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Broughty Ferry

Broughty Ferry is a town or village in City of Dundee, Scotland, with three pharmacies, one supermarket, 25 restaurants and cafés, 40 bus stops, and Balmossie railway station 1 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Broughty Ferry area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Dundee City area is among the most deprived areas in Scotland (SIMD 2020).

Council
Dundee City
County
City of Dundee
Constituency
Dundee East
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

8°CPartly Cloudy

  • Today: 11° / 5° · 19% rain
  • Tomorrow: 10° / 5° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:24Sunset 16:25

9h 1m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Dundee Broughty Ferry Road, United Kingdom

Road safety

138 reported road collisions (2025)

51 killed or seriously injured · 172 casualties · 9.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

216 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 198 passed
  • 7 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Broughty Ferry (0.9 km)
  • 55 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Broughty Ferry (0.9 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

House-price data isn’t available for this area.

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 169.7p · Asda (7 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 194.7p · Asda (11.2 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

49 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 14 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: Queen Street, Broughty Ferry, Dundee (0.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres4
  • Gyms1
  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches24
  • Playgrounds13

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

148,390 residents in Dundee City

  • Under 16: 16%
  • 16–64: 65%
  • 65+: 19%

Source: ONS mid-year estimates (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the most deprived areas in Scotland

24% of neighbourhoods are in Scotland’s most deprived 10%; 37% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Your MP

Lara Bird

Scottish National Party

Arbroath and Broughty Ferry

Recent votes:

  • NoBudget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 55: Value added tax (electric vehicle charging)
  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas
  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief)

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

SNP majority

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools5
  • GPs & clinics3
  • Pharmacies3
  • Supermarkets3
  • Parks & greens48
  • Restaurants & cafés41

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

4,970 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

16 jobs advertised · £34,041 avg

e.g. Project Manager/Senior Project Manager - Dundee, Panel Beater - with £5k Golden Hello, Store Manager

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£676 median full-time weekly pay

4.1% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£20,563 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 yesterday7.0
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.6

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Arbroath and Broughty Ferry:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Forthill · 0.1 km

    Forthill Cricket Ground is a cricket ground in Broughty Ferry, Dundee, Scotland. It is the home of Forfarshire Cricket Club and hosts matches for the Scotland national cricket team. It has been used for cricket since…

  • Forthill Primary School · 0.3 km

    Forthill Primary School is a co-educational non-denominational state primary school situated in the Broughty Ferry area of Dundee, Scotland. Managed by Dundee City Council, it serves the local community and provides e…

  • Barnhill, Dundee · 0.8 km

    Barnhill is an area in Dundee, located within the suburb of Broughty Ferry. It is approximately 4+1⁄2 miles east of Dundee City Centre. Until the late 19th century, Barnhill was a separate village.

  • Broughty Ferry · 0.8 km

    Broughty Ferry is a suburb in Dundee, Scotland. It is situated four miles east of the city centre on the north bank of the Firth of Tay. The area was a separate burgh from 1864 until 1913, when it was incorporated int…

  • Grove Academy · 0.8 km

    Grove Academy is an 11–18 mixed secondary school in Broughty Ferry, Dundee, Scotland. There are four associated feeder primary schools linked to Grove, which are Barnhill, Craigiebarns, Eastern and Forthill.

  • Broughty Ferry railway station · 0.8 km

    Broughty Ferry railway station is a railway station serving the suburb of Broughty Ferry in Dundee, Scotland. It is sited 3 miles 38 chains (5.6 km) from the former Dundee East station, on the Dundee to Aberdeen line,…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Broughty Ferry?
Broughty Ferry is a town in City of Dundee, Scotland, in the Dundee City local authority.
How deprived is Broughty Ferry?
The Dundee City local authority, which includes Broughty Ferry, is among the most deprived areas in Scotland on the SIMD 2020.