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Monkton (South Ayrshire)

Monkton (South Ayrshire) is a town or village in Ayrshire and Arran, Scotland. It has around 1 restaurant and café, and 7 bus stops. The nearest railway station is Prestwick International Airport, 1.2 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Monkton (South Ayrshire) area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the South Ayrshire area is around the average in Scotland (SIMD 2020).

Council
South Ayrshire
County
Ayrshire and Arran
Constituency
Central Ayrshire
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°CClear

  • Today: 10° / 3° · 13% rain
  • Tomorrow: 10° / 3° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:30Sunset 16:33

9h 4m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · South Ayrshire Ayr Harbour, 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

117 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 102 passed
  • 0 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Prestwick International Airport (1.2 km)
  • 7 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Prestwick International Airport (1.1 km):

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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)

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 167.7p · Asda (4.2 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 189.7p · Asda (4.2 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

29 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 75 kW
  • Nearest: NATS Prestwick (2.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches6
  • Golf courses2
  • Playgrounds5

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

Your MP

Alan Gemmell

Labour

Central Ayrshire

Recent votes:

  • AyeDraft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026
  • AyeWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • AyeDraft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process
  • AyeDraft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Conservative (minority)

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools2
  • Pharmacies1
  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

4,390 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

8 jobs advertised · £26,281 avg

e.g. Maintenance Assist, Security Officer, Cover cleaner

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

Grid electricity

100% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 53% · Wind 47%

0 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for South Scotland · National Grid ESO

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 Central Ayrshire:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Monkton, South Ayrshire · 0.1 km

    Monkton is a metropolis of a town in the parish of Monkton and Prestwick in South Ayrshire, Scotland. The town of Prestwick is around 1+1⁄2 miles south of the village, and it borders upon Glasgow Prestwick Airport.

  • Orangefield House, South Ayrshire · 0.1 km

    Orangefield House, previously known as 'Monkton House', was located near the village of Monkton, Ayrshire in the Parish of Monkton and Prestwick in South Ayrshire, Scotland; the settlement borders upon Glasgow Prestwi…

  • Monkton Windmill · 0.4 km

    The Monkton Windmill, or Monkton Dovecote, was originally an early 18th century vaulted tower windmill located on the outskirts of the village of Monkton on the site of an Iron Age hillfort in South Ayrshire, Scotland…

  • 1977 British Airtours Boeing 707 crash · 0.7 km

    On 17 March 1977, a British Airtours Boeing 707 being used for pilot training crashed and caught fire during its take-off roll at Glasgow Prestwick Airport. All four crew members on board survived.

  • Macrae Monument · 0.8 km

    James Macrae (1677–1746) was most likely born in the parish of Ochiltree and escaped great poverty to become a sea captain and later an administrator who served as the governor of Fort St George and in 1725 governor o…

  • Glasgow Prestwick Airport · 1.0 km

    Glasgow Prestwick Airport is an international airport serving the west of Scotland, situated 1 mile (2 km) northeast of the town of Prestwick, and 32 miles (51 km) southwest of Glasgow, Scotland. It is the less busy o…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Monkton (South Ayrshire)?
Monkton (South Ayrshire) is a town in Ayrshire and Arran, Scotland, in the South Ayrshire local authority.
How deprived is Monkton (South Ayrshire)?
The South Ayrshire local authority, which includes Monkton (South Ayrshire), is around the average in Scotland on the SIMD 2020.