Carmunnock is a town in City of Glasgow, Scotland, in the Glasgow City local authority.

What is the population of Carmunnock?

Carmunnock has an approximate settlement population of 1,250.

How deprived is Carmunnock?

The Glasgow City local authority, which includes Carmunnock, is among the most deprived areas in Scotland on the SIMD 2020.

Carmunnock

Carmunnock is a village in the City of Glasgow, Scotland, with a population of around 1,250. There are seven bus stops, one park or green, and two restaurants or cafés, with the nearest railway station being Busby, 1.9 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Carmunnock area — all from official UK open data.

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

Council: Glasgow City
County: City of Glasgow
Constituency: Glasgow South
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

15°CPatchy rain nearby

Today: 19° / 12° · 91% rain
Tomorrow: 15° / 10° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:45Sunset 19:39

12h 55m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

14US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · South Lanarkshire Rutherglen, United Kingdom

Road safety

622 reported road collisions (2024)

219 killed or seriously injured · 805 casualties · 9.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

299 food businesses within 2 miles

221 passed
10 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

Nearest station: Busby (1.9 km)
7 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Busby (1.9 km):

Loading live departures…

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

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

Fuel prices

Cheapest petrol: 165.7p · Asda (8.9 km)
Cheapest diesel: 186.7p · Asda (8.9 km)

36 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

115 charging locations within ~8 km

30 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
Fastest nearby: 350 kW
Nearest: Glasgow Club Castlemilk Pool (1.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

Sports pitches7
Golf courses1
Playgrounds9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

654,330 residents in Glasgow City

Under 16: 15%
16–64: 71%
65+: 14%

Source: ONS mid-year estimates (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the most deprived areas in Scotland

30% of neighbourhoods are in Scotland’s most deprived 10%; 45% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Your MP

Gordon McKee

Labour

Glasgow South

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

Schools4
Parks & greens8
Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

25,825 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

45 jobs advertised · £21,926 avg

e.g. Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*, Self Employed Delivery Driver, Online Programming Tutoring Job in Carmunnock – Flexible Schedule

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£746 median full-time weekly pay

4.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£20,974 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Grid electricity

100% low-carbon electricity

Wind 75% · Nuclear 20% · Solar 5%

0 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for South Scotland · National Grid ESO

Wellbeing

Life satisfaction7.2
Feeling worthwhile7.4
Happiness yesterday7.1
Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Glasgow South:

Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership336 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
Do not ban social media for under 16s215 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office149 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test133 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
Make performing a Nazi salute a criminal offence in the UK113 local signatures · 7,411 nationwide

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

Notable places nearby

Carmunnock · 0.1 km
Carmunnock is a conservation village situated within the Glasgow City council area, lying within three miles of East Kilbride and Rutherglen in South Lanarkshire and Busby in East Renfrewshire. The nearest other distr…
Castlemilk High School · 1.5 km
Castlemilk High School is a co-educational comprehensive secondary school located in Castlemilk, Glasgow, Scotland. It was established in 1990 from a merger of the district's two existing nondenominational high school…
Castlemilk · 1.6 km
Castlemilk is a district of Glasgow, Scotland. It lies to the south of the city, adjacent to Rutherglen, Croftfoot, Simshill and the separate village of Carmunnock.
St Margaret Mary's Secondary School · 1.6 km
St Margaret Mary's Secondary School is a co-educational, Roman Catholic, comprehensive secondary school located in Castlemilk, Glasgow, Scotland.
Bogany Flats · 1.6 km
Bogany Flats was a multi-storey block of flats in Castlemilk, Glasgow. The flats were built in 1966 by George Wimpey Ltd, the last of the nine tower blocks Wimpey built throughout the city in the sixties. The building…
Philipshill · 1.7 km
Philipshill is an area of East Kilbride in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, roughly two miles (3.2 km) west of the East Kilbride Shopping Centre on the A726.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Carmunnock?: Carmunnock is a town in City of Glasgow, Scotland, in the Glasgow City local authority.
What is the population of Carmunnock?: Carmunnock has an approximate settlement population of 1,250.
How deprived is Carmunnock?: The Glasgow City local authority, which includes Carmunnock, is among the most deprived areas in Scotland on the SIMD 2020.