Map of HS9 5XW postcode

General information

Postcode	HS9 5XW
Post Town	Isle of Barra
Nearest station	Arisaig (102 km)
Bus stops	Township (N) Isle of Barra Hotel (S) Isle of Barra Hotel (N)
Roads in this postcode	A888 The Square
Number of UPRNs	37 View
Businesses	COMSULTING LIMITED HEATHBANK LTD TANGAFJALL HORIZONS LTD

Geography

	Latitude	56.970731
	Longitude	-7.515644
	Easting	64973
	Northing	800154
	Grid reference	NF649001
	UTM reference	29V 590238 6315107
	what3words	dreading.blasted.tunnel
	FixPhrase	culminate lip statistic unvocal
	Plus code	9C8JXFCM+7P
	Altitude	24 metres (78 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	8:45
	Sunset (today)	16:41
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	0.3 KMs (0.2 miles)

Administrative areas

Ward	Barraigh agus Bhatarsaigh	S13003135
Council Area	Na h-Eileanan Siar	S12000013
Constituency (2024)	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	S14000027
MP	Torcuil Crichton	Labour
Police force	Scotland
NUTS/ITL 3	Highlands and Islands
NUTS/ITL 2	Highlands and Islands
NUTS/ITL 1	Scotland
Country	Scotland	S92000003

Data

Date introduced	July 1995
Last updated	December 2025
User type	Small (addresses receive less than 25 items of mail per day)
Quality	Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean

Demographics

Population (2011)	45
Households (2011)	14
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2017-2020)	3,846 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban (2021)	Remote Rural
Rural/urban (2011)	Very remote rural area
Census output area (2021)	S00166593
Census output area (2011)	S00135054
Lower layer super output area (2021)	North Barra	S01018383
Lower layer super output area (2011)	Barra and South Uist - 02	S01009015
Middle layer super output area (2021)	Barra and South Uist	S02003404
Middle layer super output area (2011)	Barra and South Uist	S02001687
Travel to work area	Eilean Siar	S22000013

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