South Ayrshire · Scotland
Prestwick population
14,880people · latest estimate
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Prestwick has a population of 14,880, making it the 3rd largest place in South Ayrshire. In 2005 the World Gazetteer recorded 15,401, a fall of 3.4% since.
The other populations of Prestwick
The same name covers more than one area, and each has its own figure.
| What you mean | Population | Source |
|---|---|---|
| The place itself The populated settlement, roughly the built-up core. |
14,880 | GeoNames |
| The place in 2005 The same settlement twenty years earlier. |
15,401 | World Gazetteer (2005) |
Why these differ: which population figure is right? · compare with another place
The 2005 figure is from the World Gazetteer archive and may draw its boundary differently from the current source, so treat the change as indicative. Sources: method.
Year-by-year official estimates for the wider area: South Ayrshire population trends, 2001–2024.
Prestwick in context
3 km
south-west to Ayr, the nearest larger town
88,000
people live within 10 km
#880
largest of 6,358 UK places
Distances are straight-line from the settlement's recorded coordinates. The 10 km figure sums the recorded places within that radius, so it describes how built-up the surroundings are rather than people per square kilometre.
Common questions
What is the population of Prestwick?
The populated place itself holds 14,880 residents. The wider South Ayrshire council area recorded 112,260 in 2024. Each figure describes a different boundary and all are correct; the meanings table on this page says which is which, because a population without its boundary is not an answer.