Brookfield

14°COvercast

• Today: 16° / 9° · 35% rain
• Tomorrow: 19° / 11° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:44Sunset 19:43

12h 59m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

96US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Renfrewshire Johnston, United Kingdom

137 reported road collisions (2024)

67 killed or seriously injured · 193 casualties · 7.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

282 food businesses within 2 miles

• 246 passed
• 3 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Johnstone (2.4 km)
• 9 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£162,655 average▲ 2.4% YoY

Across Renfrewshire · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

• Cheapest petrol: 165.9p · Morrisons (7.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.7p · Asda (4.3 km)

13 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

39 charging locations within ~8 km

• 12 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Patons Mill, Johnstone (1.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches11
• Playgrounds8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

189,270 residents in Renfrewshire

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 64%
• 65+: 20%

Source: ONS mid-year estimates (local authority)

More deprived than the average in Scotland

15% of neighbourhoods are in Scotland’s most deprived 10%; 25% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Johanna Baxter

Labour

Paisley and Renfrewshire South

Source: UK Parliament

SNP (minority)

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

• Schools4
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens9
• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,095 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

15 jobs advertised · £31,000 avg

e.g. Vehicle Technician, Become a French Tutor in Brookfield – Flexible & Remote, Online Guitar Tutoring Job in Brookfield – Flexible Schedule

Source: Adzuna

£797 median full-time weekly pay

2.9% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£22,200 disposable income per head (2024)

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

96% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 70% · Wind 14% · Solar 11% · Imports 4%

1 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for South Scotland · National Grid ESO

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Paisley and Renfrewshire South:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s389 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership312 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office237 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth188 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test184 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

• Brookfield, Renfrewshire · 0.0 km

  Brookfield is a small dormitory town in west central Renfrewshire, Scotland. It lies on the north of the A761 road, which runs through a number of towns and villages to join Port Glasgow and the city of Glasgow, via P…

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  Houston railway station (Scotland) · 0.7 km

  Houston railway station was a railway station serving the villages of Brookfield and Houston, Renfrewshire, Scotland, originally as part of the Bridge of Weir Railway and later part of the Glasgow and South Western Ra…

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  Merchiston Hospital · 0.8 km

  Merchiston Hospital was a mental health facility on Barochan Road in Brookfield, Renfrewshire, Scotland. It was managed by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.

• Newfield Park, Johnstone · 1.3 km

  Newfield Park was a football ground in Johnstone, Scotland. It was the home ground of Johnstone F.C. from 1894 until the club folded in 1927.

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  St. Benedict's High School · 1.4 km

  St Benedict's High School is a Catholic high school in Linwood, Renfrewshire, in the west of Scotland.

• Johnstone North railway station · 1.4 km

  Johnstone North railway station was a railway station serving the town of Johnstone, Renfrewshire, Scotland as part of the Dalry and North Johnstone Line on the Glasgow and South Western Railway.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)