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Piperdam

Piperdam is a village in Angus, Scotland, with a population of around 1,200. It has around 1 restaurant or café, 3 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Invergowrie, 7.5 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Piperdam area — all from official UK open data.

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

Council
Angus
County
Angus
Constituency
Dundee West
Police force
Scotland
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

5°CPartly Cloudy

  • Today: 10° / 2° · 15% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 5° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:23Sunset 16:28

9h 5m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

29US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Dundee Lochee Road, 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

2 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 1 passed
  • 0 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Invergowrie (7.1 km)
  • 5 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Invergowrie (7.1 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

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: 169.7p · Asda (9.7 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 194.7p · Asda (6.2 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

17 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 135 kW
  • Nearest: Peter Vardy - 1 (2.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds1

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

Your MP

Dave Doogan

Scottish National Party

Angus and Perthshire Glens

Recent votes:

  • AyeDraft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process
  • NoOpposition Day motion: MoD Bicester and illegal migrants
  • AyeDraft Trade Unions (Right to Access Workplaces) Regulations 2026
  • AyeDraft Code of Practice on the Right of Trade Unions to Access Workplaces

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Conservative / Independent / Labour coalition

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

Amenities nearby

  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

4,480 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

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

Grid electricity

100% low-carbon electricity

Wind 100%

0 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for North Scotland · National Grid ESO

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

  • Lundie · 1.7 km

    Lundie is a parish and small settlement in Angus, Scotland, 10 miles (16 km) northwest of Dundee, situated at the head of the Dighty valley in the Sidlaws, off the A923 Dundee to Coupar Angus road. The name Lundie pro…

  • Lundie Kirk · 1.8 km

    Lundie Kirk was the parish church of Lundie, Angus, in Scotland from the 12th century until 2017. The church was constructed in Romanesque style in the 12th century and was owned by the Priory of St Andrews for whom i…

  • Fowlis Castle · 2.7 km

    Fowlis Castle is situated five miles northwest of Dundee, Scotland, in the hamlet of Fowlis. It is a tower house dating from the seventeenth century. It was held by the Maule family and then by the Mortimers before co…

  • Pitlyal Loch · 3.0 km

    Pitlyal Loch also known as Round Loch is a small lochan in Sidlaw Hills in Angus. It is located southeast of Long Loch and is almost directly south of Newtyle and 5 miles (8 km) south-by-south-east of Coupar Angus.

  • Dundee West (UK Parliament constituency) · 3.1 km

    Dundee West was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post voting system.

  • Balruddery · 3.2 km

    Balruddery House by Longforgan in Perthshire, Scotland, was designed by David Neave for James Webster circa 1820. In about 1879 it was bought by James F White, who had previously leased Castle Huntly in Longforgan. J…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Nearby towns

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Piperdam?
Piperdam is a town in Angus, Scotland, in the Angus local authority.
How deprived is Piperdam?
The Angus local authority, which includes Piperdam, is among the least deprived areas in Scotland on the SIMD 2020.