Bearsden
TownTown in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland.
Bearsden is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Bearsden 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 22% of people in Bearsden live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Bearsden compares
Each dot is a town. The black line marks the middle one.
What is the population of Bearsden?
Bearsden had 26,807 usual residents at the census.
Bearsden is the 418th most populated of 1,209 in the UK.
Neighbourhoods in Bearsden
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kessington East - 01 | 696 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Kessington East - 02 | 598 | No figure | No figure | 99.2% |
| Kessington East - 03 | 782 | No figure | No figure | 99.7% |
| Kessington East - 04 | 812 | No figure | No figure | 99.7% |
| Kessington West - 01 | 622 | No figure | No figure | 96.0% |
| Kessington West - 02 | 842 | No figure | No figure | 95.7% |
| Kessington West - 03 | 897 | No figure | No figure | 98.1% |
| Kessington West - 04 | 823 | No figure | No figure | 99.1% |
| Kilmardinny East - 01 | 618 | No figure | No figure | 85.2% |
| Kilmardinny East - 02 | 860 | No figure | No figure | 99.4% |
| Kilmardinny East - 03 | 727 | No figure | No figure | 91.9% |
| Kilmardinny East - 04 | 865 | No figure | No figure | 97.2% |
| Kilmardinny East - 05 | 607 | No figure | No figure | 88.7% |
| Kilmardinny West - 01 | 849 | No figure | No figure | 80.1% |
| Kilmardinny West - 02 | 1,121 | No figure | No figure | 96.6% |
| Kilmardinny West - 03 | 822 | No figure | No figure | 99.2% |
| Kilmardinny West - 04 | 932 | No figure | No figure | 86.3% |
| North Castlehill and Thorn - 01 | 855 | No figure | No figure | 96.8% |
| North Castlehill and Thorn - 02 | 637 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| North Castlehill and Thorn - 03 | 689 | No figure | No figure | 98.3% |
| North Castlehill and Thorn - 04 | 1,263 | No figure | No figure | 95.9% |
| North Castlehill and Thorn - 05 | 845 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| South Castlehill and Thorn - 01 | 931 | No figure | No figure | 99.5% |
| South Castlehill and Thorn - 02 | 678 | No figure | No figure | 98.8% |
| South Castlehill and Thorn - 03 | 951 | No figure | No figure | 99.4% |
| South Castlehill and Thorn - 04 | 883 | No figure | No figure | 97.1% |
| South Castlehill and Thorn - 05 | 733 | No figure | No figure | 98.4% |
| Westerton East - 01 | 707 | No figure | No figure | 99.3% |
| Westerton East - 02 | 731 | No figure | No figure | 92.5% |
| Westerton East - 03 | 432 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Westerton East - 04 | 1,078 | No figure | No figure | 97.1% |
| Westerton East - 05 | 596 | No figure | No figure | 96.6% |
| Westerton West - 01 | 997 | No figure | No figure | 98.8% |
| Westerton West - 02 | 890 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Westerton West - 03 | 889 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
Your MP
- Susan MurrayLiberal DemocratMP for Mid 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 Bearsden1
Middle areas in Bearsden8
Towns near Bearsden6
Bearsden in brief
Bearsden is a town in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland.
About 26,792 people lived in Bearsden in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from NRS small-area estimates).
Bearsden had 26,807 usual residents at the census.
About 22% of people in Bearsden live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Bearsden, 96.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Bearsden, 1.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.