71.3% of homes and businesses in the South Ayrshire council area can get full fibre broadband, below the UK figure of 81%. That's up 10.6 points in a year: 6,610 more premises can now order it. 234 still can't get 10 Mbit/s from a fixed line.
Fastest download speed available, share of all 60,868 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)
| Ayr | Scotland | UK | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full fibre | 71.3% | 74% | 81% |
| Gigabit-capable | 81.4% | 82.1% | 87.8% |
| Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | 98.7% | 96.7% | 97.7% |
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 0.4% | 1.3% | 0.7% |
The South Ayrshire council area ranks 281st of 361 UK council areas for full fibre coverage (see all).
Average across each district's postcodes. Tap a column to sort.
| KA6 | 37% | 93% | 1.5% | 526 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KA7 | 85% | 99% | 0.1% | 869 |
| KA8 | 85% | 99% | 0.4% | 537 |
| KA9 | 89% | 94% | 2.6% | 446 |
71.3% of premises in the South Ayrshire council area could order full fibre in January 2026, and 81.4% could get gigabit speeds (full fibre or cable). Coverage varies street by street, so check your postcode.
Full fibre coverage in the South Ayrshire council area went from 60.7% in January 2025 to 71.3% in January 2026: 6,610 more premises.
234 premises in the South Ayrshire council area (0.4%) can't get 10 Mbit/s download speeds from a fixed line, and 39 can't get what Ofcom calls decent broadband from a fixed line or fixed wireless.
About 37% of premises that can get full fibre in the South Ayrshire 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 4 postcode districts we cover for Ayr, KA9 has the most gigabit coverage (89% on average) and KA6 the least (37%).
96.4% of premises in the South Ayrshire 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 91.1%.