My Area UK

Moniaive

Moniaive is a village in Dumfries, Scotland, with a population of around 500. The area has one restaurant or café and three bus stops. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Moniaive area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Dumfries and Galloway area is less deprived than the average in Scotland (SIMD 2020).

Council
Dumfries and Galloway
County
Dumfries
Constituency
Dumfries and Galloway
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

7°CFog

  • Today: 12° / 6° · 45% rain
  • Tomorrow: 12° / 6° · Fog

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:16Sunset 16:42

9h 27m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

52US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · South Lanarkshire Lanark, United Kingdom

Road safety

222 reported road collisions (2025)

85 killed or seriously injured · 323 casualties · 15.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

6 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 6 passed
  • 0 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • 3 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

House prices

£171,854 average▲ 3.9% YoY

Across Dumfries and Galloway · to 2026-08

Detached£263,073
Semi-detached£172,480
Terraced£139,042
Flat£88,882

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

EV charging

3 charging locations within ~8 km

  • Fastest nearby: 22 kW
  • Nearest: Moniaive (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches3
  • Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

145,490 residents in Dumfries and Galloway

  • Under 16: 15%
  • 16–64: 57%
  • 65+: 29%

Source: ONS mid-year estimates (local authority)

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in Scotland

5% of neighbourhoods are in Scotland’s most deprived 10%; 9% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Your MP

John Cooper

Conservative

Dumfries and Galloway

Recent votes:

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

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

SNP / Labour / Independent / Liberal Democrat coalition

  • Lab 7
  • Con 10
  • LD 1
  • Oth 11

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Supermarkets1
  • Parks & greens1
  • Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

7,680 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Local economy

£723 median full-time weekly pay

2.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,835 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Grid electricity

100% low-carbon electricity

Wind 70% · Nuclear 30%

0 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for South Scotland · National Grid ESO

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.7
  • Feeling worthwhile7.8
  • Happiness yesterday7.6
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.7

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Dumfries and Galloway:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Moniaive · 0.1 km

    Moniaive is a village in the Parish of Glencairn, in Dumfries and Galloway, southwest Scotland. It stands on the Cairn and Dalwhat Waters, 16 miles (26 km) north-west of the town of Dumfries. Moniaive has been named b…

  • Moniaive railway station · 0.2 km

    Moniaive railway station is the closed station terminus of the Cairn Valley Light Railway (CVR) branch, from Dumfries. It served the rural area of Moniaive in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

  • Crawfordton House · 1.9 km

    Crawfordton House is a category B listed 19th-century country house, situated close to Moniaive in Dumfriesshire, Scotland. It was operated as Crawfordton School in the second half of the 20th century.

  • Cademuir International School · 1.9 km

    Cademuir International School was a specialist school at Moniaive in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

  • Glencairn, Dumfries and Galloway · 3.1 km

    Glencairn is an ecclesiastical and civil parish in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

  • Tynron · 3.4 km

    Tynron is a village and civil parish located in Dumfries and Galloway, in south-west Scotland. It lies in a hollow along the Shinnel Water, approximately 2 miles from the village of Moniaive.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Nearby towns

Frequently asked questions

Where is Moniaive?
Moniaive is a town in Dumfries, Scotland, in the Dumfries and Galloway local authority.
What is the population of Moniaive?
Moniaive has an approximate settlement population of 500.
How deprived is Moniaive?
The Dumfries and Galloway local authority, which includes Moniaive, is less deprived than the average in Scotland on the SIMD 2020.