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Council tax at Band D comes to £1,691. This town in Renfrewshire, Scotland has a population of 2,769.
Housing is within reach (A−): homes sell for a median £202,500, about 4.9 times local household income. Walkability is a strength too: 18% of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport. Hazards are a real consideration (D): 5.6% of homes at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. Schools are weaker too: school leavers’ results beat 37% of Scottish towns.
Figures: prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · commuting, Census 2022 · flood risk, SEPA. Police Scotland publishes no street-level crime, which leaves Lochwinnoch without a Safety Grade or an overall grade. Its other subjects still get grades, below.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within Scotland), ordered by how far Lochwinnoch is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
Police Scotland publishes no street-level crime, which leaves Lochwinnoch without a Safety Grade or an overall grade. Its other subjects still get grades, below.
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The 3 things Lochwinnoch does most differently from other towns.
Historic Environment Scotland lists 34 buildings inside Lochwinnoch’s locality, 1 of them in the top category.
Explore the history →34 listed buildings in Lochwinnoch, 1 of them in the top category.
St Winnock's Church & Church Yard: Photo: Tom Parnell · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Lochwinnoch, 51 and 53 High Street, Lochwinnoch Community Library, Including Boundary Wall: Photo: Richard Sutcliffe · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Geograph
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lochwinnoch.
73% of households own their home, higher than both Renfrewshire’s towns (65%) and Scotland’s towns (60%). Social housing holds 16% of households. Behind the median of £202,500: 141 sales in Lochwinnoch’s data zones, 2023 to 2025.
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.
Below is its only school. 189 pupils attend Lochwinnoch’s one primary school. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lochwinnoch Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 189 | – |
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.
83% of commuters drove, higher than both Renfrewshire’s towns (76%) and Scotland’s towns (70%). Working from home was the norm for 39% of workers at the census. Also worth knowing: for every resident in work, Lochwinnoch has 0.2 jobs.
Scotland’s Census 2022 (NRS), method of travel and distance to work · DWP claimant count · OGL
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Lochwinnoch counts 34 listed buildings on the national list (Historic Environment Scotland): 1 Category A, 18 Category B. Its listed buildings include Lochwinnoch Village Church Street Parish Church and Hall, Category A. Per 10,000 residents, Lochwinnoch counts 123 listed buildings.
Historic Environment Scotland list, October 2026 · OGL
Nearly a quarter of residents have a disability, below Renfrewshire’s towns (25%) and Scotland’s towns (24%) alike. Women here live to 85.7 on average and men to 80.7 (2020–24).
| Census 2022 | Lochwinnoch | Renfrewshire | Scotland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 79% | 78% | 78% |
| Bad or very bad health | 6.6% | 7.7% | 7.2% |
| Activities limited (health or disability) | 23% | 25% | 24% |
Scotland’s Census 2022, general health and disability · Public Health Scotland life expectancy by intermediate zone, 2020–24 · OGL · These shares come straight from the census, without allowing for age, and young towns benefit; the Health Grade instead weighs age-adjusted measures, including life expectancy and early deaths.
9.6% of the population is aged 15 to 24, lower than both Renfrewshire’s towns (11%) and Scotland’s towns (12%). People 65 and over make up 25% of the town. Lochwinnoch has a median age of 50.8. Children under 15 make up 14% of residents.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across Scotland, 51% of residents are women.
| Lochwinnoch | Renfrewshire | Scotland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 15% | 15% |
| 15–24 | 9.6% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 26% | 26% |
| 45–64 | 33% | 28% | 27% |
| 65+ | 25% | 19% | 19% |
| No qualifications | 13% | 17% | 17% |
| Apprenticeship | 9.4% | 8.5% | 7.5% |
| Highers or similar | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| Degree level | 41% | 30% | 32% |
Scotland’s Census 2022 · Renfrewshire and Scotland: all residents of their towns · OGL
9 notable people were born in Lochwinnoch.
David McClure: The David McClure Estate, CC BY-SA 3.0
Town in Renfrewshire, Scotland
Lochwinnoch is a locality of 2,769 people, in the 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
The nearest towns and villages, from National Records of Scotland’s 2022 localities. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lochwinnoch | 2,769 | — | — | A− | — | B− |
| Beith | 5,773 | 3.3 | — | A+ | — | D |
| Kilbirnie | 7,110 | 3.8 | — | A+ | — | D− |
| Kilbarchan | 3,367 | 4 | — | A | — | C+ |
| Bridge of Weir | 4,927 | 4.4 | — | A− | — | B− |
| Johnstone | 16,477 | 4.9 | — | A | — | D− |
| Houston | 6,206 | 5.7 | — | B− | — | A |
| Elderslie | 5,632 | 6 | — | A− | — | D |
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.
That is 5 times the typical town in England and Wales for its size. Its Category A building is Lochwinnoch Village Church Street Parish Church and Hall.
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s flood risk service.
Homes cost less than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £202,500, against £277,000 in the typical town in England and Wales. On cost of living it is the 220th 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.