Helensburgh
TownTown in Argyll and Bute, Scotland.
Helensburgh is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Helensburgh 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 0% of people in Helensburgh live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Helensburgh compares
Each dot is a town. The black line marks the middle one.
What is the population of Helensburgh?
Helensburgh had 13,885 usual residents at the census.
Helensburgh is the 452nd least populated of 1,209 in the UK.
Neighbourhoods in Helensburgh
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helensburgh Centre - 01 | 629 | No figure | No figure | 82.0% |
| Helensburgh Centre - 02 | 889 | No figure | No figure | 61.7% |
| Helensburgh Centre - 03 | 669 | No figure | No figure | 73.8% |
| Helensburgh Centre - 04 | 917 | No figure | No figure | 78.3% |
| Helensburgh East - 01 | 628 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Helensburgh East - 02 | 507 | No figure | No figure | 73.0% |
| Helensburgh East - 03 | 720 | No figure | No figure | 74.5% |
| Helensburgh East - 04 | 731 | No figure | No figure | 84.6% |
| Helensburgh East - 05 | 582 | No figure | No figure | 98.5% |
| Helensburgh East - 06 | 596 | No figure | No figure | 83.3% |
| Helensburgh East - 07 | 528 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Helensburgh North - 01 | 755 | No figure | No figure | 91.4% |
| Helensburgh North - 02 | 583 | No figure | No figure | 99.6% |
| Helensburgh North - 03 | 556 | No figure | No figure | 96.4% |
| Helensburgh North - 04 | 503 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Helensburgh North - 05 | 507 | No figure | No figure | 99.1% |
| Helensburgh North - 06 | 445 | No figure | No figure | 82.1% |
| Helensburgh North - 07 | 787 | No figure | No figure | 86.0% |
| Helensburgh West and Rhu - 04 | 990 | No figure | No figure | 90.8% |
| Helensburgh West and Rhu - 05 | 834 | No figure | No figure | 88.7% |
| Helensburgh West and Rhu - 06 | 768 | No figure | No figure | 86.2% |
Your MP
- Brendan O'HaraScottish National PartyMP for Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber
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 Helensburgh1
Middle areas in Helensburgh3
Towns near Helensburgh6
Helensburgh in brief
Helensburgh is a town in Argyll and Bute, Scotland.
About 14,004 people lived in Helensburgh in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from NRS small-area estimates).
Helensburgh had 13,885 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Helensburgh live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Helensburgh, 83.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Helensburgh, 2.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.