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Gourock

Town

Town in Inverclyde, Scotland.

Gourock is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Gourock 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 63% of people in Gourock live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
10,883
280th least populated of 1,209
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
63%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
81.5%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.0%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Gourock compares

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

GourockMiddle
Population117 towns, Scotland · 2021
Population: every town in Scotland117 areas from 7,510 to 637,024. The middle area is 14,054. Gourock is 10,883.
10,88338th 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%. Gourock is 63.0%.
63%23rd 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%. Gourock is 81.5%.
81.5%joint 12th 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%. Gourock is 2.0%.
2.0%joint 20th lowest

What is the population of Gourock?

Gourock had 10,883 usual residents at the census.

Gourock is the 280th least populated of 1,209 in the UK.

Neighbourhoods in Gourock

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Gourock Central and Upper East - 01781No figureNo figure51.6%
Gourock Central and Upper East - 02637No figureNo figure77.9%
Gourock Central and Upper East - 03621No figureNo figure94.8%
Gourock Central and Upper East - 04476No figureNo figure100.0%
Gourock Central and Upper East - 05623No figureNo figure88.5%
Gourock Central and Upper East - 06543No figureNo figure100.0%
Gourock East, Greenock West and Lyle Road - 02589No figureNo figure87.6%
Gourock Upper and West Central - 01804No figureNo figure90.5%
Gourock Upper and West Central - 02760No figureNo figure96.7%
Gourock Upper and West Central - 03725No figureNo figure87.3%
Gourock Upper and West Central - 04746No figureNo figure74.9%
Gourock Upper and West Central - 05448No figureNo figure76.4%
Gourock Upper and West Central - 06718No figureNo figure82.1%
West Braeside and West Gourock - 01811No figureNo figure89.6%
West Braeside and West Gourock - 02982No figureNo figure72.5%
West Braeside and West Gourock - 03528No figureNo figure82.5%

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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.

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Postcode districts covering Gourock1

Middle areas in Gourock3

Towns near Gourock6

Gourock in brief

Gourock is a town in Inverclyde, Scotland.

About 10,644 people lived in Gourock in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from NRS small-area estimates).

Gourock had 10,883 usual residents at the census.

About 63% of people in Gourock live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Gourock, 81.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Gourock, 2.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.