Glenrothes
TownTown in Fife, Scotland.
Glenrothes is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Glenrothes 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 11% of people in Glenrothes live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Glenrothes compares
Each dot is a town. The black line marks the middle one.
What is the population of Glenrothes?
Glenrothes had 33,610 usual residents at the census.
Glenrothes is the 330th most populated of 1,209 in the UK.
Neighbourhoods in Glenrothes
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auchmuty Dovecot and Town Centre | 927 | No figure | No figure | 68.6% |
| Auchmuty East | 698 | No figure | No figure | 99.7% |
| Auchmuty North West | 647 | No figure | No figure | 95.7% |
| Auchmuty West | 853 | No figure | No figure | 99.8% |
| Balfarg | 847 | No figure | No figure | 80.5% |
| Balfarg South | 787 | No figure | No figure | 20.3% |
| Balgeddie North | 663 | No figure | No figure | 81.6% |
| Balgeddie South | 592 | No figure | No figure | 89.9% |
| Beechwood | 403 | No figure | No figure | 88.3% |
| Cadham | 621 | No figure | No figure | 88.3% |
| Cadham South | 721 | No figure | No figure | 99.5% |
| Caskieberran East | 974 | No figure | No figure | 96.8% |
| Caskieberran West | 843 | No figure | No figure | 99.6% |
| Collydean North | 634 | No figure | No figure | 99.7% |
| Collydean South | 861 | No figure | No figure | 99.5% |
| Collydean West | 714 | No figure | No figure | 99.4% |
| Coul | 678 | No figure | No figure | 99.7% |
| Finglassie North | 479 | No figure | No figure | 94.2% |
| Finglassie South | 543 | No figure | No figure | 99.6% |
| Foresters Lodge | 675 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Formonthills | 617 | No figure | No figure | 83.3% |
| Macedonia East | 679 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Macedonia North | 610 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Macedonia West | 732 | No figure | No figure | 99.0% |
| Newcastle East | 524 | No figure | No figure | 99.6% |
| Newcastle West | 531 | No figure | No figure | 98.6% |
| Pitcairn | 376 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Pitcoudie | 717 | No figure | No figure | 98.9% |
| Pitteuchar Central | 819 | No figure | No figure | 99.2% |
| Pitteuchar North East | 504 | No figure | No figure | 94.9% |
| Pitteuchar South | 585 | No figure | No figure | 79.6% |
| Pitteuchar South East | 522 | No figure | No figure | 96.7% |
| Pitteuchar West | 888 | No figure | No figure | 99.5% |
| Pitteuchar Woods | 954 | No figure | No figure | 91.1% |
| Prestonhall | 786 | No figure | No figure | 54.4% |
| Rimbleton East | 488 | No figure | No figure | 99.6% |
| Rimbleton North | 644 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Rimbleton West | 707 | No figure | No figure | 99.4% |
| South Parks East | 803 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| South Parks North | 675 | No figure | No figure | 99.4% |
| South Parks West | 761 | No figure | No figure | 99.5% |
| Stenton Central | 667 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Stenton North | 440 | No figure | No figure | 83.0% |
| Tanshall Central | 897 | No figure | No figure | 99.8% |
| Tanshall East | 639 | No figure | No figure | 95.5% |
| Tanshall West | 685 | No figure | No figure | 99.7% |
| Tofthill and Balbirnie Park | 654 | No figure | No figure | 90.1% |
| Viewfield and Rimbleton South | 528 | No figure | No figure | 46.5% |
| Warout | 506 | No figure | No figure | 62.5% |
| Whinnyknowe and Leslie Mains | 564 | No figure | No figure | 94.1% |
| Woodside North | 1,012 | No figure | No figure | 99.3% |
| Woodside South | 907 | No figure | No figure | 99.2% |
| Woodside West | 774 | No figure | No figure | 71.5% |
Your MP
- Richard BakerLabourMP for Glenrothes and Mid Fife
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 Glenrothes2
Middle areas in Glenrothes11
Towns near Glenrothes6
Glenrothes in brief
Glenrothes is a town in Fife, Scotland.
About 33,980 people lived in Glenrothes in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from NRS small-area estimates).
Glenrothes had 33,610 usual residents at the census.
About 11% of people in Glenrothes live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Glenrothes, 89.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Glenrothes, 3.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.