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Burghead

Burghead is a village in Moray, Scotland, with a population of around 1,840. It has one supermarket and one restaurant or café. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Burghead area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Moray area is among the least deprived areas in Scotland (SIMD 2020).

Council
Moray
County
Moray
Constituency
Moray
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

9°CCloudy

  • Today: 10° / 9° · 54% rain
  • Tomorrow: 9° / 7° · Partly Cloudy

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:31Sunset 16:23

8h 52m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

70US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Inverness, United Kingdom

Road safety

46 reported road collisions (2025)

29 killed or seriously injured · 65 casualties · 4.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

12 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 10 passed
  • 0 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Elgin (12.4 km):

Loading live departures…

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£203,371 average▲ 3.6% YoY

Across Moray · to 2026-08

Detached£315,635
Semi-detached£199,910
Terraced£158,832
Flat£109,934

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

EV charging

1 charging location within ~8 km

  • Fastest nearby: 13 kW
  • Nearest: Ardgye House (7.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches4
  • Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

94,730 residents in Moray

  • Under 16: 16%
  • 16–64: 60%
  • 65+: 24%

Source: ONS mid-year estimates (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in Scotland

1% of neighbourhoods are in Scotland’s most deprived 10%; 3% 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:

  • NoOpposition Day motion: MoD Bicester and illegal migrants
  • AyeDraft Trade Unions (Right to Access Workplaces) Regulations 2026
  • AyeDraft Code of Practice on the Right of Trade Unions to Access Workplaces
  • Aye Draft ACAS Code of Practice on Time Off for Trade Union Duties and Activities

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Conservative (minority)

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Supermarkets1
  • Parks & greens11
  • Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

3,930 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Local economy

£659 median full-time weekly pay

2.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,035 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Grid electricity

100% low-carbon electricity

Wind 91% · Solar 9%

0 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for North Scotland · National Grid ESO

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.4
  • Feeling worthwhile7.6
  • Happiness yesterday7.4
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.6

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 2026-10-05

Notable places nearby

  • Burghead · 0.3 km

    Burghead is a small town in Moray, Scotland, about 8 miles (13 km) north-west of Elgin. The town is mainly built on a peninsula that projects north-westward into the Moray Firth, surrounding it by water on three sides…

  • Burghead Fort · 0.5 km

    Burghead Fort was a Pictish promontory fort on the site now occupied by the small town of Burghead in Moray, Scotland. It was one of the earliest power centres of the Picts and was three times the size of any other en…

  • Burghead Transmitting Station · 1.2 km

    The Burghead transmitting station is a broadcasting facility near Burghead in Scotland for medium wave radio transmission that started service on 12 October 1936. The site is owned by Arqiva and houses two medium wave…

  • Cummingston · 1.9 km

    Cummingston is located in Moray on the north-east coast of Scotland. It lies on the B9012, sandwiched between the two fishing villages of Hopeman and Burghead. It was known as "the Collach", possibly from Scottish Gae…

  • Roseisle · 3.0 km

    Roseisle is an area in the west of the Laich of Moray near Elgin, Moray in the parish of Duffus. The area includes the former farms at Oldtown, Easter Backlands of Roseisle, the three farms on the Bank of Roseisle an…

  • Hopeman railway station · 3.3 km

    Hopeman railway station served the village of Hopeman, Moray, Scotland from 1892 to 1957 on the Highland Railway's branch line from Alves.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Nearby towns

Frequently asked questions

Where is Burghead?
Burghead is a town in Moray, Scotland, in the Moray local authority.
What is the population of Burghead?
Burghead has an approximate settlement population of 1,840.
How deprived is Burghead?
The Moray local authority, which includes Burghead, is among the least deprived areas in Scotland on the SIMD 2020.