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Cumbernauld

Cumbernauld is a town in Stirling and Falkirk, Scotland, with a population of around 50,530. It has 1 pharmacy, 2 supermarkets, and 3 restaurants & cafés, with 11 bus stops and Cumbernauld railway station 5 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Cumbernauld 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°CCloudy

  • Today: 17° / 9° · 25% rain
  • Tomorrow: 18° / 12° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:42Sunset 19:41

12h 59m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

54US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Falkirk Haggs, United Kingdom

Road safety

93 reported road collisions (2024)

41 killed or seriously injured · 132 casualties · 5.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

238 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 222 passed
  • 8 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Cumbernauld (0.8 km)
  • 37 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Cumbernauld (0.8 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£173,497 average 5.3% YoY

Across Falkirk · to 2026-06

Detached£351,529
Semi-detached£205,319
Terraced£160,398
Flat£102,011

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 166.7p · Asda (9.7 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 189.7p · Asda (9.7 km)

10 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

17 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: Bron Way Car Park (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres2
  • Gyms1
  • Sports pitches36
  • Playgrounds18

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

Katrina Murray

Labour

Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch

Recent votes:

  • NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

SNP (minority)

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools11
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies2
  • Supermarkets2
  • Parks & greens9
  • Restaurants & cafés22

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

4,565 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

200 jobs advertised · £31,840 avg

e.g. Nightshift Logistics Supervisor, Car Delivery Driver, Proposals Engineer

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£741 median full-time weekly pay

3% 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

99% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 63% · Wind 35% · Imports 1% · Biomass 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 Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch:

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

Notable places nearby

  • The Centre Cumbernauld · 0.0 km

    The Centre Cumbernauld is the commercial centre of the new town of Cumbernauld, Scotland. It was designed in the 1950s—as what became known as a megastructure—to be a town centre consisting of "one huge multi-storey b…

  • Antonine Centre · 0.1 km

    The Antonine Centre is a shopping centre in the Scottish New Town of Cumbernauld. The centre has 350,000 sq ft (33,000 m2) of retail space including a 100,000 sq ft (9,300 m2) Tesco Extra and a 43,000 sq ft (4,000 m2)…

  • Cumbernauld · 0.3 km

    Cumbernauld is a town in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It lies within the historic county of Dunbartonshire. It is the tenth most-populous locality in Scotland and the most populated town in North Lanarkshire, position…

  • Seafar · 0.4 km

    Seafar is an area of the town of Cumbernauld. The original Seafar sand pit and farm were in the middle of what is now the A8011. Early in the new town's history Seafar was more distinct from Ravenswood and Muirhead th…

  • Carbrain · 0.5 km

    Carbrain /kar 'bren/ is a neighbourhood in Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire in Scotland. It gets a brief mention on William Roy's eighteenth century map of the Scottish Lowlands. In the nineteenth century it was no more…

  • Our Lady's High School, Cumbernauld · 0.8 km

    Our Lady's High School is a six-year Roman Catholic co-educational comprehensive school which opened in Ravenswood in 1968. It caters for pupils living in Cumbernauld, Muirhead, Cardowan and Stepps and in addition to…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Cumbernauld?
Cumbernauld is a town in Stirling and Falkirk, Scotland, in the Falkirk local authority.
What is the population of Cumbernauld?
Cumbernauld has an approximate settlement population of 50,530.
How deprived is Cumbernauld?
The Falkirk local authority, which includes Cumbernauld, is less deprived than the average in Scotland on the SIMD 2020.