Musselburgh
WardThe west of the East Lothian. About 20,905 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 12 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Musselburgh live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Musselburgh compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
What is the population of Musselburgh?
Musselburgh had 21,556 usual residents at the census.
Musselburgh is the 125th most populated of 8,397 in the UK.
Figures for the whole of East Lothian
These figures are published for the whole of East Lothian, not for each ward, so they describe all of East Lothian and not Musselburgh alone. See East Lothian
Musselburgh in brief
Musselburgh had 21,556 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Musselburgh live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Musselburgh, 80.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Musselburgh, 3.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.