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Braco

Braco is a village in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, with a population of around 590. There is around 1 restaurant and café. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Braco area — all from official UK open data.

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

Council
Perth and Kinross
County
Perth and Kinross
Constituency
Ochil and South Perthshire
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

12°COvercast

  • Today: 18° / 9° · 81% rain
  • Tomorrow: 16° / 9° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:39Sunset 19:44

13h 5m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

37US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Perth Crieff, United Kingdom

Road safety

141 reported road collisions (2024)

78 killed or seriously injured · 213 casualties · 9.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

3 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 2 passed
  • 0 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Gleneagles (9.3 km):

Loading live departures…

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£228,159 average 0.2% YoY

Across Perth and Kinross · to 2026-06

Detached£390,249
Semi-detached£240,041
Terraced£189,589
Flat£124,321

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

EV charging

3 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: A9 Southbound (3.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches2
  • Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

154,930 residents in Perth and Kinross

  • Under 16: 15%
  • 16–64: 59%
  • 65+: 26%

Source: ONS mid-year estimates (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in Scotland

2% of neighbourhoods are in Scotland’s most deprived 10%; 6% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Your MP

Chris Kane

Labour

Stirling and Strathallan

Recent votes:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure 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

SNP (minority)

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Parks & greens2
  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

7,335 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

7 jobs advertised

e.g. Online Primary school Tutoring Job in Braco – Flexible Schedule, Online German Tutoring Job in Braco – Flexible Schedule, Online Primary school Tutor - Part Time

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£759 median full-time weekly pay

2.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£27,182 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 satisfaction7.6
  • Feeling worthwhile7.9
  • Happiness yesterday7.3
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.0

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Stirling and Strathallan:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Braco, Perth and Kinross · 0.1 km

    Braco is a village in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, in the historic county of Perthshire. It lies in the rural Strathallan area on the A822, approximately eight miles south of Crieff and eight miles north of Dunblane.…

  • Black Hill Roman Camps · 1.4 km

    Black Hill Roman Camps are two Roman camps that are part of an extensive complex of Roman military sites centred around the fort at Ardoch, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. They were built along the Gask Ridge during the…

  • Ardoch, Perth and Kinross · 1.6 km

    Ardoch is a community in Perth and Kinross in Scotland, the largest population of which is in the village of Braco, west-southwest of Perth.

  • Greenloaning railway station · 1.8 km

    Greenloaning railway station served the village of Greenloaning, Perth and Kinross, Scotland from 1848 to 1956 on the Scottish Central Railway.

  • Greenloaning · 1.9 km

    Greenloaning is a village in Perth and Kinross, Perthshire, Scotland. It lies by the Allan Water and the Stirling-Perth Railway line. It is 1 mile south of Braco and 5 miles north of Dunblane.

  • Strathallan · 2.4 km

    Strathallan is the strath of the Allan Water in Scotland. The strath stretches south west and south from Auchterarder in Perth & Kinross through Blackford, Dunblane, Bridge of Allan and on to Stirling.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Braco?
Braco is a town in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, in the Perth and Kinross local authority.
What is the population of Braco?
Braco has an approximate settlement population of 590.
How deprived is Braco?
The Perth and Kinross local authority, which includes Braco, is among the least deprived areas in Scotland on the SIMD 2020.