Upper Nithsdale
Middle areaNorth Dumfries and Galloway. 4,526 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 274 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 22% of people in Upper Nithsdale live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Upper Nithsdale
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How Upper Nithsdale compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
What is the population of Upper Nithsdale?
Upper Nithsdale had 4,600 usual residents at the census.
Upper Nithsdale is the joint 1,792nd least populated of 9,448 in the UK.
Figures for the whole of Dumfries and Galloway
These figures are published for the whole of Dumfries and Galloway, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Dumfries and Galloway and not Upper Nithsdale alone. See Dumfries and Galloway
Upper Nithsdale in brief
Upper Nithsdale had 4,600 usual residents at the census.
About 22% of people in Upper Nithsdale live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Upper Nithsdale, 53.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Upper Nithsdale, 3.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.