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Population 2,694: a town in Perth and Kinross, Scotland.
Cost of living is where it shines (A+): the median home sold for £225,600, 4.7 years of area income. Where it falls short is hazard risk (D−): 12.3% of homes at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. 51 listed buildings, 3 of them in the top category. Band D council tax is £1,674.
Figures: prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · flood risk, SEPA. Without street-level crime figures from Police Scotland, Pitlochry has no Safety Grade, and so no overall grade. Its other subjects still get grades, below.
The 3 things Pitlochry does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within Scotland), ordered by how far Pitlochry is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
Without street-level crime figures from Police Scotland, Pitlochry has no Safety Grade, and so no overall grade. Its other subjects still get grades, below.
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Historic Environment Scotland lists 51 buildings inside Pitlochry’s locality, 3 of them in the top category, and 1 scheduled monument.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Pitlochry.
38% of adults hold a degree. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 5.9% of residents, lower than both Perth and Kinross’ towns (10%) and Scotland’s towns (12%); what’s more, under-15s account for 11% of the population. Ages in Pitlochry split evenly at 56.2: half are older, half younger.
53% women, 47% men
About 90 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.
| Pitlochry | Perth and Kinross | Scotland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 11% | 15% | 15% |
| 15–24 | 5.9% | 10% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 24% | 26% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 27% | 27% |
| 65+ | 35% | 24% | 19% |
| No qualifications | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| Apprenticeship | 7.5% | 7.9% | 7.5% |
| Highers or similar | 9.8% | 11% | 11% |
| Degree level | 38% | 33% | 32% |
Scotland’s Census 2022 · Perth and Kinross and Scotland: all residents of their towns · OGL
Below is its only school. The town’s secondary school has 124 pupils. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pitlochry High SchoolLargest secondary schoolAll-through | All-through | 124 | – |
Scotland’s Census was taken on 20 March 2022, a year after England and Wales’s lockdown census; 31% of workers were mainly at home, and shares here are of those who travelled.
The car took just over three in five commuters, lower than both Perth and Kinross’ towns (71%) and Scotland’s towns (70%). Nearly two thirds of commuters travelled under 5 km to work. Among 16 to 64s, 2.2% claimed unemployment benefits in 2026.
Scotland’s Census 2022 (NRS), method of travel and distance to work · DWP claimant count · OGL
19% live in social housing, lower than both Perth and Kinross’ towns (21%) and Scotland’s towns (24%). 186 sales in Pitlochry’s data zones from 2023 to 2025 make up the median of £225,600. The private rented sector houses 13% of households.
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.
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
No town in Perth and Kinross has more listed buildings for its size than Pitlochry. At the top of the list, 3 are Category A and 16 Category B. One scheduled monument lies here.
Historic Environment Scotland list, October 2026 · OGL
Poor health, by residents’ own account, affects 6% of the town. Women here live to 83 on average and men to 81.7 (2020–24).
| Census 2022 | Pitlochry | Perth and Kinross | Scotland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 78% | 80% | 78% |
| Bad or very bad health | 6% | 6% | 7.2% |
| Activities limited (health or disability) | 24% | 24% | 24% |
Scotland’s Census 2022, general health and disability · Public Health Scotland life expectancy by intermediate zone, 2020–24 · OGL · The census answers take no account of age, so a young town looks healthier; the Health Grade relies on age-adjusted measures, life expectancy and early deaths among them.
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Pitlochry. Best known first.
51 listed buildings in Pitlochry, 3 of them in the top category.
156 Atholl Road, Sunnybrae Cottage: Photo: Thomas Nugent · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Church Road, Pitlochry Parish Church, Including Celtic Cross Memorial: Photo: Tom Parnell · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Moulin, Kirkmichael Road, Moulin Hotel: Photo: Peter Glyn · CC0 · Port-Na-Craig, Suspension Bridge: Photo: Drkirstyross · CC BY-SA 4.0
6 notable people were born in Pitlochry.
Æneas Shaw: The original uploader was YUL89YYZ at English Wikipedia., Public domain
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s flood risk service.
That is 7.8 times the typical town in England and Wales for its size. Its Category A buildings include Church Road, Pitlochry Parish Church, Including Celtic Cross Memorial. It also has 1 scheduled monument.
Band D council tax in Pitlochry is £1,674 for 2026–27, less than in 92% of UK towns (council, county, police and fire). Your own bill depends on your home’s band; check it on GOV.UK.
Town in Perth and Kinross, Scotland
Pitlochry is a locality of 2,694 people, in the Perth and Kinross 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
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.