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Alloa

Town

Town in Clackmannanshire, Scotland.

Alloa is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Alloa add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.

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Radon Affected Area by town

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

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

Population
19,877
548th most populated of 1,209
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
90.4%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
3.6%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Alloa compares

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

AlloaMiddle
Population117 towns, Scotland · 2021
Population: every town in Scotland117 areas from 7,510 to 637,024. The middle area is 14,054. Alloa is 19,877.
19,87739th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares117 towns, Scotland · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every town in Scotland117 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 4.0%. Alloa is 0.0%.
0%joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage117 towns, Scotland · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every town in Scotland117 areas from 17.5% to 99.8%. The middle area is 93.1%. Alloa is 90.4%.
90.4%40th lowest
Claimant rate117 towns, Scotland · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every town in Scotland117 areas from 0.7% to 6.3%. The middle area is 3.1%. Alloa is 3.6%.
3.6%joint 34th highest

What is the population of Alloa?

Alloa had 19,877 usual residents at the census.

Alloa is the 548th most populated of 1,209 in the UK.

Neighbourhoods in Alloa

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Alloa North - 01947No figureNo figure92.6%
Alloa North - 02554No figureNo figure100.0%
Alloa North - 03884No figureNo figure96.8%
Alloa North - 04644No figureNo figure98.9%
Alloa North - 05424No figureNo figure100.0%
Alloa North - 06576No figureNo figure100.0%
Alloa North - 07413No figureNo figure100.0%
Alloa North - 08491No figureNo figure99.1%
Alloa North - 09801No figureNo figure99.5%
Alloa South and East - 01631No figureNo figure94.3%
Alloa South and East - 02719No figureNo figure86.8%
Alloa South and East - 031,048No figureNo figure92.8%
Alloa South and East - 04652No figureNo figure94.1%
Alloa South and East - 05745No figureNo figure94.1%
Alloa South and East - 06935No figureNo figure57.5%
Alloa West - 01750No figureNo figure99.2%
Alloa West - 02486No figureNo figure95.9%
Alloa West - 03922No figureNo figure83.1%
Alloa West - 04570No figureNo figure100.0%
Alloa West - 05687No figureNo figure96.5%
Clackmannan, Kennet and Forestmill - 05855No figureNo figure97.3%
Clackmannan, Kennet and Forestmill - 07806No figureNo figure99.6%
Sauchie - 01552No figureNo figure92.7%
Sauchie - 02834No figureNo figure100.0%
Sauchie - 03787No figureNo figure96.4%
Sauchie - 04973No figureNo figure75.6%
Sauchie - 05479No figureNo figure99.1%
Sauchie - 06590No figureNo figure100.0%
Sauchie - 07789No figureNo figure76.7%

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As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

Council1

Postcode districts covering Alloa1

Middle areas in Alloa4

Towns near Alloa6

Alloa in brief

Alloa is a town in Clackmannanshire, Scotland.

About 20,119 people lived in Alloa in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from NRS small-area estimates).

Alloa had 19,877 usual residents at the census.

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

In Alloa, 90.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Alloa, 3.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.