Netherlee’s story
2 listed buildings, 2 of them in the second category
Historic Environment Scotland lists them inside Netherlee’s locality.
Explore the history →
NetherleeEast Renfrewshire
Council tax at Band D comes to £1,620. It is a town of 4,493 residents in East Renfrewshire, Scotland.
7 places within 12 milesMap →
Photo: Stephen Sweeney · CC BY-SA 2.0
Population
4,493
Census 2022 · East Renfrewshire council
Median home
£362K
224 sales in 3 years
Median age
48.2
27% are 65+ · East Renfrewshire 22%
Degree level
57%
of residents 16+ · Scotland 32%
Walk, cycle, bus
23%
of commuters · Scotland 27%
Is Netherlee a good place to live?
Netherlee’s strongest is health — men here can expect to live to 83.1, women to 87.8. Schools do well: school leavers’ results beat 84% of Scottish towns. Homes sell for a median £361,900, about 6.1 years of what households in the East Renfrewshire council area earn. Natural hazards are less of a worry than in most UK towns (A).
Figures: life expectancy and incomes, ONS · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · flood risk, SEPA. Without street-level crime figures from Police Scotland, Netherlee has no Safety Grade, and so no overall grade. The other subjects are graded below.
How Netherlee grades
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within Scotland), ordered by how far Netherlee is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
Without street-level crime figures from Police Scotland, Netherlee has no Safety Grade, and so no overall grade. The other subjects are graded below.
HealthGraded on how healthy residents areA+Open →Hazard risk0% of homes at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the seaAOpen →WalkabilityAmong the easiest places to get around without a carAOpen →SchoolsAmong the best of the towns comparedA−Open →Cost of livingRent £1,168 a monthB+Open →
SafetyNo street-level crime data–
Jobs & incomeNo small-area income data in Scotland–
How TownRatings grades towns →
What makes Netherlee stand out
The 3 things Netherlee does most differently from other towns.
Band D council tax
Council tax
£1,620 Band D
34% below the typical town in England and Wales’s £2,472, 2026–27
The council’s Band D; water and sewerage are billed on top. Scottish Government.
Claimant rate, against UK towns
Work
of 16 to 64s in 2026: fewer than in 99% of UK towns
DWP claimant count, January to August 2026.
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Netherlee.
Who lives here
Degrees are more common in Netherlee than in East Renfrewshire’s towns or across Scotland’s towns: 57% of adults
48.2median age
Young adults of 15 to 24 are 9.8% of residents, below both East Renfrewshire’s towns (11%) and Scotland’s towns (12%). 27% of residents are 65 or over. Line up the people of Netherlee by age and the one in the middle is 48.2. The under-15s are 18% of the population here.
NetherleeEast RenfrewshireScotland
Ages · share of residents
27%
Qualifications · residents 16 and older
No qualifications8%
Apprenticeship5%
Highers or similar12%
Degree level57%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Across Scotland, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Netherlee | East Renfrewshire | Scotland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 18% | 15% |
| 15–24 | 9.8% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 21% | 26% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 28% | 27% |
| 65+ | 27% | 22% | 19% |
| No qualifications | 8.1% | 12% | 17% |
| Apprenticeship | 5% | 6% | 7.5% |
| Highers or similar | 12% | 12% | 11% |
| Degree level | 57% | 44% | 32% |
Scotland’s Census 2022 · East Renfrewshire and Scotland: all residents of their towns · OGL
SchoolsA−
Netherlee earns an A− for
A−School Grade
The one school in town appears below. Its one primary school teaches 592 pupils.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlee Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 592 | – |
Scottish Government · school statistics and leavers’ results · The grade uses the secondaries its children go to; Scotland publishes no primary results by school.The Schools page →
Health
Netherlee’s life expectancy beats 95% of UK towns
87%good or very good healthA+Health Grade
Netherlee’s share in bad or very bad health, 3.4%, is the second lowest of the 10 towns in East Renfrewshire. At the census, 87% of people in Netherlee called their health good or very good, above both East Renfrewshire’s towns (83%) and Scotland’s towns (78%). 16% of residents in Netherlee live with a disability.
