Kilmarnock

Town

Town in East Ayrshire, Scotland.

Kilmarnock is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Kilmarnock 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 17% of people in Kilmarnock live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population

44,750

250th most populated of 1,209

ONS Census 2021 · 2021

Gigabit broadband coverage

94.4%

UK 87.8%

Ofcom · Jan 2026

Claimant rate

4.2%

UK 3.9%

ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Kilmarnock compares

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

KilmarnockMiddle

Population117 towns, Scotland · 2021

44,75014th most populated

People in radon Affected Area squares117 towns, Scotland · 2022

17%joint 40th most people in radon Affected Areas

Gigabit broadband coverage117 towns, Scotland · Jan 2026

94.4%joint 43rd highest

Claimant rate117 towns, Scotland · Aug 2026

4.2%joint 17th highest

What is the population of Kilmarnock?

Kilmarnock had 44,750 usual residents at the census.

Kilmarnock is the 250th most populated of 1,209 in the UK.

Neighbourhoods in Kilmarnock

Name	People (census)	Recorded crime per 1,000	Deprivation decile	Gigabit broadband
Altonhill North and Onthank - 01	658	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Altonhill North and Onthank - 02	897	No figure	No figure	97.8%
Altonhill North and Onthank - 03	918	No figure	No figure	99.1%
Altonhill North and Onthank - 04	744	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Altonhill North and Onthank - 05	656	No figure	No figure	98.1%
Altonhill North and Onthank - 06	638	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Altonhill South, Longpark and Hillhead - 01	770	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Altonhill South, Longpark and Hillhead - 02	561	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Altonhill South, Longpark and Hillhead - 03	454	No figure	No figure	99.3%
Altonhill South, Longpark and Hillhead - 04	649	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Altonhill South, Longpark and Hillhead - 05	803	No figure	No figure	81.9%
Altonhill South, Longpark and Hillhead - 06	939	No figure	No figure	94.4%
Altonhill South, Longpark and Hillhead - 07	530	No figure	No figure	63.9%
Bellfield and Kirkstyle - 01	874	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Bellfield and Kirkstyle - 02	768	No figure	No figure	99.8%
Bellfield and Kirkstyle - 03	1,031	No figure	No figure	99.8%
Bellfield and Kirkstyle - 04	878	No figure	No figure	96.3%
Bellfield and Kirkstyle - 05	788	No figure	No figure	99.7%
Bonnyton and Town Centre - 01	635	No figure	No figure	73.3%
Bonnyton and Town Centre - 02	650	No figure	No figure	93.7%
Bonnyton and Town Centre - 03	466	No figure	No figure	99.6%
Bonnyton and Town Centre - 04	927	No figure	No figure	98.7%
Bonnyton and Town Centre - 05	769	No figure	No figure	99.4%
Crosshouse, Gatehead and Kilmaurs Rural - 05	842	No figure	No figure	74.2%
Crosshouse, Gatehead and Kilmaurs Rural - 06	634	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Dean and New Farm Loch North - 01	550	No figure	No figure	98.1%
Dean and New Farm Loch North - 02	839	No figure	No figure	91.8%
Dean and New Farm Loch North - 03	666	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Dean and New Farm Loch North - 04	860	No figure	No figure	97.6%
Dean and New Farm Loch North - 05	717	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Grange, Howard and Gargieston - 01	889	No figure	No figure	98.5%
Grange, Howard and Gargieston - 02	575	No figure	No figure	92.6%
Grange, Howard and Gargieston - 03	618	No figure	No figure	89.8%
Grange, Howard and Gargieston - 04	873	No figure	No figure	99.8%
Grange, Howard and Gargieston - 05	630	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Grange, Howard and Gargieston - 06	837	No figure	No figure	97.3%
Grange, Howard and Gargieston - 07	595	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Grange, Howard and Gargieston - 08	554	No figure	No figure	89.4%
Grange, Howard and Gargieston - 09	620	No figure	No figure	90.0%
Kilmarnock South Central and Caprington - 01	750	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Kilmarnock South Central and Caprington - 02	644	No figure	No figure	99.3%
Kilmarnock South Central and Caprington - 03	693	No figure	No figure	78.2%
Kilmarnock South Central and Caprington - 04	627	No figure	No figure	56.8%
New Farm Loch South - 01	459	No figure	No figure	100.0%
New Farm Loch South - 02	834	No figure	No figure	79.1%
New Farm Loch South - 03	700	No figure	No figure	98.6%
New Farm Loch South - 04	868	No figure	No figure	86.0%
Piersland - 01	545	No figure	No figure	98.2%
Piersland - 02	582	No figure	No figure	91.8%
Piersland - 03	908	No figure	No figure	94.5%
Piersland - 04	611	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Piersland - 05	521	No figure	No figure	99.6%
Shortlees - 01	568	No figure	No figure	95.9%
Shortlees - 02	1,044	No figure	No figure	99.1%
Shortlees - 03	776	No figure	No figure	97.5%
Shortlees - 04	485	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Shortlees - 05	1,018	No figure	No figure	99.8%
Shortlees - 06	517	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Southcraig and Beansburn - 01	1,086	No figure	No figure	99.8%
Southcraig and Beansburn - 02	586	No figure	No figure	78.0%
Southcraig and Beansburn - 03	719	No figure	No figure	99.7%
Southcraig and Beansburn - 04	878	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Southcraig and Beansburn - 05	807	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Southcraig and Beansburn - 06	581	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Southcraig and Beansburn - 07	555	No figure	No figure	99.6%
Southcraig and Beansburn - 08	508	No figure	No figure	98.4%

Your MP

Lillian JonesLabourMP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun

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

East Ayrshire

Postcode districts covering Kilmarnock3

Middle areas in Kilmarnock11

Towns near Kilmarnock6

Kilmarnock in brief

Kilmarnock is a town in East Ayrshire, Scotland.

About 45,126 people lived in Kilmarnock in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from NRS small-area estimates).

Kilmarnock had 44,750 usual residents at the census.

About 17% of people in Kilmarnock live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Kilmarnock, 94.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Kilmarnock, 4.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.