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Stirling

Town

Town in Stirling, Scotland.

Stirling is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Stirling 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 7% of people in Stirling live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
37,159
296th most populated of 1,209
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
7%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
94.4%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
3.0%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Stirling compares

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

StirlingMiddle
Population117 towns, Scotland · 2021
Population: every town in Scotland117 areas from 7,510 to 637,024. The middle area is 14,054. Stirling is 37,159.
37,15921st most 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%. Stirling is 7.0%.
7%53rd 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%. Stirling is 94.4%.
94.4%joint 43rd 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%. Stirling is 3.0%.
3.0%joint 52nd lowest

What is the population of Stirling?

Stirling had 37,159 usual residents at the census.

Stirling is the 296th most populated of 1,209 in the UK.

Neighbourhoods in Stirling

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Borestone - 01518No figureNo figure97.7%
Borestone - 02500No figureNo figure96.6%
Borestone - 03769No figureNo figure100.0%
Borestone - 04649No figureNo figure94.9%
Borestone - 05864No figureNo figure100.0%
Borestone - 06693No figureNo figure100.0%
Braehead - 01777No figureNo figure99.5%
Braehead - 02775No figureNo figure100.0%
Braehead - 03864No figureNo figure89.1%
Broomridge - 01868No figureNo figure100.0%
Broomridge - 02668No figureNo figure100.0%
Broomridge - 03795No figureNo figure98.8%
Broomridge - 04719No figureNo figure90.6%
Broomridge - 05849No figureNo figure100.0%
Broomridge - 06791No figureNo figure100.0%
Broomridge - 07620No figureNo figure96.4%
Cambusbarron - 05801No figureNo figure98.9%
Cambusbarron - 06525No figureNo figure91.1%
Causewayhead - 01923No figureNo figure98.9%
Causewayhead - 02892No figureNo figure88.7%
Causewayhead - 03808No figureNo figure100.0%
City Centre - 011,111No figureNo figure83.0%
City Centre - 02763No figureNo figure86.8%
City Centre - 03747No figureNo figure92.5%
City Centre - 04592No figureNo figure85.4%
City Centre - 051,014No figureNo figure99.6%
Cornton - 01737No figureNo figure100.0%
Cornton - 02723No figureNo figure100.0%
Cornton - 03623No figureNo figure99.6%
Cornton - 041,173No figureNo figure94.5%
Hillpark - 01798No figureNo figure95.5%
Hillpark - 02688No figureNo figure100.0%
Hillpark - 03702No figureNo figure100.0%
Hillpark - 04702No figureNo figure99.7%
Hillpark - 05477No figureNo figure99.6%
King's Park and Torbrex - 01854No figureNo figure79.2%
King's Park and Torbrex - 02755No figureNo figure94.0%
King's Park and Torbrex - 03893No figureNo figure98.2%
King's Park and Torbrex - 04895No figureNo figure87.8%
King's Park and Torbrex - 05794No figureNo figure94.6%
Raploch - 01653No figureNo figure99.7%
Raploch - 02811No figureNo figure86.8%
Raploch - 03761No figureNo figure99.7%
Raploch - 041,069No figureNo figure97.9%
Raploch - 05881No figureNo figure100.0%
Riverside and Logie - 01741No figureNo figure98.3%
Riverside and Logie - 02630No figureNo figure96.8%
Riverside and Logie - 03824No figureNo figure99.1%

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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 Stirling3

Middle areas in Stirling10

Towns near Stirling6

Stirling in brief

Stirling is a town in Stirling, Scotland.

About 36,512 people lived in Stirling in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from NRS small-area estimates).

Stirling had 37,159 usual residents at the census.

About 7% of people in Stirling live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Stirling, 94.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Stirling, 3.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.