Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 17 h 46 min4:20 am – 10:06 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 6 h 50 min8:45 am – 3:34 pm
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People5,720 residentsin the Letham and Glamis census areaMedian age 53.32,625 households75% of homes owner-occupied45% owned outright8% social rented, 14% private rentedSource: National Records of Scotland, Census 2022
Work and commuting2.3% unemployment rate59% of adults are economically active, 2,854 in work, 31% retiredMain industries: health and social work 15%, retail and wholesale 12%, manufacturing 9%Getting to work: 30% work from home, 62% go by car, 2% take public transport, 3% walk or cycle41% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: National Records of Scotland, Census 2022
Education and languages32% of adults hold a degree or higher15% have no qualifications, 11% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 99%, other languages 1%Source: National Records of Scotland, Census 2022
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 19°C, lows 10°CColdest month January: highs 6°C, lows 0°C900 mm of rain a year, 27 days with 10 mm or morewettest month October77 days of air frost, 1 summer days above 25°C in a typical yearSource: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991-2020 averages, 2 km grid (highs and lows from the 12 km grid)
Nearby landmarksLorance Hillhill · under a mileStrathmartine Castle Stonecastle · 3.4 miTealing Hillhill · 1.0 miBalluderon Stonehistoric site · 3.4 miBlack Watch Memorialhistoric site · 3.6 miCorbie Denvalley · 1.6 miTealinghill Woodwoodland · under a mileTarbrax Woodwoodland · under a mileSources: Ordnance Survey Open Names; Overture Maps
Parks and green spacesFinlathen Parkpark · 4.3 mi · 24 haFintry Parkpark · 3.9 mi · 4 haMill of Mains Parkpark · 4.2 mi · 5 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes57 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 19701 of magnitude 3+, 0 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 3.0 on 19 Feb 197937 mi away, Ochil HillsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 27 Nov 202036 mi away, Blackford, Perth/kinrossSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Air qualityNO2 2.8 · PM2.5 4.1 · PM10 8.1 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within the WHO guidelines for all threeSource: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband27% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband67% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)1.5% cannot get a decent connection (below the 10 Mbit/s universal service obligation)2,941 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation210 m689 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 171 to 234 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalStrathmartine Hospital4.0 miGP surgeryNewfield Medical Group4.3 miPharmacyBruce Ramsay (Dundee) LTD4.2 miDentistWhitfield Dental Care4.3 miPolice stationMaryfield Police StationDundee5.4 miCash machinePayzoneDundee4.1 miSources: NHS Organisation Data Service; Public Health Scotland; Overture Maps
Getting aroundAirportDundee Airport DND7.5 miMajor airportEdinburgh Airport EDI45 miRailway stationBroughty Ferry6.3 miBus stationSeagate Bus StationDundee City Centre6.1 miFerryAnstruther Harbour25 miBus stops8 within a mileEV chargingIONITYDundee5.1 miSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports; Overture Maps
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the DD4 postcode district.
