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Camelon

Camelon is a town in Stirling and Falkirk, Scotland, with a population of around 4,508. It has around 2 pharmacies, 1 supermarket, and 19 restaurants and cafés, 24 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Camelon, 0.3 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Camelon area — all from official UK open data.

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

Council
Falkirk
County
Stirling and Falkirk
Constituency
Falkirk
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

9°COvercast

  • Today: 10° / 3° · 37% rain
  • Tomorrow: 10° / 5° · Partly Cloudy

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:26Sunset 16:30

9h 4m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Falkirk West Bridge Street, United Kingdom

Road safety

79 reported road collisions (2025)

35 killed or seriously injured · 103 casualties · 4.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

435 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 392 passed
  • 6 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Camelon (0.3 km)
  • 24 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Camelon (0.4 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£174,164 average▲ 5.3% YoY

Across Falkirk · to 2026-08

Detached£348,788
Semi-detached£207,195
Terraced£162,111
Flat£102,431

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 171.7p · Asda (11.6 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 196.7p · Asda (11.6 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

29 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: Tesco Superstore-Falkirk (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres4
  • Sports pitches30
  • Golf courses2
  • Playgrounds13

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

160,230 residents in Falkirk

  • Under 16: 16%
  • 16–64: 63%
  • 65+: 20%

Source: ONS mid-year estimates (local authority)

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in Scotland

6% of neighbourhoods are in Scotland’s most deprived 10%; 16% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Your MP

Euan Stainbank

Labour

Falkirk

Recent votes:

  • AyeDraft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026
  • NoOpposition day motion: Support for British farmers
  • AyeWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • AyeDraft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

SNP (minority)

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools7
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies2
  • Supermarkets3
  • Parks & greens13
  • Restaurants & cafés23

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

4,610 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

8 jobs advertised · £37,142 avg

e.g. Registered Nurse, Maintenance Operative, Civil Engineer

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£741 median full-time weekly pay

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

£22,880 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Grid electricity

100% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 70% · Wind 27% · Solar 3% · Imports 0%

0 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for South Scotland · National Grid ESO

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.6
  • Feeling worthwhile7.9
  • Happiness yesterday7.5
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Falkirk:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Camelon · 0.3 km

    Camelon is a village within the Falkirk council area, Scotland. The village is in the Forth Valley, 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Falkirk, 1 mile (1.6 km) south of Larbert and 3 miles (4.8 km) east of Bonnybridge. The main…

  • Camelon railway station · 0.3 km

    Camelon railway station is a railway station serving the suburb of Camelon in Falkirk, Scotland. It is located on the Edinburgh-Dunblane and Cumbernauld Lines. Train services are provided by ScotRail. The present stat…

  • Camelon Juniors F.C. · 0.4 km

    Camelon Juniors Football Club are a Scottish football club based in Camelon, in the Falkirk district. The team plays in the East of Scotland League Premier Division, having moved from the junior leagues in 2018. Despi…

  • Falkirk Sheriff Court · 0.4 km

    Falkirk Sheriff Court is a judicial structure on Main Street in Camelon, a district of Falkirk in Scotland. It operates within the sheriffdom of Tayside, Central and Fife.

  • Watling Lodge · 0.7 km

    Watling Lodge was a Roman fortlet on the Antonine Wall in Scotland. It was located near what is now Lock Sixteen on the Forth and Clyde Canal in Falkirk with neighbouring forts at Rough Castle to the west and Falkirk…

  • Tamfourhill · 0.9 km

    Tamfourhill is a working-class residential suburb of Falkirk within the Falkirk, Scotland. It is located approximately 1.5 miles west of the city centre. The Falkirk Wheel is located just to the northwest of the villa…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Camelon?
Camelon is a town in Stirling and Falkirk, Scotland, in the Falkirk local authority.
What is the population of Camelon?
Camelon has an approximate settlement population of 4,508.
How deprived is Camelon?
The Falkirk local authority, which includes Camelon, is less deprived than the average in Scotland on the SIMD 2020.