Greenock

Town

Town in Inverclyde, Scotland.

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

Population

37,839

289th most populated of 1,209

ONS Census 2021 · 2021

Gigabit broadband coverage

89.3%

UK 87.8%

Ofcom · Jan 2026

Claimant rate

4.3%

UK 3.9%

ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Greenock compares

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

GreenockMiddle

Population117 towns, Scotland · 2021

37,83920th most populated

People in radon Affected Area squares117 towns, Scotland · 2022

1%joint 48th fewest people in radon Affected Areas

Gigabit broadband coverage117 towns, Scotland · Jan 2026

89.3%joint 32nd lowest

Claimant rate117 towns, Scotland · Aug 2026

4.3%joint 14th highest

What is the population of Greenock?

Greenock had 37,839 usual residents at the census.

Greenock is the 289th most populated of 1,209 in the UK.

Neighbourhoods in Greenock

Name	People (census)	Recorded crime per 1,000	Deprivation decile	Gigabit broadband
Bow Farm, Fancy Farm and Mallard Bowl - 01	834	No figure	No figure	95.7%
Bow Farm, Fancy Farm and Mallard Bowl - 02	790	No figure	No figure	97.3%
Bow Farm, Fancy Farm and Mallard Bowl - 03	587	No figure	No figure	90.8%
Bow Farm, Fancy Farm and Mallard Bowl - 04	1,055	No figure	No figure	99.6%
Bow Farm, Fancy Farm and Mallard Bowl - 05	611	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Bow Farm, Fancy Farm and Mallard Bowl - 06	600	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Bow Farm, Fancy Farm and Mallard Bowl - 07	621	No figure	No figure	92.4%
Braeside, Branchton, Ravenscraig - 01	557	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Braeside, Branchton, Ravenscraig - 02	724	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Braeside, Branchton, Ravenscraig - 03	958	No figure	No figure	93.9%
Braeside, Branchton, Ravenscraig - 04	1,093	No figure	No figure	94.6%
Gateside, Pennyfern, Cowdenknowes, Overton and upper Drumfrochar - 01	1,056	No figure	No figure	99.6%
Gateside, Pennyfern, Cowdenknowes, Overton and upper Drumfrochar - 02	698	No figure	No figure	97.0%
Gateside, Pennyfern, Cowdenknowes, Overton and upper Drumfrochar - 03	468	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Gateside, Pennyfern, Cowdenknowes, Overton and upper Drumfrochar - 04	533	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Gateside, Pennyfern, Cowdenknowes, Overton and upper Drumfrochar - 06	822	No figure	No figure	97.5%
Gourock East, Greenock West and Lyle Road - 01	706	No figure	No figure	89.0%
Gourock East, Greenock West and Lyle Road - 03	825	No figure	No figure	86.4%
Gourock East, Greenock West and Lyle Road - 04	661	No figure	No figure	99.4%
Gourock East, Greenock West and Lyle Road - 05	638	No figure	No figure	83.7%
Gourock East, Greenock West and Lyle Road - 06	710	No figure	No figure	80.8%
Gourock East, Greenock West and Lyle Road - 07	699	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Greenock Lower East - 01	828	No figure	No figure	77.3%
Greenock Lower East - 02	568	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Greenock Lower East - 03	669	No figure	No figure	65.0%
Greenock Town Centre and East Central - 01	761	No figure	No figure	98.5%
Greenock Town Centre and East Central - 02	426	No figure	No figure	60.1%
Greenock Town Centre and East Central - 03	841	No figure	No figure	73.2%
Greenock Town Centre and East Central - 04	525	No figure	No figure	79.0%
Greenock Town Centre and East Central - 05	665	No figure	No figure	42.0%
Greenock Town Centre and East Central - 06	387	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Greenock Town Centre and East Central - 07	751	No figure	No figure	99.3%
Greenock Town Centre and East Central - 08	754	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Greenock Upper Central - 01	801	No figure	No figure	89.6%
Greenock Upper Central - 02	790	No figure	No figure	89.8%
Greenock Upper Central - 03	431	No figure	No figure	94.6%
Greenock Upper Central - 04	759	No figure	No figure	97.9%
Greenock Upper Central - 05	797	No figure	No figure	91.1%
Greenock Upper Central - 06	405	No figure	No figure	90.0%
Greenock Upper East - 01	591	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Greenock Upper East - 02	518	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Greenock Upper East - 03	791	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Greenock Upper East - 04	577	No figure	No figure	98.2%
Greenock Upper East - 05	877	No figure	No figure	98.4%
Greenock West and Central - 01	641	No figure	No figure	63.3%
Greenock West and Central - 02	823	No figure	No figure	82.9%
Greenock West and Central - 03	715	No figure	No figure	80.2%
Greenock West and Central - 04	463	No figure	No figure	62.9%
Greenock West and Central - 05	696	No figure	No figure	90.4%
Greenock West and Central - 06	505	No figure	No figure	89.2%
Greenock West and Central - 07	749	No figure	No figure	92.6%
Greenock West and Central - 08	729	No figure	No figure	97.9%
Larkfield - 01	778	No figure	No figure	99.7%
Larkfield - 02	948	No figure	No figure	99.5%
Larkfield - 03	823	No figure	No figure	97.3%
Larkfield - 04	958	No figure	No figure	99.6%
Larkfield - 05	495	No figure	No figure	100.0%

Your MP

Martin McCluskeyLabourMP for Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West

As of 18 October 2026, from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

Council1

Inverclyde

Postcode districts covering Greenock2

Middle areas in Greenock10

Towns near Greenock6

Greenock in brief

Greenock is a town in Inverclyde, Scotland.

About 38,496 people lived in Greenock in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from NRS small-area estimates).

Greenock had 37,839 usual residents at the census.

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

In Greenock, 89.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Greenock, 4.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.