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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
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

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

Detached£388,010
Semi-detached£225,031
Terraced£164,347
Flat£105,299

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:

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 km

    Castlemilk 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)

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.