Methil
TownTown in Fife, Scotland.
Methil is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Methil 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 0% of people in Methil live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Methil compares
Each dot is a town. The black line marks the middle one.
What is the population of Methil?
Methil had 9,313 usual residents at the census.
Methil is the 188th least populated of 1,209 in the UK.
Neighbourhoods in Methil
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aberhill | 583 | No figure | No figure | 99.1% |
| Lower Methil | 621 | No figure | No figure | 98.6% |
| Methil Kirkland North | 630 | No figure | No figure | 99.3% |
| Methil Kirkland South | 505 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Methil Memorial Park | 540 | No figure | No figure | 99.0% |
| Methil Methilmill | 864 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Methil New Bayview | 865 | No figure | No figure | 97.8% |
| Methil Old Bayview | 694 | No figure | No figure | 94.6% |
| Methil Savoy | 777 | No figure | No figure | 98.9% |
| Methil Sea Road | 504 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Methil Trees East | 604 | No figure | No figure | 99.6% |
| Methil Trees West | 856 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Methilhill North | 748 | No figure | No figure | 99.7% |
| Methilhill South West | 990 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Methilhill Toll Bar | 495 | No figure | No figure | 99.3% |
Your MP
- Richard BakerLabourMP for Glenrothes and Mid Fife
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 Methil1
Middle areas in Methil3
Towns near Methil6
Methil in brief
Methil is a town in Fife, Scotland.
About 9,444 people lived in Methil in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from NRS small-area estimates).
Methil had 9,313 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Methil live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Methil, 98.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Methil, 6.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.