Kilbarchan

10°CMist

• Today: 18° / 10° · 88% rain
• Tomorrow: 16° / 9° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:42Sunset 19:46

13h 4m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

44US AQI · Good

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)

198 food businesses within 2 miles

• 183 passed
• 3 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Milliken Park (1.9 km)
• 12 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 (8.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.7p · Asda (5.5 km)

11 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

28 charging locations within ~8 km

• 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Arran Drive, Johnstone (1.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches7
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds2

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)

• Schools1
• Parks & greens2
• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,095 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

19 jobs advertised · £91,457 avg

e.g. Electrician, Pipefitter, Customer Expert - Public Sector

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 67% · Nuclear 33%

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:

• 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

• Kilbarchan · 0.2 km

  Kilbarchan is a village and civil parish in central Renfrewshire, in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. It is almost contiguous with Johnstone, about 5 miles or 8 km west of the centre of Paisley. The village's na…

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  Kilbarchan railway station · 0.8 km

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

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  Nation Radio Scotland · 1.1 km

  Nation Radio Scotland is an Independent Local Radio station for Renfrewshire, Glasgow and West Central Scotland, owned by Nation Broadcasting.

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  Renfrewshire · 1.1 km

  Renfrewshire is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. Renfrewshire is located in the west central Lowlands. It borders East Renfrewshire, Glasgow, Inverclyde, North Ayrshire and West Dunbartonshire, and lies on the…

• Brookfield, Renfrewshire · 1.6 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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  West Renfrewshire (Scottish Parliament constituency) · 1.6 km

  West Renfrewshire was a constituency of the Scottish Parliament covering part of the council area of Renfrewshire. It elected one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election.…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)