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Kincraig

Kincraig is a village in Inverness, Scotland, with a population of around 1,000. It has 2 restaurants and cafés and 2 bus stops. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Kincraig area — all from official UK open data.

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

Council
Highland
County
Inverness
Constituency
Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
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°COvercast

  • Today: 13° / 6° · 22% rain
  • Tomorrow: 16° / 10° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:40Sunset 19:42

13h 2m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

39US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Inverness, United Kingdom

Road safety

273 reported road collisions (2024)

167 killed or seriously injured · 405 casualties · 11.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

11 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 5 passed
  • 3 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Aviemore (9.1 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£221,000 average 4.8% YoY

Across Highland · to 2026-06

Detached£344,964
Semi-detached£211,204
Terraced£170,564
Flat£125,145

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

EV charging

2 charging locations within ~8 km

  • Fastest nearby: 22 kW
  • Nearest: Loch Insh Outdoor Centre, Kincraig (1.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches3
  • Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local news

Population

237,260 residents in Highland

  • Under 16: 15%
  • 16–64: 60%
  • 65+: 25%

Source: ONS mid-year estimates (local authority)

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in Scotland

4% of neighbourhoods are in Scotland’s most deprived 10%; 10% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Your MP

Graham Leadbitter

Scottish National Party

Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey

Recent votes:

  • AyeRepresentation of the People Bill: Third Reading
  • AyeRepresentation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88
  • NoRepresentation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67
  • NoRepresentation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

SNP / Independent coalition

  • Lab 2
  • Con 6
  • LD 15
  • Grn 3
  • Oth 18

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

13,785 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Local economy

£775 median full-time weekly pay

2.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£24,917 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 satisfaction7.9
  • Feeling worthwhile8.1
  • Happiness yesterday7.9
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.7

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Kincraig railway station · 0.2 km

    Kincraig railway station served the village of Kincraig, Highland, Scotland from 1863 to 1965 on the Inverness and Perth Junction Railway.

  • Kincraig · 0.2 km

    Kincraig is a village located north of Kingussie and south of Aviemore in Highland, Scotland. Its original name was Boat of Inch, reflecting the ferry boat crossing of the Spey River that once operated here but the na…

  • River Feshie · 1.0 km

    The River Feshie is a major right bank tributary of the River Spey in north-east Scotland. It rises in the remote countryside of the Glenfeshie Forest, flowing initially eastwards before turning sharply to the northwe…

  • Loch Insh · 1.6 km

    Loch Insh is a loch in the Scottish Highlands. It is situated in the Cairngorms National Park on the River Spey, in the heart of Badenoch and Strathspey, immediately downstream of the Insh Marshes. It is around six mi…

  • Dunachton · 1.7 km

    Dunachton is an estate on the north-west shore of Loch Insh in Badenoch and Strathspey, in the Highlands of Scotland. It occupies land immediately to the north of the A9 road and General Wade's Military Road.

  • Dalnavert, Highland · 2.7 km

    Dalnavert is a small rural hamlet, that lies 4 miles northeast of Insh, and 8 miles northeast of Kingussie, in the strath of the River Spey, in the west Cairngorms National Park, in Badenoch and Strathspey, Inverness-…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Kincraig?
Kincraig is a town in Inverness, Scotland, in the Highland local authority.
How deprived is Kincraig?
The Highland local authority, which includes Kincraig, is less deprived than the average in Scotland on the SIMD 2020.