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Portmahomack

Portmahomack is a village in Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, with a population of around 600. There are 6 bus stops and around 3 restaurants and cafés in the area. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Portmahomack area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Highland area is less deprived than the average in Scotland (SIMD 2020).

Council
Highland
County
Ross and Cromarty
Constituency
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
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

8°CPartly Cloudy

  • Today: 10° / 7° · 25% rain
  • Tomorrow: 10° / 8° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:38Sunset 16:19

8h 41m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Inverness, United Kingdom

Road safety

245 reported road collisions (2025)

125 killed or seriously injured · 392 casualties · 10.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

9 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 8 passed
  • 0 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • 6 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Fearn (11.9 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£224,574 average▲ 7.4% YoY

Across Highland · to 2026-08

Detached£349,591
Semi-detached£215,076
Terraced£174,559
Flat£126,614

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches2
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local news

Source: Highland Council

Population

237,260 residents in Highland

  • Under 16: 15%
  • 16–64: 60%
  • 65+: 25%

Source: ONS mid-year estimates (local authority)

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in Scotland

4% of neighbourhoods are in Scotland’s most deprived 10%; 10% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Your MP

Jamie Stone

Liberal Democrat

Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross

Recent votes:

  • NoBudget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 55: Value added tax (electric vehicle charging)
  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

SNP / Independent coalition

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Parks & greens1
  • Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

13,920 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Local economy

£775 median full-time weekly pay

2.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£24,917 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 satisfaction7.9
  • Feeling worthwhile8.1
  • Happiness yesterday7.9
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.7

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Portmahomack · 0.2 km

    Portmahomack is a small fishing village in Easter Ross, Scotland. It is situated in the Tarbat Peninsula in the parish of Tarbat.

  • Portmahomack sculpture fragments · 0.2 km

    The Portmahomack sculpture fragments are the slabs and stone fragments which have been discovered at the Easter Ross settlement of Portmahomack (Tarbat), Scotland.

  • Tarbat · 0.5 km

    Tarbat is a civil parish in Highland, Scotland, in the north-east corner of Ross and Cromarty.

  • Battle of Tarbat · 0.6 km

    The Battle of Tarbat was a Scottish clan battle fought in the 1480s on the Tarbat peninsula, in Easter Ross. The Clan Ross cornered a raiding party of Clan Mackay near the village of Portmahomack and put many of them…

  • Ballone Castle · 1.8 km

    Ballone Castle was built in the 16th century. It was unoccupied for a couple of centuries and fell into ruin. In the 1990s it was purchased and restored by an architect. The original castle was built on a Z-plan and i…

  • Rockfield, Highland · 1.8 km

    Rockfield is a hamlet in the parish of Tarbat, on the Tarbat Peninsula, near the village of Portmahomack, Easter Ross, Highland, Scotland. There is a small stone jetty and the traditional way of life included fishing…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Nearby towns

Frequently asked questions

Where is Portmahomack?
Portmahomack is a town in Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, in the Highland local authority.
How deprived is Portmahomack?
The Highland local authority, which includes Portmahomack, is less deprived than the average in Scotland on the SIMD 2020.