G46 postcode district: Giffnock and around
G46 is a postcode district in Scotland, with 675 postcodes in use in 4 sectors. It has postcodes in Giffnock, Glasgow, Thornliebank and 1 more place. It is split between 2 councils: East Renfrewshire (473 postcodes) and Glasgow City (202).
- Postcodes in use
- 675
- Sectors
- 4
- Councils
- 2 councils
- Places
- 4 places
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Every postcode in G46, by gigabit broadband
- No home or business can get gigabit: 16
- Some can get gigabit: 32
- Every home and business can get gigabit: 583
- Ofcom gives no figure: 44
Of the 675 postcodes in G46 that ONS places, 16 have no home or business that can get gigabit, 32 have some that can, 583 can all get it and 44 have no Ofcom figure.
Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. No boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 55.8033, longitude -4.3079. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; gigabit: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them
What broadband can you get in G46?
Ofcom reports on 631 of the 675 postcodes in G46. At 583 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.
Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Check one address on Ofcom's checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Postcodes in G46
Pick a sector, then a postcode. A sector is the district plus the next digit.
UK postcode format explainedPlaces in G46
Towns and villages with postcodes in G46, and how many each has here.
Who covers G46
How many of the district's postcodes in use fall under each council, constituency and police force area.
Councils
What council am I in?Constituencies
- East Renfrewshire473
- Glasgow South West102
- Glasgow South100
Police force areas
- Scotland675
Next to G46
"Next to" is by number: the districts before and after G46 in the G area.
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