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East Helmsdale

East Helmsdale is a settlement in Sutherland, Scotland, with a population of around 1,000. It has around 4 restaurants and cafés, 3 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Helmsdale, 0.4 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the East Helmsdale 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
Sutherland
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°COvercast

  • Today: 10° / 8° · 35% rain
  • Tomorrow: 9° / 8° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:38Sunset 16:17

8h 39m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

21US 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

16 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 10 passed
  • 1 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Helmsdale (0.4 km)
  • 3 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Helmsdale (0.5 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)

EV charging

3 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: Helmsdale, Car Park Dunrobin Street (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches3
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds2

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
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Parks & greens2
  • Restaurants & cafés4

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

  • Helmsdale railway station · 0.4 km

    Helmsdale railway station is a railway station serving the village of Helmsdale in the Highland council area, northern Scotland. It is located on the Far North Line, between Brora and Kildonan, 101 miles 40 chains (16…

  • Helmsdale · 0.6 km

    Helmsdale is a village on the east coast of Sutherland, in the Highland council area of Scotland. The modern village was planned in 1814 to resettle communities that had been removed from the surrounding straths as pa…

  • River Helmsdale · 0.9 km

    The River Helmsdale is one of the major east-flowing rivers of Sutherland in the Highlands of Scotland. It flows broadly southeastwards from Loch Badanloch down the Strath of Kildonan, gathering the waters of the Bann…

  • West Helmsdale · 1.4 km

    West Helmsdale is a small settlement lying on the right bank of the River Helmsdale, on the east coast of Sutherland, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. The village of Helmsdale lies o…

  • Gartymore · 1.6 km

    Gartymore is an area, lying on the east coast of Sutherland and located less than 0.5 miles south west of Helmsdale, close to West Helmsdale, in the Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.

  • West Helmsdale railway station · 1.6 km

    West Helmsdale railway station served the settlement of West Helmsdale, in the historical county of Sutherland, from 1870 to 1871 on the Duke of Sutherland's Railway.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Nearby towns

Frequently asked questions

Where is East Helmsdale?
East Helmsdale is a town in Sutherland, Scotland, in the Highland local authority.
How deprived is East Helmsdale?
The Highland local authority, which includes East Helmsdale, is less deprived than the average in Scotland on the SIMD 2020.