Deprivation in Edinburgh
Council areaSouth east Scotland. 531,370 people (mid-2025 estimate) in 263 square kilometres.
3 layers about deprivation for Edinburgh, each at the level its publisher released it, with its own date and source.
Deprivation by neighbourhood
Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020v2
71 of Edinburgh’s 597 neighbourhoods are in Scotland’s most deprived 20%.
Share of neighbourhoods in Scotland's most deprived 20%
CouncilScotland only11.9% of the neighbourhoods in Edinburgh are among the most deprived 20% of neighbourhoods in Scotland.
Among councils in Scotland, that is the 16th most deprived of 32.
Worked out by Open Index from the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020v2 deciles.
Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020
NeighbourhoodScotland onlyPublished for neighbourhoods, not as one figure for the whole of Edinburgh. The map shows each one.
Deprivation rank (Scotland)
NeighbourhoodScotland onlyPublished for neighbourhoods, not as one figure for the whole of Edinburgh. The map shows each one.