Fallin’s story
2 listed buildings, 1 of them in the second category
Historic Environment Scotland lists them inside Fallin’s locality.
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FallinStirling council area
A town of 2,769 in the Stirling council area, Scotland.
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Photo: Richard Webb · CC BY-SA 2.0
Population
2,769
Census 2022 · Stirling council
Median home
£146K
79 sales in 3 years
Median age
39.4
14% are 65+ · Stirling council area 19%
Degree level
13%
of residents 16+ · Scotland 32%
Walk, cycle, bus
14%
of commuters · Scotland 27%
Is Fallin a good place to live?
Police Scotland doesn’t publish street-level crime, so Fallin has no Safety Grade and, without it, no overall grade. Its other subjects are graded below. Its strongest subject is cost of living (A+): the 50th most affordable of 296 Scottish towns: median sale £145,900, 2.8 years of area income; rent £930 a month. Its weakest is health (D−): life expectancy 71.1 for men, 75.5 for women.
What makes Fallin stand out
The 3 things Fallin does most differently from other towns.
Degree level, 16+
Education
Degree-level qualifications, residents 16+ (Scotland’s towns 32%)
Stirling council area 38%.
Walk, cycle or public transport
Getting around
14% leave the car
of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport (Scotland’s towns 27%)
46% of commuters travel under 5 km.
Life expectancy, against UK towns
Health
75.5 and 71.1 years
Life expectancy at birth, women and men: shorter than in 100% of UK towns
Public Health Scotland, 2020–24.
How Fallin grades
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within Scotland), ordered by how far Fallin is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
Police Scotland doesn’t publish street-level crime, so Fallin has no Safety Grade and, without it, no overall grade. Its other subjects are graded below.
HealthD−Open →Cost of livingA+Open →SchoolsSchool leavers’ results beat 24% of Scottish townsC−Open →Hazard risk0.1% of homes at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the seaB+Open →WalkabilityB−Open →
SafetyNo street-level crime data–
Jobs & incomeNo small-area income data in Scotland–
How TownRatings grades towns →
Nearby attractions
All attractions →Polmaise Colliery Museum and 14 more in and around Fallin
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Fallin. Best known first.
MuseumMuseumPolmaise Colliery Museumin town
Castle · National Trust for ScotlandAlloa Tower4.6 km outside town, to the east
Castle · National Trust for ScotlandMenstrie Castle4.7 km outside town, to the north
CastlePlean Castle4.3 km outside town, to the south
MuseumSmith Art Gallery & Museum4.2 km outside town, to the west
MuseumArgyll & Sutherland Highlanders Regimental HQ & Museum4.6 km outside town, to the northwest
Castle · National Trust for ScotlandAlloa Tower4.6 km outside town, to the eastCastle · National Trust for ScotlandMenstrie Castle4.7 km outside town, to the northCastlePlean Castle4.3 km outside town, to the southMuseumSmith Art Gallery & Museum4.2 km outside town, to the westMuseumArgyll & Sutherland Highlanders Regimental HQ & Museum4.6 km outside town, to the northwestPlaces: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (5)
- Alloa Tower: AllyD at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Menstrie Castle: John Lee, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Plean Castle: Derek Ferris, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Smith Art Gallery & Museum: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders Regimental HQ & Museum: Janfrie1988, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Fallin.
Who lives here
Degrees are less common in Fallin than in Stirling council area’s towns or across Scotland’s towns: 13% of adults
For Fallin, that is below both Stirling council area’s towns (38%) and Scotland’s towns (32%). Children are 19% of the town. Fallin has a median age of 39.4.
39.4median age
FallinStirling council areaScotland
Ages · share of residents
12%
Qualifications · residents 16 and older
No qualifications27%
Apprenticeship9%
Highers or similar10%
Degree level13%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Across Scotland, 51% of residents are women.
| Fallin | Stirling council area | Scotland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 14% | 15% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 17% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 23% | 26% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 27% |
| 65+ | 14% | 19% | 19% |
| No qualifications | 27% | 13% | 17% |
| Apprenticeship | 8.7% | 6.2% | 7.5% |
| Highers or similar | 10% | 14% | 11% |
| Degree level | 13% | 38% | 32% |
Scotland’s Census 2022 · Stirling council area and Scotland: all residents of their towns · OGL
SchoolsC−
Results at Fallin’s schools trail 76% of Scottish towns
One of its 2 schools is below, with why it’s listed. The grade uses the secondaries its children go to; Scotland publishes no primary results by school.
C−School Grade
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fallin Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 178 | – |
Scottish Government · school statistics and leavers’ resultsSee all 2 schools →
Health
Life expectancy in Fallin is shorter than in 100% of UK towns
Women here live to 75.5 on average and men to 71.1 (2020–24). At the census, 74% of people in Fallin called their health good or very good, below both Stirling council area’s towns (81%) and Scotland’s towns (78%). Of the 7 towns in Stirling council area, Fallin has the largest share in bad or very bad health: 8.9%.
