are published for the whole of Falkirk, not for each ward, so they describe all of Falkirk and not Upper Braes alone. See Falkirk

Average house price
£173,046
Up 4.9% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£38,432
Joint 171st lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
4.5×
Joint 24th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Population estimate
160,230
Up 0.2% in a year
ONS population estimates · 2025
Upper Braes in brief

Upper Braes had 16,050 usual residents at the census.

About 5% of people in Upper Braes live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Upper Braes, 93.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Upper Braes, 2.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.