Portobello
Middle areaNorth east Edinburgh. 4,840 people in 1.0 square kilometre.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Portobello live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Portobello
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How Portobello compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
What is the population of Portobello?
Portobello had 4,493 usual residents at the census.
Portobello is the 1,748th 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 Portobello alone. See Edinburgh
Portobello in brief
Portobello had 4,493 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Portobello live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Portobello, 96.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Portobello, 3.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.