Charleston doesn't announce itself much — this is a small, quiet pocket of housing with a population you could fit in a single large primary school, and a density that sits well below the Scottish average. It reads as settled rather than transient: the median age here nudges 48, a full five years older than the typical Scottish community, which tells you more about the character of the street than any brochure could. This is a place of established households, not one geared towards churn or first-time buyer turnover. On the numbers that matter for day-to-day security, Charleston sits comfortably. It falls in the seventh decile for deprivation and eighth for income, meaning it's among the less deprived, better-off pockets nationally, without being anywhere near the sharpest end of Scottish affluence. House prices average around £220,000, and the trend has been gently improving rather than spiking — a steady three-year climb rather than a one-year flash. Council tax under Band D runs slightly below the national median, a small but real saving that fits the settled, unshowy tone of the place. The pattern across Check Local's grades tells its own story: health scores top marks, safety and nightlife both sit comfortably above average, housing and environment are solid, and the outlier is connectivity, marked down against the rest. Full-fibre coverage sits around 60%, decent but not exceptional, so if home-working reliability is high on your list, it's worth checking street-level provision rather than assuming. Everything else points to a calm, well-regarded corner — good health outcomes, a safety record that's held flat rather than drifted, and a housing market that's moved in the right direction without dramatic swings. Green space is thin on the ground in the official count — a single, small plot rather than sprawling parkland — so this isn't a place built around long dog walks from the doorstep; residents likely travel out for that. What you get instead is a low-density, low-noise residential feel, the kind of area that suits people who've already done their moving around and are here to stay put. It suits an older, more settled household better than someone chasing nightlife or a buzzing high street, and anyone weighing it up should treat the internet connectivity as the one genuine question mark against an otherwise reassuring set of figures.