Newton Mearns

Town

Town in East Renfrewshire, Scotland.

Newton Mearns is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Newton Mearns 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 21% of people in Newton Mearns live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population

28,381

390th most populated of 1,209

ONS Census 2021 · 2021

Gigabit broadband coverage

96.6%

UK 87.8%

Ofcom · Jan 2026

Claimant rate

1.5%

UK 3.9%

ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Newton Mearns compares

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

Newton MearnsMiddle

Population117 towns, Scotland · 2021

28,38127th most populated

People in radon Affected Area squares117 towns, Scotland · 2022

21%37th most people in radon Affected Areas

Gigabit broadband coverage117 towns, Scotland · Jan 2026

96.6%17th highest

Claimant rate117 towns, Scotland · Aug 2026

1.5%joint 10th lowest

What is the population of Newton Mearns?

Newton Mearns had 28,381 usual residents at the census.

Newton Mearns is the 390th most populated of 1,209 in the UK.

Neighbourhoods in Newton Mearns

Name	People (census)	Recorded crime per 1,000	Deprivation decile	Gigabit broadband
Crookfur East, Fruin and Greenlaw East - 01	845	No figure	No figure	96.9%
Crookfur East, Fruin and Greenlaw East - 02	740	No figure	No figure	98.8%
Crookfur East, Fruin and Greenlaw East - 03	971	No figure	No figure	97.7%
Crookfur East, Fruin and Greenlaw East - 04	1,009	No figure	No figure	91.3%
Crookfur East, Fruin and Greenlaw East - 05	768	No figure	No figure	87.6%
Crookfur West and Greenlaw West - 01	596	No figure	No figure	97.7%
Crookfur West and Greenlaw West - 02	623	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Crookfur West and Greenlaw West - 03	607	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Crookfur West and Greenlaw West - 04	876	No figure	No figure	89.7%
Crookfur West and Greenlaw West - 05	833	No figure	No figure	92.5%
Crookfur West and Greenlaw West - 06	553	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Kirkhill North - 01	761	No figure	No figure	99.6%
Kirkhill North - 02	628	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Kirkhill North - 03	742	No figure	No figure	93.1%
Kirkhill North - 04	659	No figure	No figure	95.2%
Kirkhill North - 05	656	No figure	No figure	98.2%
Kirkhill South and Broom South - 01	1,114	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Kirkhill South and Broom South - 02	741	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Kirkhill South and Broom South - 03	567	No figure	No figure	96.9%
Kirkhill South and Broom South - 04	928	No figure	No figure	74.1%
Kirkhill South and Broom South - 05	698	No figure	No figure	99.6%
Mearns Village, Westacres and Greenfarm - 01	771	No figure	No figure	99.4%
Mearns Village, Westacres and Greenfarm - 02	682	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Mearns Village, Westacres and Greenfarm - 03	670	No figure	No figure	99.1%
Mearns Village, Westacres and Greenfarm - 04	767	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Mearns Village, Westacres and Greenfarm - 05	566	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Mearns Village, Westacres and Greenfarm - 06	756	No figure	No figure	99.7%
Mearns Village, Westacres and Greenfarm - 07	599	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Mearns Village, Westacres and Greenfarm - 08	870	No figure	No figure	98.8%
Mearnskirk and Maidenhill - 01	835	No figure	No figure	97.2%
Mearnskirk and Maidenhill - 02	827	No figure	No figure	98.4%
Mearnskirk and Maidenhill - 03	586	No figure	No figure	99.4%
Mearnskirk and Maidenhill - 04	495	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Mearnskirk and Maidenhill - 06	566	No figure	No figure	99.6%
Mearnskirk and Maidenhill - 07	790	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Whitecraigs and Broom North - 01	859	No figure	No figure	94.5%
Whitecraigs and Broom North - 02	929	No figure	No figure	98.2%
Whitecraigs and Broom North - 03	1,050	No figure	No figure	86.1%
Whitecraigs and Broom North - 04	1,004	No figure	No figure	98.2%

Your MP

Blair McDougallLabourMP for East Renfrewshire

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

East Renfrewshire

Postcode districts covering Newton Mearns2

Middle areas in Newton Mearns7

Towns near Newton Mearns6

Newton Mearns in brief

Newton Mearns is a town in East Renfrewshire, Scotland.

About 28,988 people lived in Newton Mearns in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from NRS small-area estimates).

Newton Mearns had 28,381 usual residents at the census.

About 21% of people in Newton Mearns live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Newton Mearns, 96.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Newton Mearns, 1.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.