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Stewarton

Town

Town in East Ayrshire, Scotland.

Stewarton is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Stewarton 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 0% of people in Stewarton live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
7,510
Least populated of 1,209
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
91.9%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.4%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Stewarton compares

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

StewartonMiddle
Population117 towns, Scotland · 2021
Population: every town in Scotland117 areas from 7,510 to 637,024. The middle area is 14,054. Stewarton is 7,510.
7,510least 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%. Stewarton is 0.0%.
0%joint fewest 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%. Stewarton is 91.9%.
91.9%48th lowest
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%. Stewarton is 2.4%.
2.4%joint 28th lowest

What is the population of Stewarton?

Stewarton had 7,510 usual residents at the census.

Stewarton is the least populated of 1,209 in the UK.

Neighbourhoods in Stewarton

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Northern and Irvine Valley Rural - 05738No figureNo figure87.7%
Northern and Irvine Valley Rural - 06625No figureNo figure100.0%
Stewarton East - 01988No figureNo figure95.2%
Stewarton East - 02795No figureNo figure99.7%
Stewarton East - 03627No figureNo figure87.2%
Stewarton East - 04689No figureNo figure76.5%
Stewarton East - 05952No figureNo figure92.6%
Stewarton West - 01949No figureNo figure98.1%
Stewarton West - 02719No figureNo figure86.8%
Stewarton West - 03820No figureNo figure99.7%

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Council1

Postcode districts covering Stewarton1

Middle areas in Stewarton2

Towns near Stewarton6

Stewarton in brief

Stewarton is a town in East Ayrshire, Scotland.

About 7,572 people lived in Stewarton in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from NRS small-area estimates).

Stewarton had 7,510 usual residents at the census.

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

In Stewarton, 91.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Stewarton, 2.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.