Today Bridge of Weir serves largely as a dormitory settlement for nearby Glasgow and Paisley, maintaining a commercial centre of its own and some light industry and agriculture.

[3] Bridge of Weir was historically a rural area divided between the parishes of neighbouring Houston and Killellan and Kilbarchan on either side of the River Gryffe.

[4] Growing out of the lands of the 15th century Ranfurly Castle, the village emerged later than its neighbours among a number of small farms that occupied the area.

The leather industry survives to this day, now on a single site, in the form of a highly successful, modern facility with five Queen's Awards for International Business.

The Glasgow, Paisley and Johnstone Canal provided an initial link for Renfrewshire industry to its wider urban centres.

Bridge of Weir is surrounded by agricultural lands, with traditional industries being cotton milling and leather tanning.

Today, the town's golf courses and fishing attract visitors and there the village has a commercial centre with retail stores, restaurants and public houses.

[8] The ward results in the most recent election are: Bridge of Weir also has one of Renfrewshire's twenty-seven community councils representing the village.