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Galston

Galston is a town in Ayrshire and Arran, Scotland, with a population of around 4,690. It has one restaurant or café and the nearest railway station at Kilmarnock, 7.5km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Galston area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the East Ayrshire area is more deprived than the average in Scotland (SIMD 2020).

Council
East Ayrshire
County
Ayrshire and Arran
Constituency
Kilmarnock and Loudoun
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

13°CMist

  • Today: 20° / 13° · 80% rain
  • Tomorrow: 15° / 10° · Light rain shower

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:46Sunset 19:40

12h 54m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

51US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · South Lanarkshire East Kilbride, United Kingdom

Road safety

70 reported road collisions (2024)

33 killed or seriously injured · 116 casualties · 5.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

52 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 40 passed
  • 1 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Kilmarnock (7.5 km)
  • 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Kilmarnock (7.5 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£138,898 average 10.1% YoY

Across East Ayrshire · to 2026-06

Detached£270,368
Semi-detached£153,389
Terraced£121,011
Flat£77,604

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 163.7p · Asda (6.7 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 184.9p · Asda (6.7 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

18 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: Tesco Superstore-Galston (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres2
  • Sports pitches12
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

121,350 residents in East Ayrshire

  • Under 16: 16%
  • 16–64: 61%
  • 65+: 23%

Source: ONS mid-year estimates (local authority)

Deprivation

More deprived than the average in Scotland

15% of neighbourhoods are in Scotland’s most deprived 10%; 31% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Your MP

Lillian Jones

Labour

Kilmarnock and Loudoun

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoClosure motion
  • NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

SNP (minority)

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools3
  • Supermarkets2
  • Parks & greens4
  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

3,940 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

8 jobs advertised · £24,716 avg

e.g. Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*, Residential Childcare Worker, Business Apprenticeship

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£733 median full-time weekly pay

3.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£21,603 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Grid electricity

100% low-carbon electricity

Wind 79% · Nuclear 21%

0 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for South Scotland · National Grid ESO

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.3
  • Feeling worthwhile7.6
  • Happiness yesterday7.4
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Kilmarnock and Loudoun:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Galston parish · 0.2 km

    Galston Parish is situated in East Ayrshire, Scotland, some five to ten miles east of Kilmarnock and roughly encompasses the southern half of the Upper Irvine Valley. The parish shares strong links with the parish of…

  • Galston, East Ayrshire · 0.2 km

    Galston is a town in East Ayrshire, Scotland, which has a population of 4,710 (2022) and is at the heart of the civil parish of the same name.

  • Portland Park, Galston · 0.6 km

    Portland Park was a football ground in Galston, Scotland. It was the home ground of Galston F.C.

  • Loudoun Academy, Galston · 1.0 km

    Loudoun Academy is a secondary school in the outskirts of Galston, East Ayrshire, in Scotland serving the Loudoun district which includes the Irvine Valley, Kilmarnock, and surrounding rural areas of East Ayrshire. Th…

  • Loudoun Kirk · 1.1 km

    Loudoun Kirk is a disused church located about one mile west of Loudoun Castle, East Ayrshire. It served as Loudoun's parish church until some point after 1600, when this function moved to the church in nearby Newmiln…

  • Loudoun Castle · 1.4 km

    Loudoun Castle is a ruined country house nicknamed the "Windsor of Scotland" located near Galston, in the Loudoun area of Ayrshire, Scotland. The majority of the building was constructed from 1804 to 1811 around exist…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Galston?
Galston is a town in Ayrshire and Arran, Scotland, in the East Ayrshire local authority.
What is the population of Galston?
Galston has an approximate settlement population of 4,690.
How deprived is Galston?
The East Ayrshire local authority, which includes Galston, is more deprived than the average in Scotland on the SIMD 2020.