Ayr
TownTown in South Ayrshire, Scotland.
Ayr is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Ayr 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.
Radon Affected Area by town
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 5% of people in Ayr live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Ayr compares
Each dot is a town. The black line marks the middle one.
What is the population of Ayr?
Ayr had 43,661 usual residents at the census.
Ayr is the 257th most populated of 1,209 in the UK.
Neighbourhoods in Ayr
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alloway - 01 | 460 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Alloway - 02 | 840 | No figure | No figure | 97.0% |
| Alloway - 03 | 926 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Alloway - 04 | 626 | No figure | No figure | 88.5% |
| Alloway - 05 | 791 | No figure | No figure | 99.0% |
| Alloway - 06 | 1,117 | No figure | No figure | 98.4% |
| Alloway - 07 | 733 | No figure | No figure | 98.3% |
| Ayr North Harbour, Wallacetown and Newton South - 01 | 479 | No figure | No figure | 88.1% |
| Ayr North Harbour, Wallacetown and Newton South - 02 | 721 | No figure | No figure | 95.4% |
| Ayr North Harbour, Wallacetown and Newton South - 03 | 1,008 | No figure | No figure | 41.5% |
| Ayr North Harbour, Wallacetown and Newton South - 04 | 1,074 | No figure | No figure | 63.8% |
| Ayr North Harbour, Wallacetown and Newton South - 05 | 913 | No figure | No figure | 36.5% |
| Ayr South Harbour and Town Centre - 01 | 689 | No figure | No figure | 89.8% |
| Ayr South Harbour and Town Centre - 02 | 439 | No figure | No figure | 80.9% |
| Ayr South Harbour and Town Centre - 03 | 1,086 | No figure | No figure | 63.9% |
| Ayr South Harbour and Town Centre - 05 | 1,024 | No figure | No figure | 50.5% |
| Ayr South Harbour and Town Centre - 06 | 700 | No figure | No figure | 89.4% |
| Ayr South Harbour and Town Centre - 07 | 897 | No figure | No figure | 80.7% |
| Ayr South Harbour and Town Centre - 08 | 552 | No figure | No figure | 66.0% |
| Belmont - 01 | 644 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Belmont - 02 | 723 | No figure | No figure | 99.0% |
| Belmont - 03 | 536 | No figure | No figure | 90.5% |
| Belmont - 04 | 846 | No figure | No figure | 93.1% |
| Belmont - 05 | 958 | No figure | No figure | 99.8% |
| Castlehill and Kincaidston - 01 | 703 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Castlehill and Kincaidston - 02 | 538 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Castlehill and Kincaidston - 03 | 569 | No figure | No figure | 80.4% |
| Castlehill and Kincaidston - 04 | 561 | No figure | No figure | 84.7% |
| Castlehill and Kincaidston - 05 | 684 | No figure | No figure | 96.0% |
| Craigie - 01 | 736 | No figure | No figure | 96.9% |
| Craigie - 02 | 601 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Craigie - 03 | 1,059 | No figure | No figure | 91.1% |
| Dalmilling - 01 | 926 | No figure | No figure | 93.9% |
| Dalmilling - 02 | 461 | No figure | No figure | 99.6% |
| Dalmilling - 03 | 864 | No figure | No figure | 99.2% |
| Dalmilling - 04 | 707 | No figure | No figure | 97.5% |
| Doonfoot and Seafield - 01 | 593 | No figure | No figure | 97.5% |
| Doonfoot and Seafield - 03 | 1,153 | No figure | No figure | 98.1% |
| Doonfoot and Seafield - 04 | 615 | No figure | No figure | 99.7% |
| Doonfoot and Seafield - 05 | 741 | No figure | No figure | 99.4% |
| Doonfoot and Seafield - 06 | 798 | No figure | No figure | 87.8% |
| Heathfield - 05 | 945 | No figure | No figure | 72.7% |
| Holmston and Forehill - 01 | 513 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Holmston and Forehill - 02 | 511 | No figure | No figure | 92.3% |
| Holmston and Forehill - 03 | 874 | No figure | No figure | 93.9% |
| Holmston and Forehill - 04 | 606 | No figure | No figure | 76.7% |
| Holmston and Forehill - 05 | 964 | No figure | No figure | 99.8% |
| Holmston and Forehill - 06 | 623 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Holmston and Forehill - 07 | 943 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Holmston and Forehill - 08 | 637 | No figure | No figure | 98.5% |
| Lochside, Braehead and Whitletts - 01 | 567 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Lochside, Braehead and Whitletts - 02 | 689 | No figure | No figure | 99.7% |
| Lochside, Braehead and Whitletts - 03 | 652 | No figure | No figure | 91.3% |
| Lochside, Braehead and Whitletts - 04 | 536 | No figure | No figure | 96.2% |
| Lochside, Braehead and Whitletts - 05 | 705 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Lochside, Braehead and Whitletts - 06 | 973 | No figure | No figure | 93.5% |
| Newton North - 01 | 821 | No figure | No figure | 99.6% |
| Newton North - 02 | 825 | No figure | No figure | 99.8% |
| Newton North - 03 | 522 | No figure | No figure | 97.8% |
| Newton North - 04 | 967 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Newton North - 05 | 663 | No figure | No figure | 99.3% |
Your MP
- Elaine StewartLabourMP for Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
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Council1
Postcode districts covering Ayr3
Middle areas in Ayr11
Towns near Ayr6
Ayr in brief
Ayr is a town in South Ayrshire, Scotland.
About 44,068 people lived in Ayr in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from NRS small-area estimates).
Ayr had 43,661 usual residents at the census.
About 5% of people in Ayr live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Ayr, 86.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Ayr, 4.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.