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Cumnock

Town

Town in East Ayrshire, Scotland.

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

Population
7,697
28th 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
91.7%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
4.1%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Cumnock compares

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

CumnockMiddle
Population117 towns, Scotland · 2021
Population: every town in Scotland117 areas from 7,510 to 637,024. The middle area is 14,054. Cumnock is 7,697.
7,6975th 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%. Cumnock 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%. Cumnock is 91.7%.
91.7%46th 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%. Cumnock is 4.1%.
4.1%joint 21st highest

What is the population of Cumnock?

Cumnock had 7,697 usual residents at the census.

Cumnock is the 28th least populated of 1,209 in the UK.

Neighbourhoods in Cumnock

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Cumnock North - 01721No figureNo figure98.8%
Cumnock North - 02784No figureNo figure92.4%
Cumnock North - 03795No figureNo figure79.8%
Cumnock North - 04790No figureNo figure92.4%
Cumnock North - 05724No figureNo figure92.2%
Cumnock Rural - 02489No figureNo figure89.2%
Cumnock South and Craigens - 02910No figureNo figure98.8%
Cumnock South and Craigens - 03658No figureNo figure93.0%
Cumnock South and Craigens - 04712No figureNo figure96.6%
Cumnock South and Craigens - 05576No figureNo figure95.9%
Cumnock South and Craigens - 06550No figureNo figure87.0%
Cumnock South and Craigens - 07764No figureNo figure90.4%

Your MP

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

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Postcode districts covering Cumnock1

Middle areas in Cumnock2

Towns near Cumnock6

Cumnock in brief

Cumnock is a town in East Ayrshire, Scotland.

About 7,731 people lived in Cumnock in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from NRS small-area estimates).

Cumnock had 7,697 usual residents at the census.

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

In Cumnock, 91.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Cumnock, 4.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.