General health, self-reported
Good or very good 87%Fair 9%Bad or very bad 3%
| Census 2022 | Netherlee | East Renfrewshire | Scotland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 87% | 83% | 78% |
| Bad or very bad health | 3.4% | 5.3% | 7.2% |
| Activities limited (health or disability) | 16% | 20% | 24% |
83.1
life expectancy at birth, men (2020–24)
87.8
life expectancy at birth, women
Scotland’s Census 2022, general health and disability · Public Health Scotland life expectancy by intermediate zone, 2020–24 · OGL · Read these answers with age in mind: they aren’t adjusted, so younger places do better. The Health Grade uses age-adjusted measures, life expectancy and early deaths among them.
Work & commute
Fewer people aged 16 to 64 in Netherlee claim unemployment benefits than in East Renfrewshire’s towns or Scotland’s towns: 0.7%
23%walk, cycle or ride
Scotland’s Census was taken on 20 March 2022, a year after England and Wales’s lockdown census; 39% of workers were mainly at home, and shares here are of those who travelled.
At the census, nearly a quarter of commuters got to work without a car. 1% of commuters who live in Netherlee also work there. This East Renfrewshire town counts 0.3 jobs per working resident. Short trips to work, under 5 km: 20%, below both East Renfrewshire’s towns (22%) and Scotland’s towns (44%).
How commuters got to work · March 2022
Driving72%
Train10%
Bicycle5%
Bus5%
On foot3%
20%
of commuters travel under 5 km · Scotland 44%
39%
worked mainly from home in March 2022
0.7%
of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits (2026)
A
Walkability: more walkable than 86% of UK towns
Scotland’s Census 2022 (NRS), method of travel and distance to work · DWP claimant count · OGL
HousingCost of living grade B+
Buying in Netherlee costs more than in East Renfrewshire’s towns or Scotland’s towns, at an estimated median of £362K
£362Kmedian sale
Owners make up 93% of households, above East Renfrewshire’s towns (82%) and Scotland’s towns (60%) alike. No town in East Renfrewshire costs more to buy into than Netherlee, at £361,900, the highest of 10. 3% of households are private tenants.
Median sale price · 2023 to 2025, at early-2025 prices
Netherlee£362K
Typical UK town£277K
93%
of households own their home · Scotland 60%
3%
rent privately · Scotland 13%
£1,168
average private rent a month, Greater Glasgow council area
£1,620
council tax, Band D, 2026–27
Registers of Scotland data-zone sale prices · Scottish Government council tax · Scotland’s Census 2022 tenure · OGL · The Scottish median is our estimate from data-zone sales, brought to early-2025 prices.
History
Netherlee’s listed buildings include Clarkston Road Maclaren Place, Category B
2listed buildings
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Historic Environment Scotland’s list holds 2 listed buildings inside its locality: 2 Category B.
Listed buildings by grade · Historic Environment Scotland
Category A0
Category B2
Category C0
Among them · Category B
- Clarkston Road Maclaren Place Category B
- Netherlee Parish Church Ormonde Avenue Category B
0
scheduled monuments
0
gardens and designed landscapes
4
listed buildings per 10,000 residents · typical town in England and Wales 24
Historic Environment Scotland list, October 2026 · OGL
Keep exploring
Everything we know about Netherlee
13pages on Netherlee
The big questions
SafetyNot graded · 0% live in Scotland’s most crime-deprived fifthCost of livingB+Median home £362K · rent £1,168 a monthSchoolsA−1 state schoolHealthA+Life expectancy 83.1 (men), 87.8 (women)Work & commute49% of working residents work in the townFlood & hazardsA0% of homes at high or medium flood risk
Out and about
Nearby attractions
All attractions →The Burrell Collection and 18 more in and around Netherlee
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Netherlee. Best known first.
