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North Ayrshire

North Ayrshire is a settlement in Ayrshire and Arran, Scotland, with Ardrossan Harbour railway station 6.6km away. Covers 21 towns with local open-data for the whole authority.

On deprivation, North Ayrshire is more 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

11°COvercast

  • Today: 15° / 10° · 28% rain
  • Tomorrow: 16° / 11° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:46Sunset 19:44

12h 59m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

39US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · South Ayrshire Ayr Harbour, United Kingdom

Road safety

87 reported road collisions (2024)

39 killed or seriously injured · 107 casualties · 6.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

No rated food businesses within 2 miles.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Ardrossan Harbour (6.6 km)
  • 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Ardrossan Harbour (6.4 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£141,756 average 2.2% YoY

Across North Ayrshire · to 2026-06

Detached£283,607
Semi-detached£166,174
Terraced£129,760
Flat£88,745

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 161.9p · Morrisons (11.8 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 183.9p · Morrisons (11.8 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

3 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: Seamill Hydro Hotel, West Kilbride (7.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Population

133,660 residents in North Ayrshire

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

Source: ONS mid-year estimates (local authority)

Deprivation

More deprived than the average in Scotland

16% of neighbourhoods are in Scotland’s most deprived 10%; 40% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Council control

SNP (minority)

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

Amenities nearby

Amenity data is being compiled for this area.

Local businesses

3,855 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

526 jobs advertised · £37,585 avg

e.g. Electrician, Welder, Customer Expert - Public Sector

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£791 median full-time weekly pay

4.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£22,062 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.3
  • Feeling worthwhile7.6
  • Happiness yesterday7.4
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5

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

Notable places nearby

  • North Ayrshire and Arran · 1.1 km

    North Ayrshire and Arran is a constituency of the British House of Commons, located in the south-west of Scotland within the North Ayrshire council area. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) at least once every fiv…

  • Valkyrie II · 2.3 km

    Valkyrie II, officially named Valkyrie, was a British racing yacht that was the unsuccessful challenger of the 1893 America's Cup race against American defender Vigilant.

  • Horse Isle · 5.3 km

    Horse Isle is an uninhabited island located in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland near the seaside town of Ardrossan. It is a nature reserve, run by the RSPB.

  • HMS Dasher (D37) · 5.3 km

    HMS Dasher (D37) was a British Royal Navy aircraft carrier, of the Avenger class of converted merchant vessels, and one of the shortest-lived escort carriers. She served in the Second World War and sank on 27 March 1943.

  • Ardrossan Lifeboat Station · 6.2 km

    Ardrossan Lifeboat Station was located on the outer west pier at the harbour at Ardrossan, a town overlooking the Firth of Clyde and the Isle of Arran, in the county of North Ayrshire, historically Ayrshire, on the so…

  • Ardrossan Winton Pier railway station · 6.5 km

    Ardrossan Winton Pier railway station served the town of Ardrossan and its harbour, North Ayrshire, Scotland. The station allowed train passengers to link with the Caledonian MacBrayne (CalMac) ferry sailings to Brodi…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)