Kilwinning

Town

Town in North Ayrshire, Scotland.

Kilwinning is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Kilwinning 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 11% of people in Kilwinning live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population

14,529

488th least populated of 1,209

ONS Census 2021 · 2021

Gigabit broadband coverage

92.8%

UK 87.8%

Ofcom · Jan 2026

Claimant rate

4.5%

UK 3.9%

ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Kilwinning compares

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

KilwinningMiddle

Population117 towns, Scotland · 2021

14,52955th most populated

People in radon Affected Area squares117 towns, Scotland · 2022

11%joint 47th most people in radon Affected Areas

Gigabit broadband coverage117 towns, Scotland · Jan 2026

92.8%53rd lowest

Claimant rate117 towns, Scotland · Aug 2026

4.5%joint 10th highest

What is the population of Kilwinning?

Kilwinning had 14,529 usual residents at the census.

Kilwinning is the 488th least populated of 1,209 in the UK.

Neighbourhoods in Kilwinning

Name	People (census)	Recorded crime per 1,000	Deprivation decile	Gigabit broadband
Kilwinning Central and North - 01	847	No figure	No figure	67.4%
Kilwinning Central and North - 02	1,088	No figure	No figure	90.3%
Kilwinning Central and North - 03	515	No figure	No figure	92.9%
Kilwinning Central and North - 04	745	No figure	No figure	99.7%
Kilwinning Central and North - 05	654	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Kilwinning Pennyburn - 01	726	No figure	No figure	91.6%
Kilwinning Pennyburn - 02	586	No figure	No figure	96.0%
Kilwinning Pennyburn - 03	900	No figure	No figure	98.5%
Kilwinning Pennyburn - 04	773	No figure	No figure	97.1%
Kilwinning West and Blacklands - 01	1,077	No figure	No figure	87.1%
Kilwinning West and Blacklands - 02	631	No figure	No figure	98.8%
Kilwinning West and Blacklands - 03	672	No figure	No figure	92.4%
Kilwinning West and Blacklands - 04	745	No figure	No figure	93.3%
Kilwinning West and Blacklands - 05	587	No figure	No figure	77.4%
Kilwinning West and Blacklands - 06	643	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Kilwinning Whitehirst Park and Woodside - 01	581	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Kilwinning Whitehirst Park and Woodside - 02	393	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Kilwinning Whitehirst Park and Woodside - 03	616	No figure	No figure	79.7%
Kilwinning Whitehirst Park and Woodside - 04	737	No figure	No figure	96.8%
Kilwinning Whitehirst Park and Woodside - 05	580	No figure	No figure	91.2%
Kilwinning Whitehirst Park and Woodside - 06	854	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Kilwinning Whitehirst Park and Woodside - 07	694	No figure	No figure	93.7%
Kilwinning Whitehirst Park and Woodside - 08	570	No figure	No figure	100.0%

Your MP

Irene CampbellLabourMP for North Ayrshire and Arran

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

North Ayrshire

Postcode districts covering Kilwinning1

KA13

Middle areas in Kilwinning4

Towns near Kilwinning6

Kilwinning in brief

Kilwinning is a town in North Ayrshire, Scotland.

About 14,458 people lived in Kilwinning in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from NRS small-area estimates).

Kilwinning had 14,529 usual residents at the census.

About 11% of people in Kilwinning live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Kilwinning, 92.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Kilwinning, 4.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.