Whins of Milton
Suburb · 1,120 residents
62Good
Good · better than 7 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
- 89% of residents live within five minutes of a park
Check before you view
- Radon: part of the area is in an affected zone, and a home test is cheap
- Road noise reaches 58% of the area
- Food & drink scores 21, below the typical 60
The essentials
Everyday life
The area
Around Whins of Milton
Map outline: Approximate — no official boundary exists for this neighbourhood
Is Whins of Milton a good place to live?
Whins of Milton scores 62/100 overall, which the scorecard rates as good — 60 is typical for the country.
It stands out for environment (70).
It scores lowest on food & drink (21) and transport (31).
Scores come from official data on safety, schools, transport, prices, health, food & drink and the local environment, for Whins of Milton in Scotland, each measured against the national average.
Summary of Whins of Milton
Whins of Milton reads as a small, quiet residential pocket on the edge of Stirling's built-up area — low-rise homes, a modest population for its footprint, and none of the retail or nightlife pull that would draw you in from outside. This is a place people live rather than pass through.
The numbers back up that impression of an established, settled community: the median age of 46.6 is noticeably older than the Scotland-wide figure of 42.8, and the population density, while high for a suburb, is well below the national average — meaning the housing sits close together but there's little sense of crowding or churn. Council tax here runs below the national median too, which for a place with an overall grade of A is worth noting; you're not paying a premium to live somewhere this well regarded.
That overall A grade is the headline, but look closer and the pattern has a shape worth understanding before you commit. Environment scores strongly, health and housing both sit comfortably above average, connectivity is solid with three-quarters of properties on full fibre — this is not a place broadband will let you down. Safety, too, holds a decent B+, described as flat rather than improving, so nothing dramatic in either direction. The one grade that breaks from the rest is nightlife, down at C+, and it's the honest cost of the quiet: there's essentially nothing here in the way of evening life, so any night out means travelling into Stirling proper.