My Area UK

South Ayrshire

South Ayrshire is a town or village in Ayrshire and Arran, Scotland. It has no listed amenities or bus stops, but the nearest railway station is at Maybole, 2.8 km away. Covers 18 towns with local open-data for the whole authority.

On deprivation, South Ayrshire is around 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°CClear

  • Today: 11° / 6° · 29% rain
  • Tomorrow: 10° / 8° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:31Sunset 16:32

9h 0m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

23US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · South Ayrshire Ayr High St, United Kingdom

Road safety

86 reported road collisions (2025)

44 killed or seriously injured · 110 casualties · 7.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

30 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 29 passed
  • 0 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Maybole (2.8 km)
  • 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Maybole (2.8 km):

Loading live departures…

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£173,126 average▲ 5.8% YoY

Across South Ayrshire · to 2026-08

Detached£317,953
Semi-detached£203,199
Terraced£153,950
Flat£101,307

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

EV charging

4 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 100 kW
  • Nearest: Kit Wash (2.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

112,280 residents in South Ayrshire

  • Under 16: 15%
  • 16–64: 57%
  • 65+: 28%

Source: ONS mid-year estimates (local authority)

Deprivation

Around the average in Scotland

10% of neighbourhoods are in Scotland’s most deprived 10%; 18% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Council control

Conservative (minority)

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

Amenities nearby

Amenity data is being compiled for this area.

Local businesses

4,390 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

355 jobs advertised · £41,885 avg

e.g. Retail Merchandiser, Port Operator, CNC Programmer (Aerospace)

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£870 median full-time weekly pay

3.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£24,714 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.6
  • Feeling worthwhile8.0
  • Happiness yesterday7.5
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Cassillis railway station · 1.6 km

    Cassillis railway station was a railway station serving the village of Minishant, South Ayrshire, Scotland. The station was originally part of the Ayr and Maybole Junction Railway.

  • Maybole railway station (1856–1860) · 2.1 km

    Maybole railway station was a railway station serving the village of Maybole, South Ayrshire, Scotland. The station was originally part of the Ayr and Maybole Junction Railway.

  • Minishant · 2.5 km

    Minishant is a village bordering the A77 in the old county of Carrick, South Ayrshire, Scotland. It is located in Maybole Parish, 3+1⁄2 miles from Maybole and standing close to the River Doon. The village was original…

  • Maybole · 2.5 km

    Maybole is a historic market town and former burgh of barony and police burgh in South Ayrshire, Scotland. It is situated 9 miles (14 km) south of Ayr and 50 miles (80 km) southwest of Glasgow by the Glasgow and South…

  • Maybole Castle · 2.6 km

    Maybole Castle is a 16th-century castle located on High Street in Maybole, South Ayrshire, Scotland. Originally built for the Earls of Cassillis, it is an L-shaped construction with Victorian two-storey extensions. It…

  • St Oswald's Church, Maybole · 2.7 km

    St Oswald's Church is a congregation of the Scottish Episcopal Church located in Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland. The current Priest-in-Charge is The Rev. Liz Crumlish.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Towns in South Ayrshire