KA1 postcode area guide — East Ayrshire
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the KA1 postcode district in East Ayrshire — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in KA1
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
96.3%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
83.8%
Gigabit-capable
83.8%
Below USO (10Mb)
0.1%
Broadband availability in the KA1 postcode district (East Ayrshire) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 959 postcodes Ofcom measures in KA1, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 96.3% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 83.8%.
Around 0.1% of premises in KA1 fall below the Universal Service Obligation (a minimum of 10 Mbit/s download and 1 Mbit/s upload), so the overwhelming majority of homes and businesses here can already order a decent fixed line. For a business that depends on its connection, the figures that matter most are gigabit and full-fibre availability — the symmetric, low-contention services we quote leased lines and FTTP against.
Sample postcodes in KA1
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| KA1 1AD | 95.5% | 9.1% |
| KA1 1AE | 100% | 100% |
| KA1 1AF | 100% | 100% |
| KA1 1AH | 100% | 100% |
| KA1 1BA | 100% | 100% |
| KA1 1BB | 90.9% | 0% |
| KA1 1BD | 100% | 37.5% |
| KA1 1BE | 100% | 100% |
| KA1 1BG | 100% | 100% |
| KA1 1BH | 100% | 0% |
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Mobile signal around East Ayrshire
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider East Ayrshire district (63,110 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
90.2%
4G outdoors — all networks
99.6%
5G outdoors — all networks
43.3%
Voice indoors — all networks
95.1%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
Food hygiene ratings in KA1
359 rated food businesses operate in KA1. 280 hold a Pass under the Food Hygiene Information Scheme used in Scotland, while 10 currently require improvement.
Among the Pass-rated: HMP Kilmarnock, McDonald's, The Ubiquitous Sweet, 5s Kitchen, A Slice Neapolitan Pizzaria.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Phone area codes for East Ayrshire
Landlines around KA1 typically use:
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Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, police.uk street-level crime, Ofcom Connected Nations, ONS Census 2021, DfE Get Information about Schools, Food Standards Agency FHRS — all © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are area aggregates; individual addresses vary. Energy performance (EPC) data will be added when our Open Data Communities registration is approved.