92.4% of homes and businesses in the Renfrewshire council area can get full fibre broadband, above the UK figure of 81%. That's up 3.5 points in a year: 3,844 more premises can now order it. 326 still can't get 10 Mbit/s from a fixed line.
Fastest download speed available, share of all 98,798 premises (homes and businesses), January 2026.
Share of premises that can order full fibre (and gigabit, which also counts cable).
Full fibre Gigabit-capable (incl. cable)
| Paisley | Scotland | UK | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full fibre | 92.4% | 74% | 81% |
| Gigabit-capable | 96.7% | 82.1% | 87.8% |
| Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | 99.3% | 96.7% | 97.7% |
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 0.3% | 1.3% | 0.7% |
The Renfrewshire council area ranks 50th of 361 UK council areas for full fibre coverage (see all).
Average across each district's postcodes. Tap a column to sort.
| G51 | 98% | 100% | 0.2% | 662 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| G52 | 99% | 100% | 0% | 744 |
| G78 | 86% | 96% | 0.5% | 701 |
| PA1 | 98% | 100% | 0% | 595 |
| PA2 | 96% | 99% | 0.1% | 1002 |
| PA3 | 95% | 98% | 1.3% | 620 |
| PA4 | 94% | 98% | 0.2% | 603 |
| PA5 | 98% | 100% | 0.3% | 592 |
| PA6 | 88% | 96% | 3.3% | 168 |
| PA7 | 89% | 98% | 1.2% | 260 |
| PA8 | 93% | 96% | 0.5% | 218 |
| PA9 | 85% | 93% | 1% | 59 |
| PA10 | 91% | 97% | 1.8% | 129 |
92.4% of premises in the Renfrewshire council area could order full fibre in January 2026, and 96.7% could get gigabit speeds (full fibre or cable). Coverage varies street by street, so check your postcode.
Full fibre coverage in the Renfrewshire council area went from 88.9% in January 2025 to 92.4% in January 2026: 3,844 more premises.
326 premises in the Renfrewshire council area (0.3%) can't get 10 Mbit/s download speeds from a fixed line, and 4 can't get what Ofcom calls decent broadband from a fixed line or fixed wireless.
About 38% of premises that can get full fibre in the Renfrewshire council area have taken it up. The rest are still on older copper or cable lines, often paying similar prices for slower speeds.
Of the 13 postcode districts we cover for Paisley, G52 has the most gigabit coverage (99% on average) and PA9 the least (85%).
99.9% of premises in the Renfrewshire council area have outdoor 5G coverage from at least one mobile network (Ofcom, high-confidence predictions, January 2026). 4G indoors from all four networks reaches 96.4%.