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Polmont

Polmont is a town in Stirling and Falkirk, Scotland, with a population of around 5,040. It has around 2 pharmacies and 11 restaurants and cafés, 13 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Polmont, 0.8 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Polmont 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°CMist

  • Today: 17° / 9° · 25% rain
  • Tomorrow: 19° / 11° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:40Sunset 19:40

12h 59m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

61US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Grangemouth, 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

165 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 140 passed
  • 5 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Polmont (0.8 km)
  • 13 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Polmont (0.9 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: 167.9p · Morrisons (5.3 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Morrisons (5.3 km)

11 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

27 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: Polmont Station (West) Station Lane (0.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres3
  • Gyms1
  • Sports pitches28
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds24

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:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

SNP (minority)

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools4
  • GPs & clinics3
  • Pharmacies2
  • Supermarkets1
  • Parks & greens10
  • Restaurants & cafés13

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

4,565 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

16 jobs advertised · £40,795 avg

e.g. Junior Project Enigineer, HGV Class 1 ADR Driver, Become a Portuguese Tutor in Polmont – Flexible & Remote

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

98% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 66% · Wind 31% · Imports 2% · Biomass 0%

1 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 2026-08-06

Notable places nearby

  • Polmont · 0.1 km

    Polmont is a village in the Falkirk council area of Central Scotland. It lies towards the east of the town of Falkirk, north of the Union Canal, which runs adjacent to the village.

  • Polmont railway station · 0.8 km

    Polmont railway station is a railway station serving the village of Polmont, Scotland as well as the other Falkirk Braes villages. It is located on the Glasgow to Edinburgh via Falkirk Line and is also served by ScotR…

  • Brightons · 1.2 km

    Brightons is a village in the east of the Falkirk council area of Scotland. It is 2.7 miles (4.3 km) south-east of Falkirk, 2.2 miles (3.5 km) south of Grangemouth and 4.6 miles (7.4 km) west of Linlithgow. It is surr…

  • Redding, Falkirk · 1.4 km

    Redding is a village within the Falkirk council area in Central Scotland. The village is 2.1 miles (3.4 km) southeast of Falkirk, 1.9 miles (3.1 km) south-southwest of Grangemouth and 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Polmont.

  • Falkirk distillery · 1.4 km

    Falkirk is a Scotch whisky distillery in Falkirk, Scotland. Falkirk was the first distillery to recommence whisky production in the Falkirk area since the Rosebank distillery closed in 1993.

  • Falkirk Braes · 1.4 km

    The Falkirk Braes is a geographical and sociopolitical entity within the Falkirk local authority area in Scotland. The population is approximately 32,000 (2018), about 20% of the total for Falkirk council area.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Polmont?
Polmont is a town in Stirling and Falkirk, Scotland, in the Falkirk local authority.
What is the population of Polmont?
Polmont has an approximate settlement population of 5,040.
How deprived is Polmont?
The Falkirk local authority, which includes Polmont, is less deprived than the average in Scotland on the SIMD 2020.