Local servicesGP surgeryPortland Surgery Troon2 surgeries within 2 miles1.7 miSource: NHS Organisation Data Service; Public Health Scotland
SchoolsWithin 2 mi6 schools5 primary, 1 secondaryPrimaryMuirhead Primary Schoolunder a milePrimaryStruthers Primary Schoolunder a mileSecondaryMarr Collegeunder a mileSource: Scottish Government, school contact details
Getting aroundAirportGlasgow Prestwick Airport PIK3.7 miRailway stationTroon1.3 miBus stationBruce TerraceIrvine5.4 miFerryTroon Ferry Terminal2.3 miBus stops32 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the KA10 postcode district.
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Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the KA10 postcode district.
Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 17 h 31 min4:35 am – 10:05 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 3 min8:44 am – 3:48 pm
Sun todaySunrise –Sunset –
People3,822 residentsin the Prestwick Airport and Monkton census areaMedian age 50.41,742 households79% of homes owner-occupied44% owned outright10% social rented, 10% private rentedSource: National Records of Scotland, Census 2022
Work and commuting3.7% unemployment rate58% of adults are economically active, 1,811 in work, 32% retiredMain industries: health and social work 15%, manufacturing 11%, public administration and defence 10%Getting to work: 32% work from home, 56% go by car, 5% take public transport, 6% walk or cycle52% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: National Records of Scotland, Census 2022
Education and languages31% of adults hold a degree or higher17% have no qualifications, 7% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 99%, other languages 1%Source: National Records of Scotland, Census 2022
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 19°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 2°C1,010 mm of rain a year, 30 days with 10 mm or morewettest month December37 days of air frost, 2 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)
Parks and green spacesMunicipal Golf Coursegolf course · under a mile · 74 haMarr Playing Fieldssports ground · under a mile · 12 haMarr Rugby Football Clubplaying field · under a mile · 4 haFullarton Woods Allotmentsallotments · under a mileMilgarholm Parkpark · 3.7 mi · 49 haShewalton Moorpark · 3.1 mi · 10 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes57 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 19706 of magnitude 3+, 1 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 4.0 on 4 Mar 199926 mi away, Arran, StrathclydeMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 18 Aug 202537 mi away, Melldalloch, Argyll/buteSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Air qualityNO2 3.5 · PM2.5 4.3 · PM10 7.4 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within the WHO guidelines for all threeSource: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband90% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband93% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)0.2% cannot get a decent connection (below the 10 Mbit/s universal service obligation)2,082 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation21 m69 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 9 to 123 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
