Port Glasgow

Town

Town in Inverclyde, Scotland.

Port Glasgow is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Port Glasgow 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.

Open in map

Radon Affected Area by town

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 0% of people in Port Glasgow live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population

14,485

487th least populated of 1,209

ONS Census 2021 · 2021

Gigabit broadband coverage

84.9%

UK 87.8%

Ofcom · Jan 2026

Claimant rate

3.9%

UK 3.9%

ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Port Glasgow compares

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

Port GlasgowMiddle

Population117 towns, Scotland · 2021

14,48556th most populated

People in radon Affected Area squares117 towns, Scotland · 2022

0%joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas

Gigabit broadband coverage117 towns, Scotland · Jan 2026

84.9%18th lowest

Claimant rate117 towns, Scotland · Aug 2026

3.9%joint 24th highest

What is the population of Port Glasgow?

Port Glasgow had 14,485 usual residents at the census.

Port Glasgow is the 487th least populated of 1,209 in the UK.

Neighbourhoods in Port Glasgow

Name	People (census)	Recorded crime per 1,000	Deprivation decile	Gigabit broadband
Greenock Lower East - 04	635	No figure	No figure	96.0%
Greenock Lower East - 05	1,003	No figure	No figure	73.2%
Port Glasgow Mid, East and Central - 01	756	No figure	No figure	75.3%
Port Glasgow Mid, East and Central - 02	617	No figure	No figure	76.1%
Port Glasgow Mid, East and Central - 03	712	No figure	No figure	98.5%
Port Glasgow Mid, East and Central - 04	417	No figure	No figure	82.1%
Port Glasgow Mid, East and Central - 05	608	No figure	No figure	99.2%
Port Glasgow Mid, East and Central - 06	897	No figure	No figure	94.8%
Port Glasgow Upper East - 01	807	No figure	No figure	99.3%
Port Glasgow Upper East - 02	536	No figure	No figure	80.5%
Port Glasgow Upper East - 03	636	No figure	No figure	87.4%
Port Glasgow Upper East - 04	826	No figure	No figure	94.9%
Port Glasgow Upper East - 05	568	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Port Glasgow Upper East - 06	722	No figure	No figure	97.2%
Port Glasgow Upper East - 07	620	No figure	No figure	99.2%
Port Glasgow Upper, West and Central - 01	516	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Port Glasgow Upper, West and Central - 02	665	No figure	No figure	79.6%
Port Glasgow Upper, West and Central - 03	598	No figure	No figure	69.2%
Port Glasgow Upper, West and Central - 04	489	No figure	No figure	74.8%
Port Glasgow Upper, West and Central - 05	539	No figure	No figure	68.6%
Port Glasgow Upper, West and Central - 06	625	No figure	No figure	74.3%
Port Glasgow Upper, West and Central - 07	734	No figure	No figure	96.6%
Port Glasgow Upper, West and Central - 08	537	No figure	No figure	85.6%
Port Glasgow Upper, West and Central - 09	661	No figure	No figure	97.4%

Your MP

Martin McCluskeyLabourMP for Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West

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

Inverclyde

Postcode districts covering Port Glasgow2

Middle areas in Port Glasgow3

Towns near Port Glasgow6

Port Glasgow in brief

Port Glasgow is a town in Inverclyde, Scotland.

About 14,640 people lived in Port Glasgow in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from NRS small-area estimates).

Port Glasgow had 14,485 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in Port Glasgow live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Port Glasgow, 84.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Port Glasgow, 3.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.