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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).

Council
Fife
County
Fife
Constituency
Dunfermline and West Fife
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

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

Detached£344,689
Semi-detached£203,131
Terraced£160,573
Flat£108,859

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:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Cairneyhill · 0.1 km

    Cairneyhill 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 km

    Cairneyhill railway station served the village of Cairneyhill, Fife, Scotland from 1906 to 1930 on the Kincardine Line.

  • Crombie, Fife · 1.4 km

    Crombie 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 km

    Torryburn 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 km

    Oakley 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)

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.