Johnstone
TownTown in Renfrewshire, Scotland.
Johnstone is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Johnstone 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 83% of people in Johnstone live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Johnstone compares
Each dot is a town. The black line marks the middle one.
What is the population of Johnstone?
Johnstone had 15,780 usual residents at the census.
Johnstone is the 543rd least populated of 1,209 in the UK.
Neighbourhoods in Johnstone
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnstone North East - 01 | 746 | No figure | No figure | 93.5% |
| Johnstone North East - 02 | 747 | No figure | No figure | 93.2% |
| Johnstone North East - 03 | 594 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Johnstone North East - 04 | 884 | No figure | No figure | 99.8% |
| Johnstone North West - 01 | 870 | No figure | No figure | 99.5% |
| Johnstone North West - 02 | 900 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Johnstone North West - 03 | 1,063 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Johnstone North West - 04 | 684 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Johnstone South East - 01 | 798 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Johnstone South East - 02 | 819 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Johnstone South East - 03 | 625 | No figure | No figure | 99.7% |
| Johnstone South East - 04 | 903 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Johnstone South East - 05 | 707 | No figure | No figure | 98.9% |
| Johnstone South West - 01 | 531 | No figure | No figure | 99.6% |
| Johnstone South West - 02 | 632 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Johnstone South West - 03 | 858 | No figure | No figure | 99.5% |
| Johnstone South West - 04 | 1,008 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Johnstone South West - 05 | 641 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Johnstone South West - 06 | 871 | No figure | No figure | 95.6% |
| Johnstone South West - 07 | 578 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Johnstone South West - 08 | 626 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
Your MP
- Johanna BaxterLabourMP for Paisley and Renfrewshire South
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 Johnstone1
Middle areas in Johnstone4
Towns near Johnstone6
Johnstone in brief
Johnstone is a town in Renfrewshire, Scotland.
About 15,814 people lived in Johnstone in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from NRS small-area estimates).
Johnstone had 15,780 usual residents at the census.
About 83% of people in Johnstone live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Johnstone, 99.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Johnstone, 3.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.