Largs
TownTown in North Ayrshire, Scotland.
Largs is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Largs 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 49% of people in Largs live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Largs compares
Each dot is a town. The black line marks the middle one.
What is the population of Largs?
Largs had 10,223 usual residents at the census.
Largs is the 245th least populated of 1,209 in the UK.
Neighbourhoods in Largs
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Largs Central and Cumbrae - 01 | 599 | No figure | No figure | 89.4% |
| Largs Central and Cumbrae - 02 | 783 | No figure | No figure | 97.5% |
| Largs Central and Cumbrae - 03 | 573 | No figure | No figure | 93.6% |
| Largs Central and Cumbrae - 04 | 703 | No figure | No figure | 57.1% |
| Largs Central and Cumbrae - 05 | 650 | No figure | No figure | 23.8% |
| Largs North - 01 | 958 | No figure | No figure | 69.2% |
| Largs North - 02 | 788 | No figure | No figure | 94.4% |
| Largs North - 03 | 789 | No figure | No figure | 97.3% |
| Largs North - 04 | 679 | No figure | No figure | 90.9% |
| Largs North - 05 | 742 | No figure | No figure | 20.5% |
| Largs South - 01 | 779 | No figure | No figure | 59.3% |
| Largs South - 02 | 888 | No figure | No figure | 39.3% |
| Largs South - 03 | 756 | No figure | No figure | 39.0% |
| Largs South - 04 | 578 | No figure | No figure | 73.0% |
| Largs South - 05 | 648 | No figure | No figure | 97.2% |
Your MP
- Irene CampbellLabourMP for North Ayrshire and Arran
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 Largs1
Middle areas in Largs3
Towns near Largs6
Largs in brief
Largs is a town in North Ayrshire, Scotland.
About 10,356 people lived in Largs in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from NRS small-area estimates).
Largs had 10,223 usual residents at the census.
About 49% of people in Largs live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Largs, 64.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Largs, 3.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.