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Carnoustie

Town

Town in Angus, Scotland.

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

Population
10,875
278th least populated of 1,209
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
82.2%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
1.8%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Carnoustie compares

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

CarnoustieMiddle
Population117 towns, Scotland · 2021
Population: every town in Scotland117 areas from 7,510 to 637,024. The middle area is 14,054. Carnoustie is 10,875.
10,87537th 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%. Carnoustie is 0.0%.
0%joint fewest 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%. Carnoustie is 82.2%.
82.2%15th 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%. Carnoustie is 1.8%.
1.8%joint 16th lowest

What is the population of Carnoustie?

Carnoustie had 10,875 usual residents at the census.

Carnoustie is the 278th least populated of 1,209 in the UK.

Neighbourhoods in Carnoustie

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Barry and Panbride - 03618No figureNo figure99.5%
Carnoustie East - 01905No figureNo figure89.7%
Carnoustie East - 02556No figureNo figure82.8%
Carnoustie East - 03800No figureNo figure69.5%
Carnoustie East - 04645No figureNo figure81.5%
Carnoustie East - 05759No figureNo figure95.0%
Carnoustie East - 06891No figureNo figure98.5%
Carnoustie East - 07709No figureNo figure80.8%
Carnoustie West - 01700No figureNo figure80.6%
Carnoustie West - 02610No figureNo figure95.8%
Carnoustie West - 03879No figureNo figure76.6%
Carnoustie West - 04622No figureNo figure88.4%
Carnoustie West - 05554No figureNo figure60.8%
Carnoustie West - 06816No figureNo figure79.8%
Carnoustie West - 07729No figureNo figure82.4%
Carnoustie West - 08500No figureNo figure43.5%

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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 Carnoustie1

Middle areas in Carnoustie2

Towns near Carnoustie6

Carnoustie in brief

Carnoustie is a town in Angus, Scotland.

About 10,675 people lived in Carnoustie in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from NRS small-area estimates).

Carnoustie had 10,875 usual residents at the census.

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

In Carnoustie, 82.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Carnoustie, 1.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.