Getting aroundAirportDundee Airport DND13 miMajor airportEdinburgh Airport EDI46 miRailway stationInvergowrie12 miBus stationSeagate Bus StationDundee City Centre13 miFerryLochleven Castle Ferry LandingKinross30 miBus stops2 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
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Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the PH11 postcode district.
Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 17 h 47 min4:21 am – 10:08 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 6 h 49 min8:46 am – 3:35 pm
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People3,046 residentsin the Alyth census areaMedian age 53.21,480 households65% of homes owner-occupied44% owned outright20% social rented, 13% private rentedSource: National Records of Scotland, Census 2022
Work and commuting2.9% unemployment rate56% of adults are economically active, 1,420 in work, 33% retiredMain industries: health and social work 15%, retail and wholesale 12%, construction 9%Getting to work: 29% work from home, 59% go by car, 4% take public transport, 6% walk or cycle46% 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 higher17% have no qualifications, 9% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 97%, Scots 1%, other languages 3%Source: National Records of Scotland, Census 2022
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 19°C, lows 10°CColdest month January: highs 6°C, lows -0°C788 mm of rain a year, 21 days with 10 mm or morewettest month October68 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)
Nearby landmarksCorral Poollake · 1.3 miStanners Islandisland · 1.4 miBirny Hillockhill · under a mileLaw of Brigtonhill · under a mileSlug of Auchranniewaterfall · 3.4 miCraigy Linnwater · 1.3 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesAlyth Golf Coursegolf course · under a mile · 74 haBurn Greenpark · 1.7 miDen of Alythpark · 2.2 mi · 4 haDiamond Jubilee Parkplaying field · 1.6 mi · 3 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes58 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 19701 of magnitude 3+, 0 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 3.0 on 19 Feb 197933 mi away, Ochil HillsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 27 Nov 202032 mi away, Blackford, Perth/kinrossSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Air qualityNO2 1.4 · PM2.5 3.9 · PM10 7.7 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within the WHO guidelines for all threeSource: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband9.3% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband83% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)2.2% cannot get a decent connection (below the 10 Mbit/s universal service obligation)1,627 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation75 m246 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 35 to 94 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
