Barrhead

Town

Town in East Renfrewshire, Scotland.

Barrhead is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Barrhead 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 Barrhead live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population

16,456

570th least populated of 1,209

ONS Census 2021 · 2021

Gigabit broadband coverage

95.6%

UK 87.8%

Ofcom · Jan 2026

Claimant rate

3.0%

UK 3.9%

ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Barrhead compares

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

BarrheadMiddle

Population117 towns, Scotland · 2021

16,45647th most populated

People in radon Affected Area squares117 towns, Scotland · 2022

0%joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas

Gigabit broadband coverage117 towns, Scotland · Jan 2026

95.6%joint 31st highest

Claimant rate117 towns, Scotland · Aug 2026

3.0%joint 52nd lowest

What is the population of Barrhead?

Barrhead had 16,456 usual residents at the census.

Barrhead is the 570th least populated of 1,209 in the UK.

Neighbourhoods in Barrhead

Name	People (census)	Recorded crime per 1,000	Deprivation decile	Gigabit broadband
Auchenback and Barrhead Dams - 01	662	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Auchenback and Barrhead Dams - 02	978	No figure	No figure	95.0%
Auchenback and Barrhead Dams - 03	736	No figure	No figure	99.7%
Auchenback and Barrhead Dams - 04	955	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Auchenback and Barrhead Dams - 05	833	No figure	No figure	99.8%
Cross Stobbs - 01	573	No figure	No figure	98.8%
Cross Stobbs - 03	655	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Cross Stobbs - 04	536	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Cross Stobbs - 05	849	No figure	No figure	96.8%
Cross Stobbs - 06	527	No figure	No figure	99.2%
Dunterlie, East Arthurlie and Dovecothall - 01	798	No figure	No figure	89.5%
Dunterlie, East Arthurlie and Dovecothall - 02	839	No figure	No figure	90.3%
Dunterlie, East Arthurlie and Dovecothall - 03	429	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Dunterlie, East Arthurlie and Dovecothall - 04	592	No figure	No figure	79.2%
Dunterlie, East Arthurlie and Dovecothall - 05	899	No figure	No figure	89.6%
Dunterlie, East Arthurlie and Dovecothall - 06	504	No figure	No figure	93.6%
Dunterlie, East Arthurlie and Dovecothall - 07	660	No figure	No figure	82.5%
Dunterlie, East Arthurlie and Dovecothall - 08	709	No figure	No figure	100.0%
West Arthurlie, Gateside and Springhill - 01	1,090	No figure	No figure	92.7%
West Arthurlie, Gateside and Springhill - 02	559	No figure	No figure	99.5%
West Arthurlie, Gateside and Springhill - 03	798	No figure	No figure	99.8%
West Arthurlie, Gateside and Springhill - 04	647	No figure	No figure	96.2%
West Arthurlie, Gateside and Springhill - 05	411	No figure	No figure	100.0%
West Arthurlie, Gateside and Springhill - 06	1,022	No figure	No figure	98.8%

Your MP

Blair McDougallLabourMP for East Renfrewshire

As of 18 October 2026, from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

Council1

East Renfrewshire

Postcode districts covering Barrhead1

Middle areas in Barrhead4

Towns near Barrhead6

Barrhead in brief

Barrhead is a town in East Renfrewshire, Scotland.

About 17,245 people lived in Barrhead in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from NRS small-area estimates).

Barrhead had 16,456 usual residents at the census.

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

In Barrhead, 95.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Barrhead, 3.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.