MuseumMuseumThe Burrell Collection3.2 km outside town, to the northwest
Historic house · National Trust for ScotlandPollok House3.5 km outside town, to the northwest
Museum · National Trust for ScotlandHolmwood House600 m outside town, to the northeast
MuseumScotland Street School Museum4.5 km outside town, to the north
CastleCathcart Castle1 km outside town, to the northeast
MuseumNational Museum of Rural Life3.5 km outside town, to the southeast
Historic house · National Trust for ScotlandPollok House3.5 km outside town, to the northwestMuseum · National Trust for ScotlandHolmwood House600 m outside town, to the northeastMuseumScotland Street School Museum4.5 km outside town, to the northCastleCathcart Castle1 km outside town, to the northeastMuseumNational Museum of Rural Life3.5 km outside town, to the southeastPlaces: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (5)
- Pollok House: LornaMCampbell, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Holmwood House: Zeddy at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Scotland Street School Museum: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cathcart Castle: David MacGibbon (1831-1902), and Thomas Ross, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- National Museum of Rural Life: Gordon McKinlay, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
About Netherlee
Town in East Renfrewshire, Scotland
Netherlee is a locality of 4,493 people, in the East Renfrewshire council area. TownRatings uses National Records of Scotland’s 2022 localities as Scotland’s towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council area, so its figures cover the town itself. Localities split the big settlements into their towns, as ONS’s 2022 boundaries split conurbations in England and Wales.
Built from NRS geography and Census 2022
- Population
- 4,493 (Census 2022)
- Council
- East Renfrewshire
- Nation
- Scotland
- Area
- 0.4 sq mi (0.9 km²)
- NRS code
- S52000473
Netherlee’s neighbours
The nearest towns and villages, from National Records of Scotland’s 2022 localities. See them on the map →
StamperlandGiffnockClarkstonBusbyThornliebankRutherglenNewton MearnsNetherlee
How the neighbours grade
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlee | 4,493 | — | — | B+ | — | A+ |
| Stamperland | 3,497 | 0.6 | — | A | — | B+ |
| Giffnock | 11,963 | 0.8 | — | B+ | — | B+ |
| Clarkston | 9,486 | 1.2 | — | B+ | — | A+ |
| Busby | 3,351 | 1.5 | — | A | — | C |
| Thornliebank | 4,084 | 1.6 | — | A | — | C− |
| Rutherglen | 31,185 | 2.7 | — | A+ | — | D− |
| Newton Mearns | 28,447 | 2.8 | — | B+ | — | A− |
No Scottish town has a Safety Grade or an overall grade yet: Police Scotland doesn’t publish street-level crime. People: Census 2022. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about Netherlee
How much is council tax in Netherlee?
Band D council tax in Netherlee is £1,620 for 2026–27, less than in 94% of UK towns (council, county, police and fire). Your own bill depends on your home’s band; check it on GOV.UK.
Are schools in Netherlee good?
GCSE results beat 84% of towns in England (Department for Education, Attainment 8). One state school is inside the town; places are handled by the local council.
Is Netherlee expensive to live in?
Homes cost more than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £361,900, against £277,000 in the typical town in England and Wales. On cost of living it is the 263rd most affordable of 296 Scottish towns.
Sources: Scotland’s Census 2022 (National Records of Scotland), output areas summed to the NRS 2022 locality · Registers of Scotland house price statistics, medians and quartiles of residential sales by 2022 data zone, 2004 to 2025 (the 2023 to 2025 headline brought to early-2025 prices with each council’s medians) · Scottish Government, Council Tax by band 2026-27; Scottish Water charges 2026-27 · Scottish Government, Recorded Crime in Scotland (crimes, offences and clear-up rates by council area, 2016-17 to 2025-26); Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020v2 crime domain and SIMD crime indicators (2014/15, 2017/18), 2011 data zones with Census 2022 residents · ONS gross disposable household income by council (2022), scaled to household income on England and Wales’s councils, with Scotland’s Census 2022 households · DWP / ONS Claimant Count via Nomis (2022 data zones, January to August 2026), over residents aged 16 to 64 at Scotland’s Census 2022; council series since 2015 · Scottish Government school contact list (31 July 2026) and school summary statistics (pupil census, September 2025); School Information Dashboard leavers’ attainment by school, 2022-23 to 2024-25 (data.gov.scot) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.