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Highland

Highland is a town in Ross and Cromarty, Scotland. The nearest railway station is Lochluichart, 2.5 km away. Covers 85 towns with local open-data for the whole authority.

On deprivation, Highland is less deprived than the average 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: 12° / 7° · 34% rain
  • Tomorrow: 14° / 11° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:43Sunset 19:46

13h 3m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

37US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Inverness, United Kingdom

Road safety

273 reported road collisions (2024)

167 killed or seriously injured · 405 casualties · 11.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

1 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 1 passed
  • 0 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Lochluichart (2.5 km)
  • 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Lochluichart (2.5 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£221,000 average 4.8% YoY

Across Highland · to 2026-06

Detached£344,964
Semi-detached£211,204
Terraced£170,564
Flat£125,145

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Local news

Population

237,260 residents in Highland

  • Under 16: 15%
  • 16–64: 60%
  • 65+: 25%

Source: ONS mid-year estimates (local authority)

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in Scotland

4% of neighbourhoods are in Scotland’s most deprived 10%; 10% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Council control

SNP / Independent coalition

  • Lab 2
  • Con 6
  • LD 15
  • Grn 3
  • Oth 18

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

Amenities nearby

Amenity data is being compiled for this area.

Local businesses

13,785 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

1,473 jobs advertised · £35,851 avg

e.g. Mobile Mechanic, Mobile Vehicle Technician - Aberdeen, Mobile Vehicle Technician - Scotland

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£775 median full-time weekly pay

2.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£24,917 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.9
  • Feeling worthwhile8.1
  • Happiness yesterday7.9
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.7

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Grudie · 1.1 km

    Grudie is a village, situated between Loch a' Chuilinn and Loch Luichart with the River Bran flowing past Grudie east to west, in Ross-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.

  • Lochluichart railway station · 2.5 km

    Lochluichart railway station is a railway station on the Kyle of Lochalsh Line, serving the village of Lochluichart in the north of Scotland. The station is located at the north edge of Loch Luichart, 17 miles 20 chai…

  • Achanalt railway station · 3.9 km

    Achanalt railway station is a geographically remote railway station on the Kyle of Lochalsh Line, serving the village of Achanalt in the north of Scotland. The station is 21 miles 34 chains (34.5 km) from Dingwall, be…

  • Achanalt · 4.0 km

    Achanalt is a railway halt in Strath Bran, Ross and Cromarty, in the Scottish council area of Highland. It is served by a railway station on the Kyle of Lochalsh Line from Inverness to Kyle of Lochalsh.

  • A832 road · 6.5 km

    The A832 is a road in the Scottish Highlands, linking Cromarty, on the east coast, to Gairloch on the west coast, and beyond Gairloch to Braemore Junction. It is 126 miles (203 km) long and runs entirely in the former…

  • Sgùrr a' Mhuilinn · 7.5 km

    Sgùrr a' Mhuilinn is a mountain in Highland, Scotland. It lies in a remote location in the Northwest Highlands, approximately 40 miles (64 km) west of Inverness.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)