Cairneyhill
Cairneyhill is a village in Fife, Scotland, with a population of around 2,480. It has 8 bus stops and the nearest railway station is Dunfermline City, 5.1 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Cairneyhill area — all from official UK open data.
On deprivation, the Fife area is around the average in Scotland (SIMD 2020).
Weather
13°COvercast
- Today: 17° / 9° · 23% rain
- Tomorrow: 19° / 12° · Patchy rain nearby
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 06:40Sunset 19:39
13h 0m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: St Andrew’s Day, Mon 30 Nov
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
45US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)
Source: WAQI · Fife Dunfermline, United Kingdom
Road safety
268 reported road collisions (2024)
103 killed or seriously injured · 363 casualties · 7.2 collisions per 10,000 residents
Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)
Food hygiene
38 food businesses within 2 miles
- 33 passed
- 1 need improvement
Source: Food Standards Agency
Buses & trains
- Nearest station: Dunfermline City (5.1 km)
- 8 bus stops within ~½ mile
Live trains from Dunfermline City (5.1 km):
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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail
House prices
£176,924 average▲ 6.8% YoY
Across Fife · to 2026-06
Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)
Fuel prices
- Cheapest petrol: 169.7p · Asda (8.2 km)
- Cheapest diesel: 191.7p · Asda (8.2 km)
6 stations within ~8 miles
Source: CMA fuel price scheme
EV charging
20 charging locations within ~8 km
- 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 100 kW
- Nearest: Best Western Keavil House Hotel (2.1 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Sport & leisure
- Sports pitches1
- Golf courses2
- Playgrounds4
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Population
373,990 residents in Fife
- Under 16: 16%
- 16–64: 61%
- 65+: 23%
Source: ONS mid-year estimates (local authority)
Deprivation
Around the average in Scotland
8% of neighbourhoods are in Scotland’s most deprived 10%; 20% in the most deprived 20%
Source: Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020
Your MP
Graeme Downie
Labour
Dunfermline and Dollar
Recent votes:
- AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
- AyeClosure 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
Labour (minority)
Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)
Amenities nearby
- Schools1
- Parks & greens16
- Restaurants & cafés1
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Local businesses
11,220 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)
Jobs
10 jobs advertised · £18,720 avg
e.g. Self Employed Delivery Driver, Delivery Driver, Courier
Source: Adzuna
Local economy
£763 median full-time weekly pay
3.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits
£23,257 disposable income per head (2024)
Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI
Grid electricity
94% low-carbon electricity
Nuclear 69% · Solar 16% · Wind 8% · Imports 6%
2 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity
Latest estimate for South Scotland · National Grid ESO
Wellbeing
- Life satisfaction7.3
- Feeling worthwhile7.7
- Happiness yesterday7.2
- 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 Dunfermline and Dollar:
- Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases481 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
- Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership345 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
- Do not ban social media for under 16s330 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
- Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test207 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
- Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office199 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06
Notable places nearby
Cairneyhill · 0.1 kmCairneyhill is a village in West Fife, Scotland. It is 3 miles west of Dunfermline, on the A994, and has a population of around 2,510 (2020)
Cairneyhill railway station · 0.6 kmCairneyhill railway station served the village of Cairneyhill, Fife, Scotland from 1906 to 1930 on the Kincardine Line.
Crombie, Fife · 1.4 kmCrombie is a village in the civil parish of Torryburn, in southwest Fife, Scotland. The village is on the A985 road 3 miles west of Dunfermline and is to the south of Cairneyhill, and north-west of Charlestown. On the…
Torryburn · 1.6 kmTorryburn is a village and parish in Fife, Scotland, lying on the north shore of the Firth of Forth. It is one of a number of old port communities on this coast and at one point served as port for Dunfermline. It lies…
Oakley, Fife · 1.9 kmOakley is a village in Fife, Scotland located at the mutual border of Carnock and Culross parishes, Fife, 5+1⁄2 miles west of Dunfermline on the A907.
- Crossford, Fife · 2.0 km
Crossford is a small village located in West Fife, Scotland. Its population was 2,358 in 2011. It is 1 mile west of the city Dunfermline, east of Cairneyhill, astride the A994.
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)
Nearby towns
Frequently asked questions
- Where is Cairneyhill?
- Cairneyhill is a town in Fife, Scotland, in the Fife local authority.
- What is the population of Cairneyhill?
- Cairneyhill has an approximate settlement population of 2,480.
- How deprived is Cairneyhill?
- The Fife local authority, which includes Cairneyhill, is around the average in Scotland on the SIMD 2020.