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Blairgowrie and Rattray

Town

Town in Perth and Kinross, Scotland.

Blairgowrie and Rattray is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Blairgowrie and Rattray 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 17% of people in Blairgowrie and Rattray live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
8,465
106th least populated of 1,209
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
17%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
17.5%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.8%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Blairgowrie and Rattray compares

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

Blairgowrie and RattrayMiddle
Population117 towns, Scotland · 2021
Population: every town in Scotland117 areas from 7,510 to 637,024. The middle area is 14,054. Blairgowrie and Rattray is 8,465.
8,46516th least 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%. Blairgowrie and Rattray is 17.0%.
17%joint 40th most 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%. Blairgowrie and Rattray is 17.5%.
17.5%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%. Blairgowrie and Rattray is 2.8%.
2.8%joint 45th lowest

What is the population of Blairgowrie and Rattray?

Blairgowrie and Rattray had 8,465 usual residents at the census.

Blairgowrie and Rattray is the 106th least populated of 1,209 in the UK.

Neighbourhoods in Blairgowrie and Rattray

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Blairgowrie Central - 01760No figureNo figure15.0%
Blairgowrie Central - 02978No figureNo figure9.0%
Blairgowrie Central - 031,003No figureNo figure4.6%
Blairgowrie Central - 04730No figureNo figure2.8%
Blairgowrie South (Ardblair and Rosemout) - 01988No figureNo figure43.9%
Blairgowrie South (Ardblair and Rosemout) - 02675No figureNo figure0.3%
Blairgowrie South (Ardblair and Rosemout) - 031,101No figureNo figure61.7%
Rattray - 01698No figureNo figure8.2%
Rattray - 02610No figureNo figure0.0%
Rattray - 03825No figureNo figure44.6%
Rattray - 04973No figureNo figure18.1%

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Blairgowrie and Rattray in brief

Blairgowrie and Rattray is a town in Perth and Kinross, Scotland.

About 8,778 people lived in Blairgowrie and Rattray in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from NRS small-area estimates).

Blairgowrie and Rattray had 8,465 usual residents at the census.

About 17% of people in Blairgowrie and Rattray live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Blairgowrie and Rattray, 17.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Blairgowrie and Rattray, 2.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.