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Angus is a local area in the county of Angus, Scotland, with around 2 restaurants and cafés and 6 bus stops. Covers 26 towns with local open-data for the whole authority.

On deprivation, Angus is among the least deprived areas in Scotland (SIMD 2020).

Some panels draw on England & Wales-only official data, so street crime, energy ratings, NHS services, schools, council tax, care services, private rents, affordability and life expectancy aren’t shown for Scottish areas. Population, deprivation (SIMD), house prices, weather, food hygiene, council control, fuel and more still apply.

Weather

7°COvercast

  • Today: 9° / 6° · 49% rain
  • Tomorrow: 10° / 5° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:29Sunset 16:20

8h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: St Andrew’s Day, Mon 30 Nov

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

75US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Angus Forfar Glamis Rd, United Kingdom

Road safety

88 reported road collisions (2025)

44 killed or seriously injured · 123 casualties · 7.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

111 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 91 passed
  • 9 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • 6 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

House prices

£178,424 average▲ 6.1% YoY

Across Angus · to 2026-08

Detached£313,626
Semi-detached£202,168
Terraced£150,744
Flat£98,960

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 173.9p · Asda (2.4 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 199.9p · Asda (2.4 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

10 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: Whitehills Health and Community Care Centre, Forfar (1.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches3
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local news

Source: Angus Council

Population

114,610 residents in Angus

  • Under 16: 15%
  • 16–64: 58%
  • 65+: 27%

Source: ONS mid-year estimates (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in Scotland

1% of neighbourhoods are in Scotland’s most deprived 10%; 8% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Council control

Conservative / Independent / Labour coalition

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

Amenities nearby

  • Parks & greens14
  • Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

4,480 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

374 jobs advertised · £37,007 avg

e.g. Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*, MOT Tester, Catering Manager

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£748 median full-time weekly pay

3.1% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,910 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.4
  • Feeling worthwhile7.7
  • Happiness yesterday7.5
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Angus and Perthshire Glens:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

Notable places nearby

  • Forfar Golf Club · 0.3 km

    Forfar Golf Club is a golf club located at Cunninghill, on the outskirts of Forfar, Angus, Scotland. Founded in 1871, it is recognised as the first golf club in the world to have opened with an 18-hole course from inc…

  • Restenneth Priory · 0.8 km

    Restenneth Priory was a monastic house of Augustinian canons founded by Jedburgh Abbey, with the patronage of King Malcolm IV of Scotland, in 1153. Although there is little literary evidence, archaeological evidence s…

  • Loch Fithie · 1.0 km

    Loch Fithie is a small, lowland freshwater loch lying approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Forfar, Scotland. It is approximately 800 m (2,600 ft) in length.

  • Kingsmuir · 1.5 km

    Kingsmuir is a small village in Angus, Scotland, one mile south-east of Forfar on the B9128 Carnoustie to Forfar road.

  • Whitehills Hospital · 1.6 km

    Whitehills Hospital is a health facility in Station Road in Forfar, Angus, Scotland. Formerly an isolation hospital and then a geriatric hospital, in its current form, it is a community hospital known as the Whitehill…

  • Forfar Infirmary · 1.7 km

    Forfar Infirmary was a health facility in Arbroath Road in Forfar, Angus, Scotland. It was managed by NHS Tayside.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Towns in Angus