Balloch
TownTown in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland.
Balloch is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Balloch 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 15% of people in Balloch live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Balloch compares
Each dot is a town. The black line marks the middle one.
What is the population of Balloch?
Balloch had 7,526 usual residents at the census.
Balloch is the 4th least populated of 1,209 in the UK.
Neighbourhoods in Balloch
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandria - 02 | 794 | No figure | No figure | 95.8% |
| Alexandria - 03 | 761 | No figure | No figure | 99.4% |
| Alexandria - 04 | 830 | No figure | No figure | 67.6% |
| Balloch - 07 | 794 | No figure | No figure | 92.3% |
| Balloch - 08 | 833 | No figure | No figure | 88.4% |
| Kilmaronock - 01 | 995 | No figure | No figure | 87.9% |
| Kilmaronock - 02 | 922 | No figure | No figure | 96.7% |
| Kilmaronock - 03 | 808 | No figure | No figure | 99.8% |
| Kilmaronock - 04 | 494 | No figure | No figure | 97.6% |
| Kilmaronock - 05 | 788 | No figure | No figure | 78.3% |
Your MP
- Douglas McAllisterLabourMP for West Dunbartonshire
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 Balloch1
Middle areas in Balloch2
Towns near Balloch6
Balloch in brief
Balloch is a town in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland.
About 7,490 people lived in Balloch in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from NRS small-area estimates).
Balloch had 7,526 usual residents at the census.
About 15% of people in Balloch live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Balloch, 93.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Balloch, 3.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.