Carmunnock
Carmunnock is a village in Lanarkshire, Scotland, with a population of around 1,250. It has around 1 park or green space, around 2 restaurants and cafés, 7 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Busby, 1.4 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 South Lanarkshire area is around the average in Scotland (SIMD 2020).
- Council
- South Lanarkshire
- County
- Lanarkshire
- Constituency
- East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
- Police force
- Scotland
Weather
16°COvercast
- Today: 16° / 9° · 35% rain
- Tomorrow: 20° / 12° · Overcast
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 06:43Sunset 19:42
12h 59m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: St Andrew’s Day, Mon 30 Nov
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
40US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)
Source: WAQI · South Lanarkshire Rutherglen, United Kingdom
Road safety
253 reported road collisions (2024)
114 killed or seriously injured · 379 casualties · 7.6 collisions per 10,000 residents
Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)
Food hygiene
306 food businesses within 2 miles
- 226 passed
- 10 need improvement
Source: Food Standards Agency
Buses & trains
- Nearest station: Busby (2.0 km)
- 19 bus stops within ~½ mile
Live trains from Busby (2.0 km):
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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail
House prices
£186,771 average▲ 6.4% YoY
Across South Lanarkshire · to 2026-06
Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)
Fuel prices
- Cheapest petrol: 165.7p · Asda (8.8 km)
- Cheapest diesel: 186.7p · Asda (8.8 km)
36 stations within ~8 miles
Source: CMA fuel price scheme
EV charging
122 charging locations within ~8 km
- 30 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 350 kW
- Nearest: Glasgow Club Castlemilk Pool (1.7 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Sport & leisure
- Sports centres1
- Sports pitches10
- Golf courses1
- Playgrounds9
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Population
334,330 residents in South Lanarkshire
- Under 16: 17%
- 16–64: 62%
- 65+: 21%
Source: ONS mid-year estimates (local authority)
Deprivation
Around the average in Scotland
10% of neighbourhoods are in Scotland’s most deprived 10%; 20% 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
Labour / Liberal Democrat / Independent coalition
- Lab 24
- Con 5
- LD 3
- Grn 1
- Ref 3
- Oth 25
Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)
Amenities nearby
- Schools6
- Parks & greens8
- Restaurants & cafés2
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Local businesses
11,345 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
£798 median full-time weekly pay
2.7% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits
£23,682 disposable income per head (2024)
Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI
Grid electricity
97% low-carbon electricity
Nuclear 71% · Solar 18% · Wind 8% · Imports 3%
1 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity
Latest estimate for South Scotland · National Grid ESO
Wellbeing
- Life satisfaction7.4
- Feeling worthwhile7.7
- Happiness yesterday7.4
- 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 · 0.2 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 · 1.3 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 · 1.4 kmCastlemilk 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 · 1.4 km
St Margaret Mary's Secondary School is a co-educational, Roman Catholic, comprehensive secondary school located in Castlemilk, Glasgow, Scotland.
- Bogany Flats · 1.5 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 · 1.9 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)
Nearby towns
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Carmunnock?
- Carmunnock is a town in Lanarkshire, Scotland, in the South Lanarkshire local authority.
- What is the population of Carmunnock?
- Carmunnock has an approximate settlement population of 1,250.
- How deprived is Carmunnock?
- The South Lanarkshire local authority, which includes Carmunnock, is around the average in Scotland on the SIMD 2020.