South Leith
Middle areaNorth east Edinburgh. 5,116 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 0.5 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in South Leith live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in South Leith
Scotland publishes recorded crime by council. It has its own layers.
How South Leith compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
What is the population of South Leith?
South Leith had 4,946 usual residents at the census.
South Leith is the 1,911th 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 South Leith alone. See Edinburgh
South Leith in brief
South Leith had 4,946 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in South Leith live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In South Leith, 93.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In South Leith, 4.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.