Elderslie

5°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 9° / 4° · 31% rain
• Tomorrow: 9° / 6° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:32Sunset 16:30

8h 57m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

59US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Renfrewshire Johnston, United Kingdom

126 reported road collisions (2025)

63 killed or seriously injured · 163 casualties · 6.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

335 food businesses within 2 miles

• 302 passed
• 4 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Johnstone (1.1 km)
• 12 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£157,738 average▼ 5.2% YoY

Across Renfrewshire · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

• Cheapest petrol: 168.7p · Asda (10.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 191.7p · Asda (10.4 km)

7 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

51 charging locations within ~8 km

• 14 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 200 kW
• Nearest: Johnstone Railway Station, Johnstone (1.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Gyms2
• Sports pitches16
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds21

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)

• Schools5
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets4
• Parks & greens15
• Restaurants & cafés19

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,205 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

14 jobs advertised · £25,083 avg

e.g. Environmental & Compliance Advisor, Housekeeping Assistant, Centre Assistant

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

100% low-carbon electricity

Wind 59% · Nuclear 41%

0 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:

• Hold a referendum on abolishing the Scottish Parliament & Government306 local signatures · 17,029 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth188 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK124 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately96 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Provide lifelong vet care and financial support for retired service animals82 local signatures · 55,079 nationwide

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

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  Elderslie, Renfrewshire · 0.3 km

  Elderslie is a village in the council area and historic county of Renfrewshire in west central Scotland. It chiefly serves as a commuter village, situated midway between the towns of Paisley and Johnstone, and lies 11…

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  Johnstone Burgh F.C. · 0.8 km

  Johnstone Burgh Football Club is a Scottish football club based in Johnstone, Renfrewshire, and play in Lowland League West.

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  Renfrew (district) · 0.9 km

  Renfrew District was, between 1975 and 1996, one of nineteen local government districts in the Strathclyde region of Scotland.

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  Renfrewshire (historic) · 0.9 km

  Renfrewshire or the County of Renfrew is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. The lieutenancy area covers the three modern council areas of Inverclyde,…

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  Elderslie railway station · 0.9 km

  Elderslie railway station was a railway station serving the west of Elderslie, Scotland, originally as part of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway.

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  Johnstone · 1.1 km

  Johnstone is a town in the administrative area of Renfrewshire and larger historic county of the same name, in the west central Lowlands of Scotland.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)