3.0 | Population - In more detail


East Renfrewshire is situated to the south of the City of Glasgow. It covers an area of 67 sq miles (174 sq km). The north of the area comprises the urban areas of Giffnock, Newton Mearns, Clarkston, Thornliebank and Barrhead. Each of these settlements has a distinctive character. There is also an extensive rural hinterland to the South, within which, the villages of Uplawmoor, Neilston, Waterfoot and Eaglesham area are located. Approximately 15 per cent of the area is urban and 85 per cent rural. The Levern Valley area includes the settlements of Barrhead, Neilston and Uplawmoor. The Eastwood area includes Busby, Clarkston and Williamwood, Eaglesham and Waterfoot, Giffnock, Netherlee and Stamperland, Newton Mearns and Thornliebank.


The population of East Renfrewshire increased by 4.1 per cent to 92,940 from 2001-2015. The highest proportion of the East Renfrewshire population live in the Eastwood area (74 per cent).


Most of this population growth has been concentrated in Newton Mearns (5.7 per cent), Busby (5.4 per cent), Clarkston and Williamwood (4.5 per cent), Uplawmoor (3.5 per cent), Eaglesham and Waterfoot (3.2 per cent), Barrhead (3.2 per cent) and Netherlee and Stamperland (1.1 per cent). Population declined in Neilston, Giffnock and Thornliebank.


Table 1 Population by community


Barrhead Busby


Clarkston and Williamwood Eaglesham and Waterfoot Giffnock Neilston


Netherlee and Stamperland Newton Mearns Thornliebank Uplawmoor Total


2011


17268 3717 8839 4620


12200 5583 8079


24495 4193 857


89850 2014


17820 3917 9234 4769


12106 5440 8164


25884 4158 887


92380 92940


Source: NRS 2011 mid year estimates and. NRS 2014 mid year estimates published June 2015. *NRS 2015 mid year estimate at council area level only- small areas will be published at end of September 2016.


2015*


Graph 1. Population change by community 2011-2014, All ages


Source: NRS Census 2001 and NRS 2014 mid year estimate 8 Planning for the Future of East Renfrewshire


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