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East Renfrewshire

East Renfrewshire is a town in Renfrewshire, Scotland. It features around 11 restaurants and cafés, 2 pharmacies, and 1 supermarket, along with 11 bus stops. The nearest railway station is Patterton, located 1.6 km away. Covers 8 towns with local open-data for the whole authority.

On deprivation, East Renfrewshire 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

14°CSunny

  • Today: 14° / 8° · 22% rain
  • Tomorrow: 15° / 10° · Light rain shower

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:36Sunset 19:53

13h 17m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Glasgow Waulkmillglen Reservoir, United Kingdom

Road safety

56 reported road collisions (2024)

19 killed or seriously injured · 67 casualties · 5.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

140 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 98 passed
  • 7 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Patterton (1.6 km)
  • 11 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Patterton (1.6 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£295,309 average▲ 5.3% YoY

Across East Renfrewshire · to 2026-06

Detached£532,487
Semi-detached£316,171
Terraced£249,096
Flat£166,117

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 162.9p · Morrisons (8 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 184.7p · Asda (10.1 km)

25 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

48 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 11 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 200 kW
  • Nearest: Greenlaw Village (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres2
  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches11
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds48

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

99,840 residents in East Renfrewshire

  • Under 16: 20%
  • 16–64: 57%
  • 65+: 23%

Source: ONS mid-year estimates (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in Scotland

2% of neighbourhoods are in Scotland’s most deprived 10%; 6% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Your MP

Blair McDougall

Labour

East Renfrewshire

Recent votes:

  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour / Independent coalition

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools6
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies3
  • Supermarkets4
  • Parks & greens33
  • Restaurants & cafés18

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

3,060 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

327 jobs advertised · £29,236 avg

e.g. Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*, Accuracy Checking Dispensing Assistant/Technician, Online Physics Tutor - Part Time

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£896 median full-time weekly pay

1.7% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£29,752 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Grid electricity

99% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 43% · Wind 42% · Solar 13% · Imports 1%

1 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for South Scotland · National Grid ESO

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.7
  • Feeling worthwhile7.9
  • Happiness yesterday7.8
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in East Renfrewshire:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

Notable places nearby

  • Pollock Castle · 0.5 km

    Pollock Castle, also known as Pollok Castle, was a tower house castle located to the west of modern Newton Mearns in East Renfrewshire, on the opposite side of the M77 motorway from the town. The castle appears on Tim…

  • Whitecraigs RFC · 0.5 km

    Whitecraigs Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club based in Newton Mearns, East Renfrewshire, Scotland. The team competes in Scottish National League Division Two, the third tier of Scottish club rugby.

  • Netherplace · 1.0 km

    Netherplace is a hamlet in East Renfrewshire. It is to the west of Newton Mearns, and adjacent to the M77 motorway. The settlement is almost entirely along the Netherplace Road. It contains a farm, as well as some hou…

  • Newton Mearns · 1.3 km

    Newton Mearns is a town and the largest settlement in East Renfrewshire, Scotland. It lies 7 miles (11 km) south-west of Glasgow City Centre on historically the main road to Ayrshire, 410 feet (125 m) above sea level.…

  • Dams to Darnley Country Park · 1.4 km

    Dams to Darnley Country Park is a 1,350-acre (550-hectare) country park crossing parts of the East Renfrewshire and Glasgow areas in Scotland. The park comprises the historic greenspace between the towns of Barrhead a…

  • Glasgow Reform Synagogue · 1.4 km

    Glasgow Reform Synagogue is a Reform Jewish synagogue, located in Newton Mearns, East Renfrewshire, Scotland, in the United Kingdom. The congregation is a member of the Movement for Reform Judaism and is the only Refo…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Towns in East Renfrewshire