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Monifieth

Town

Town in Angus, Scotland.

Monifieth is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Monifieth 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 90% of people in Monifieth live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
8,592
114th least populated of 1,209
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
90%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
93.6%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
1.3%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Monifieth compares

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

MonifiethMiddle
Population117 towns, Scotland · 2021
Population: every town in Scotland117 areas from 7,510 to 637,024. The middle area is 14,054. Monifieth is 8,592.
8,59217th least 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%. Monifieth is 90.0%.
90%13th 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%. Monifieth is 93.6%.
93.6%53rd highest
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%. Monifieth is 1.3%.
1.3%7th lowest

What is the population of Monifieth?

Monifieth had 8,592 usual residents at the census.

Monifieth is the 114th least populated of 1,209 in the UK.

Neighbourhoods in Monifieth

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Balgillo - 01958No figureNo figure100.0%
Barry and Panbride - 021,103No figureNo figure98.6%
Monifieth East - 01509No figureNo figure97.9%
Monifieth East - 02786No figureNo figure90.0%
Monifieth East - 03573No figureNo figure93.5%
Monifieth East - 04616No figureNo figure85.5%
Monifieth East - 05533No figureNo figure99.2%
Monifieth East - 06659No figureNo figure95.4%
Monifieth East - 07725No figureNo figure74.9%
Monifieth East - 08622No figureNo figure97.2%
Monifieth West - 02731No figureNo figure98.0%
Monifieth West - 03678No figureNo figure100.0%
Monifieth West - 04473No figureNo figure100.0%

Your MP

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 Monifieth1

Middle areas in Monifieth2

Towns near Monifieth6

Monifieth in brief

Monifieth is a town in Angus, Scotland.

About 8,664 people lived in Monifieth in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from NRS small-area estimates).

Monifieth had 8,592 usual residents at the census.

About 90% of people in Monifieth live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Monifieth, 93.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Monifieth, 1.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.