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County or areaGlasgow City
Postcode districtG53
Telephone codeNot listed
Time zoneEurope/London (GMT/BST)
Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 17 h 35 min4:31 am – 10:06 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 0 min8:45 am – 3:45 pm
Sun todaySunrise –Sunset –
People3,844 residentsin the South Nitshill census areaMedian age 37.51,794 households31% of homes owner-occupied13% owned outright62% social rented, 7% private rentedSource: National Records of Scotland, Census 2022
Work and commuting5.9% unemployment rate55% of adults are economically active, 1,579 in work, 15% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 17%, health and social work 16%, public administration and defence 9%Getting to work: 28% work from home, 49% go by car, 14% take public transport, 9% walk or cycle79% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: National Records of Scotland, Census 2022
Education and languages15% of adults hold a degree or higher33% have no qualifications, 6% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 92%, Scots 1%, other languages 7%Source: National Records of Scotland, Census 2022
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 20°C, lows 12°CColdest month December: highs 7°C, lows 2°C1,307 mm of rain a year, 39 days with 10 mm or morewettest month December54 days of air frost, 4 summer days above 25°C in a typical yearJanuary: 2 to 7°CJFebruary: 2 to 8°CFMarch: 3 to 10°CMApril: 5 to 13°CAMay: 7 to 16°CMJune: 10 to 18°CJJuly: 12 to 20°CJAugust: 12 to 19°CASeptember: 10 to 17°CSOctober: 7 to 13°CONovember: 4 to 10°CNDecember: 2 to 7°CD20°0°Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991-2020 averages, 2 km grid (highs and lows from the 12 km grid)
Nearby landmarksNew Abbey Corn Millhistoric site · 1.5 miPollok Househistoric site · 2.0 miSalterland Bridgebridge · under a mileHurlet Hillhill · under a mileFairy Fallwaterfall · 2.8 miTongues Hillhill · under a mileCraigie Linnwaterfall · 2.8 miWaulkmill Glenglen · 1.4 miSources: Ordnance Survey Open Names; Overture Maps
Parks and green spacesHousehill Parkpark · under a mile · 25 haDams To Darnley Country Parkpark · under a mile · 474 haCowan Parkpark · under a mile · 20 haCowglen Golf Coursegolf course · 1.4 mi · 64 haDunterlie Allotmentsallotments · under a mileKing George's Fieldplaying field · 1.6 mi · 13 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes95 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 19706 of magnitude 3+, 1 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 4.0 on 4 Mar 199945 mi away, Arran, StrathclydeMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 18 Aug 202538 mi away, Melldalloch, Argyll/buteSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Air qualityNO2 7.8 · PM2.5 4.8 · PM10 8.0 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within the WHO guidelines for all threeSource: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband96% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband100% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)2,040 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation34 m112 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 15 to 63 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalLeverndale Hospital1.4 miGP surgeryThe Peat Road Medical Practice11 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyBestway National Chemists LTD12 pharmacies within 2 milesunder a mileDentistSouthside Dental Practiceright herePolice stationStrathclyde PoliceGlasgowunder a mileCash machineDay Today, Crookston2 within half a mileunder a mileSources: NHS Organisation Data Service; Public Health Scotland; Overture Maps
SchoolsWithin 2 mi23 schools17 primary, 4 secondary, 2 specialPrimaryGowanbank Primary Schoolright herePrimaryCleeves Primary Schoolunder a mileSecondaryBarrhead High School1.2 miSource: Scottish Government, school contact details
Getting aroundAirportGlasgow Airport GLA4.7 miRailway stationNitshillunder a mileLight railIbrox SPT Subway StationCessnock3.5 miBus stationSilverburn Bus StationPollokunder a mileFerryGovan Ferry Landing3.9 miBus stops105 within a mileCar parkGreen Car ParkGlasgow1.0 miEV chargingOsprey Charging StationGlasgow2 charging points within a mileunder a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports; Overture Maps

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