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Douglas

Douglas is a village in Lanarkshire, Scotland, with a population of around 1,560. There is 1 restaurant or café in the area, along with 15 bus stops. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Douglas 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
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
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

4°CPartly Cloudy

  • Today: 9° / 3° · 29% rain
  • Tomorrow: 9° / 3° · Mist

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:25Sunset 16:32

9h 7m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

32US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · South Lanarkshire Lanark, United Kingdom

Road safety

220 reported road collisions (2025)

104 killed or seriously injured · 296 casualties · 6.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

17 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 12 passed
  • 3 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • 13 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Lanark (14.5 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£186,196 average▲ 3.9% YoY

Across South Lanarkshire · to 2026-08

Detached£380,098
Semi-detached£225,251
Terraced£165,679
Flat£105,640

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

EV charging

2 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: Braehead Car Park, Main Street, Douglas (0.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches4
  • Playgrounds5

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

Council control

Labour / Liberal Democrat / Independent coalition

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Parks & greens4
  • Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

11,490 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

23 jobs advertised · £66,817 avg

e.g. Matron Community Services, Highly Specialised Clinical Physiologist - Echo, Sales Manager

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

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 Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

Notable places nearby

  • Douglas, South Lanarkshire · 0.6 km

    Douglas is a village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is located on the south bank of the Douglas Water and on the A70 road that links Ayr, on the West coast of Scotland, to Edinburgh on the East, around 12 miles so…

  • Lady Home Hospital · 1.1 km

    Lady Home Hospital is a health facility in Ayr Road, Douglas, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Lanarkshire.

  • Douglas West railway station · 1.6 km

    Douglas West railway station served the village of Douglas West, South Lanarkshire in Scotland between 1896 and 1964.

  • Douglas Castle · 2.0 km

    Douglas Castle was a stronghold of the Douglas family from medieval times to the 20th century. The first castle, erected in the 13th century, was destroyed and replaced several times until the 18th century when a larg…

  • Glespin · 3.0 km

    Glespin is a village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is on the A70, east of Muirkirk and west of Douglas.

  • Lanarkshire · 3.9 km

    Lanarkshire, also called the County of Lanark, is a historic county, lieutenancy area and registration county in the Central Lowlands and Southern Uplands of Scotland. The county is no longer used for local government…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Nearby towns

Compare South Lanarkshire with nearby areas

Frequently asked questions

Where is Douglas?
Douglas is a town in Lanarkshire, Scotland, in the South Lanarkshire local authority.
What is the population of Douglas?
Douglas has an approximate settlement population of 1,560.
How deprived is Douglas?
The South Lanarkshire local authority, which includes Douglas, is around the average in Scotland on the SIMD 2020.