What the figures for Lower Bayble cover
Every figure on this site comes from official or open public data. This page shows, for each one, the area it covers, the period, the source and when we last updated it.
Lower Bayble is part of the parish of Stornoway.
Official statistics are published for parishes and census areas, not for every village and hamlet, so there are no separate figures for Lower Bayble. Broadband, food hygiene, businesses and population are for all of Stornoway parish (11,907 residents). Flood risk, planning, transport and weather are measured from Lower Bayble itself, and schools include the nearest to Lower Bayble.
Figure by figure
| Figure | Covers | Period | Source | Last updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | Usual residents of the parish of Stornoway | Census 2022 | National Records of Scotland, Scotland’s Census 2022 | 17 Oct 2026 |
| Property | Not available for Scotland: Registers of Scotland does not publish individual sale prices as open data | Not published | Registers of Scotland | Not published |
| Crime | Not available for Scotland: Police Scotland does not publish street-level crime data | Not published | Police Scotland | Not published |
| Broadband | Postcodes in the parish of Stornoway | Speeds measured 2023, availability 2025 | Ofcom Connected Nations | 30 Sept 2026 |
| Schools | Open schools in the parish of Stornoway, plus the nearest others within 5 km of Lower Bayble | Pupil rolls from the 2023 school census | Scottish Government School Roll and Locations, Education Scotland reports | 8 Oct 2026 |
| Food hygiene | Food businesses at postcodes in the parish of Stornoway | Latest inspection for each business | Food Standards Scotland (FHIS), via the FSA | 6 Aug 2026 |
| Businesses | Active companies with their registered office in the parish of Stornoway. A registered office is not always where a company trades. | Current register | Companies House | 6 Aug 2026 |
| Local trades | Active companies whose main activity is a trade, registered in the HS2 postcode district, those in the parish of Stornoway first | Current register | Companies House | 6 Aug 2026 |
| Planning | Applications within 5 km of the centre of Lower Bayble | Last 12 months | PlanIt, from council planning registers | 20 Oct 2026 |
| Flood risk | The kilometre square around the centre of Lower Bayble; nearest river measured from the centre | SEPA flood maps 2025 | SEPA flood maps, OS Open Rivers | 20 Oct 2026 |
| Transport | The stations nearest to Lower Bayble, with walking routes from its centre | Departures live | National Rail, NaPTAN, OpenStreetMap | Live |
| Weather | The location of Lower Bayble | Live forecast | MET Norway | Live |
| National comparisons | Food hygiene: all of Scotland. Broadband: the UK. Worked out from the same datasets as the local figures | Same periods as above | Our own calculation | 3 Oct 2026 |
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