Baillieston
Neighbourhood · 23,656 residents
57Good
Good · better than 5 in 10 suburbs
Check Local Score out of 100 · 60 is typical for the country
Each arc is a topic, coloured by its score
What’s good
- Property market scores 82, well above the typical 60
- 92% of homes can get full-fibre broadband
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- Road noise reaches 75% of the area
- Transport scores 31, below the typical 60
The essentials
Everyday life
The area
Around Baillieston
Map outline: Approximate — electoral ward boundary, used as the nearest surveyed shape
Is Baillieston a good place to live?
Baillieston scores 57/100 overall, which the scorecard rates as good — 60 is typical for the country.
It stands out for property market (82) and infrastructure (73).
It scores lowest on transport (31).
Scores come from official data on safety, schools, transport, prices, health, food & drink and the local environment, for Baillieston in Scotland, each measured against the national average.
Summary of Baillieston
Baillieston still reads as a working suburb rather than a commuter dormitory — solid sandstone terraces and post-war semis lining streets that were built for people who worked locally, not for people who'd discovered the area was convenient for somewhere else. The density here runs noticeably higher than the Scottish average, which shows in how close together the houses sit, but it never quite tips into feeling crowded; there's still room to breathe between the rows.
The housing picture is the standout number, and it's worth sitting with. A median house price sitting well below the typical Scottish figure, paired with a housing grade that comes out top of the class, tells you this is a place where your money still buys a proper amount of space — the kind of area where a For Sale board doesn't come with a intake of breath. Connectivity is the other quiet strength: full-fibre coverage across the great majority of the area means working from home here is a genuinely practical option, not a hopeful one. Four schools serve the immediate area, though none of the specific Ofsted-style detail (Scotland doesn't grade schools that way) comes through in the numbers — what you do get is a general sense of an area that isn't short of places to educate a family.
Green space is generously provided for a suburb of this size — dozens of separate pockets of it, adding up to a reasonable spread of parkland relative to the population, so a walk after work or a Saturday spent outdoors doesn't mean a drive out of the area first. Health outcomes sit just above the Scottish average, and the overall grade profile is consistently solid rather than spiky — B and B+ marks across environment, health and nightlife, with safety following the same pattern rather than standing out as a weak point. That evenness is itself the story: nothing here screams for attention, good or bad, and the one grade that does pull ahead of the pack is housing, sitting at A+ against a B+ overall — a place that's more affordable than its surroundings without giving up much else in return.