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Grangemouth

Town

Town in Falkirk, Scotland.

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

Population
15,706
Joint 541st 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
93.8%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
4.8%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Grangemouth compares

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

GrangemouthMiddle
Population117 towns, Scotland · 2021
Population: every town in Scotland117 areas from 7,510 to 637,024. The middle area is 14,054. Grangemouth is 15,706.
15,70651st most 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%. Grangemouth 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%. Grangemouth is 93.8%.
93.8%50th highest
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%. Grangemouth is 4.8%.
4.8%7th highest

What is the population of Grangemouth?

Grangemouth had 15,706 usual residents at the census.

Grangemouth is the joint 541st least populated of 1,209 in the UK.

Neighbourhoods in Grangemouth

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Grangemouth - Bowhouse - 01665No figureNo figure98.0%
Grangemouth - Bowhouse - 02812No figureNo figure97.4%
Grangemouth - Bowhouse - 03548No figureNo figure98.4%
Grangemouth - Bowhouse - 04889No figureNo figure98.1%
Grangemouth - Bowhouse - 05683No figureNo figure99.1%
Grangemouth - Kersiebank - 01529No figureNo figure90.4%
Grangemouth - Kersiebank - 02537No figureNo figure100.0%
Grangemouth - Kersiebank - 03922No figureNo figure94.2%
Grangemouth - Kersiebank - 04928No figureNo figure87.2%
Grangemouth - Kersiebank - 05487No figureNo figure99.1%
Grangemouth - Kersiebank - 06800No figureNo figure99.1%
Grangemouth - Newlands - 01574No figureNo figure100.0%
Grangemouth - Newlands - 02509No figureNo figure100.0%
Grangemouth - Newlands - 03535No figureNo figure100.0%
Grangemouth - Newlands - 04464No figureNo figure100.0%
Grangemouth - Newlands - 05580No figureNo figure100.0%
Grangemouth - Newlands - 06635No figureNo figure97.8%
Grangemouth - Newlands - 07521No figureNo figure89.0%
Grangemouth - Newlands - 08808No figureNo figure92.1%
Grangemouth - Town Centre - 01698No figureNo figure93.8%
Grangemouth - Town Centre - 02525No figureNo figure86.8%
Grangemouth - Town Centre - 03530No figureNo figure95.3%
Grangemouth - Town Centre - 04891No figureNo figure71.7%
Grangemouth - Town Centre - 05949No figureNo figure99.6%

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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 Grangemouth1

Middle areas in Grangemouth4

Towns near Grangemouth6

Grangemouth in brief

Grangemouth is a town in Falkirk, Scotland.

About 15,772 people lived in Grangemouth in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from NRS small-area estimates).

Grangemouth had 15,706 usual residents at the census.

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

In Grangemouth, 93.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Grangemouth, 4.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.