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Kirkintilloch

Town

Town in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland.

Kirkintilloch is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Kirkintilloch 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 13% of people in Kirkintilloch live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
28,197
394th most populated of 1,209
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
13%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
92.1%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
3.1%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Kirkintilloch compares

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

KirkintillochMiddle
Population117 towns, Scotland · 2021
Population: every town in Scotland117 areas from 7,510 to 637,024. The middle area is 14,054. Kirkintilloch is 28,197.
28,19728th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares117 towns, Scotland · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every town in Scotland117 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 4.0%. Kirkintilloch is 13.0%.
13%joint 44th most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage117 towns, Scotland · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every town in Scotland117 areas from 17.5% to 99.8%. The middle area is 93.1%. Kirkintilloch is 92.1%.
92.1%49th lowest
Claimant rate117 towns, Scotland · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every town in Scotland117 areas from 0.7% to 6.3%. The middle area is 3.1%. Kirkintilloch is 3.1%.
3.1%joint 56th lowest

What is the population of Kirkintilloch?

Kirkintilloch had 28,197 usual residents at the census.

Kirkintilloch is the 394th most populated of 1,209 in the UK.

Neighbourhoods in Kirkintilloch

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Harestanes - 01679No figureNo figure99.4%
Harestanes - 02846No figureNo figure100.0%
Harestanes - 03622No figureNo figure100.0%
Harestanes - 04897No figureNo figure96.9%
Hillhead - 01766No figureNo figure85.6%
Hillhead - 02883No figureNo figure97.1%
Hillhead - 03819No figureNo figure96.5%
Hillhead - 04618No figureNo figure89.4%
Hillhead - 05525No figureNo figure83.9%
Hillhead - 06507No figureNo figure81.4%
Kirkintilloch South - 01824No figureNo figure88.7%
Kirkintilloch South - 02785No figureNo figure98.3%
Kirkintilloch South - 03830No figureNo figure100.0%
Kirkintilloch South - 04883No figureNo figure91.3%
Kirkintilloch West - 01752No figureNo figure70.0%
Kirkintilloch West - 02553No figureNo figure87.5%
Kirkintilloch West - 03591No figureNo figure90.3%
Kirkintilloch West - 04591No figureNo figure70.6%
Kirkintilloch West - 05594No figureNo figure79.7%
Kirkintilloch West - 06677No figureNo figure87.7%
Lenzie North - 01865No figureNo figure98.6%
Lenzie North - 02774No figureNo figure95.4%
Lenzie North - 03924No figureNo figure88.3%
Lenzie North - 04592No figureNo figure100.0%
Lenzie North - 05624No figureNo figure90.0%
Lenzie North - 06645No figureNo figure98.5%
Lenzie North - 07708No figureNo figure86.5%
Lenzie South - 01947No figureNo figure97.4%
Lenzie South - 02837No figureNo figure99.4%
Lenzie South - 03813No figureNo figure97.9%
Lenzie South - 04727No figureNo figure97.7%
Rosebank and Waterside - 01714No figureNo figure99.1%
Rosebank and Waterside - 02718No figureNo figure99.7%
Rosebank and Waterside - 03983No figureNo figure84.0%
Rosebank and Waterside - 04872No figureNo figure65.9%
Rosebank and Waterside - 05793No figureNo figure81.1%
Rosebank and Waterside - 06566No figureNo figure88.7%
Rosebank and Waterside - 07598No figureNo figure91.4%
Rosebank and Waterside - 08416No figureNo figure100.0%
Twechar and Harestanes East - 03711No figureNo figure97.6%
Twechar and Harestanes East - 04687No figureNo figure100.0%

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Middle areas in Kirkintilloch7

Towns near Kirkintilloch6

Kirkintilloch in brief

Kirkintilloch is a town in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland.

About 28,819 people lived in Kirkintilloch in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from NRS small-area estimates).

Kirkintilloch had 28,197 usual residents at the census.

About 13% of people in Kirkintilloch live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Kirkintilloch, 92.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Kirkintilloch, 3.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.