Balerno
Middle areaSouth west Edinburgh. 5,787 people in 46 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Balerno live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Balerno
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How Balerno compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
What is the population of Balerno?
Balerno had 5,854 usual residents at the census.
Balerno is the joint 2,565th least populated of 9,448 in the UK.
Figures for the whole of Edinburgh
These figures are published for the whole of Edinburgh, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Edinburgh and not Balerno alone. See Edinburgh
Balerno in brief
Balerno had 5,854 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Balerno live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Balerno, 96.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Balerno, 1.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.