74%good or very good healthD−Health Grade
General health, self-reported
Good or very good 74%Fair 17%Bad or very bad 9%
| Census 2022 | Fallin | Stirling council area | Scotland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 74% | 81% | 78% |
| Bad or very bad health | 8.9% | 5.8% | 7.2% |
| Activities limited (health or disability) | 27% | 22% | 24% |
71.1
life expectancy at birth, men (2020–24)
75.5
life expectancy at birth, women
Scotland’s Census 2022, general health and disability · Public Health Scotland life expectancy by intermediate zone, 2020–24 · OGL
HousingCost of living grade A+
Few households rent privately in Fallin: 5%, fewer than in Stirling council area’s towns and Scotland’s towns
Fallin sits below both Stirling council area’s towns (14%) and Scotland’s towns (13%) on this measure. 40% of households live in social housing. Fallin is the cheapest of the 7 towns in the Stirling council area: its median sale is £145,900.
£146Kmedian sale
Median sale price · 2023 to 2025, at early-2025 prices
Fallin£146K
Typical UK town£277K
53%
of households own their home · Scotland 60%
5%
rent privately · Scotland 13%
£930
average private rent a month, Forth Valley council area
£1,753
council tax, Band D, 2026–27
Registers of Scotland data-zone sale prices · Scottish Government council tax · Scotland’s Census 2022 tenure · OGL
History
Listed buildings in Fallin: 7 per 10,000 residents, against 106 in Stirling council area’s towns and 22 in Scotland’s towns
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
That puts Fallin below Stirling council area’s towns (16%) and close to Scotland’s towns (1%). For its size, Fallin has the second fewest listed buildings of the towns in the Stirling council area. Fallin has 2 listed buildings on Historic Environment Scotland’s list: 0 Category A, 1 Category B.
2listed buildings
Listed buildings by grade · Historic Environment Scotland
Category A0
Category B1
Category C1
Among them · Category B
0
scheduled monuments
0
gardens and designed landscapes
7
listed buildings per 10,000 residents · typical town in England and Wales 24
Historic Environment Scotland list, October 2026 · OGL
Work & commute
Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Fallin than in Stirling council area’s towns or Scotland’s towns: 14%
Scotland’s Census was taken on 20 March 2022, a year after England and Wales’s lockdown census; 27% of workers were mainly at home, and shares here are of those who travelled.
On this, Fallin is below both Stirling council area’s towns (22%) and Scotland’s towns (27%). The car carried 86% of commuters at the census.
14%walk, cycle or ride
How commuters got to work · March 2022
Driving86%
Bus7%
On foot5%
Train2%
Bicycle1%
46%
of commuters travel under 5 km · Scotland 44%
27%
worked mainly from home in March 2022
3.6%
of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits (2026)
B−
Walkability: more walkable than 49% of UK towns
Scotland’s Census 2022 (NRS), method of travel and distance to work · DWP claimant count · OGL
Keep exploring
Everything we know about Fallin
13pages on Fallin
The big questions
SafetyNot graded · 0% live in Scotland’s most crime-deprived fifthCost of livingA+Median home £146K · rent £930 a monthSchoolsC−2 state schoolsHealthD−Life expectancy 71.1 (men), 75.5 (women)Work & commute46% of working residents work in the townFlood & hazardsB+0.1% of homes at high or medium flood risk
Out and about
Fallin’s neighbours
The nearest towns and villages, from National Records of Scotland’s 2022 localities. See them on the map →
CowieBannockburnTullibodyStirlingAlloaMenstrieSauchieFallin
How the neighbours grade
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fallin | 2,769 | — | — | A+ | — | D− |
| Cowie | 2,708 | 1.6 | — | A+ | — | D |
| Bannockburn | 6,587 | 1.9 | — | A+ | — | D |
| Tullibody | 8,515 | 2.5 | — | A− | — | D− |
| Stirling | 38,590 | 2.6 | — | A+ | — | D |
| Alloa | 14,689 | 3 | — | A− | — | D |
| Menstrie | 2,834 | 3.2 | — | B | — | C |
| Sauchie | 6,357 | 4 | — | 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.
Questions about Fallin
Is Fallin expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £145,900, against £277,000 in the typical town in England and Wales. On cost of living it is the 50th most affordable of 296 Scottish towns.
Are schools in Fallin good?
Fallin has 2 state schools; places are handled by the local council.
About Fallin
Town in Stirling, Scotland
Fallin is a locality of 2,769 people, in the Stirling 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
- 2,769 (Census 2022)
- Council
- Stirling
- Nation
- Scotland
- Area
- 0.3 sq mi (0.7 km²)
- NRS code
- S52000248
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.
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