Renfrew
TownTown in Renfrewshire, Scotland.
Renfrew is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Renfrew 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 41% of people in Renfrew live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Renfrew compares
Each dot is a town. The black line marks the middle one.
What is the population of Renfrew?
Renfrew had 22,512 usual residents at the census.
Renfrew is the 488th most populated of 1,209 in the UK.
Neighbourhoods in Renfrew
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Renfrew East - 01 | 859 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Renfrew East - 02 | 657 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Renfrew East - 03 | 710 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Renfrew East - 04 | 597 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Renfrew East - 05 | 529 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Renfrew East - 06 | 526 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Renfrew East - 07 | 635 | No figure | No figure | 99.7% |
| Renfrew East - 08 | 700 | No figure | No figure | 99.6% |
| Renfrew North East - 01 | 779 | No figure | No figure | 93.9% |
| Renfrew North East - 02 | 724 | No figure | No figure | 82.8% |
| Renfrew North East - 03 | 669 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Renfrew North East - 04 | 629 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Renfrew North East - 05 | 676 | No figure | No figure | 94.5% |
| Renfrew North West - 01 | 624 | No figure | No figure | 80.3% |
| Renfrew North West - 02 | 1,054 | No figure | No figure | 93.6% |
| Renfrew North West - 03 | 914 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Renfrew North West - 04 | 683 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Renfrew North West - 05 | 610 | No figure | No figure | 98.9% |
| Renfrew South East - 01 | 596 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Renfrew South East - 02 | 794 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Renfrew South East - 03 | 1,123 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Renfrew South East - 04 | 988 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Renfrew South East - 05 | 615 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Renfrew South East - 06 | 652 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Renfrew South West - 03 | 421 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Renfrew South West - 04 | 1,124 | No figure | No figure | 99.8% |
| Renfrew West - 01 | 829 | No figure | No figure | 99.8% |
| Renfrew West - 02 | 1,005 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Renfrew West - 03 | 885 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Renfrew West - 04 | 566 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Renfrew West - 05 | 696 | No figure | No figure | 99.8% |
Your MP
- Alison TaylorLabourMP for Paisley and Renfrewshire North
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 Renfrew1
Middle areas in Renfrew5
Towns near Renfrew6
Renfrew in brief
Renfrew is a town in Renfrewshire, Scotland.
About 23,064 people lived in Renfrew in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from NRS small-area estimates).
Renfrew had 22,512 usual residents at the census.
About 41% of people in Renfrew live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Renfrew, 95.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Renfrew, 3.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.