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
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
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:
- Do not ban social media for under 16s410 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
- Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership302 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
- Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth247 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide
- Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test235 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
- Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office205 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06
Notable places nearby
The Centre Cumbernauld · 0.0 kmThe 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 kmThe 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 kmCumbernauld 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 kmSeafar 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 kmCarbrain /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)
Nearby towns
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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.