Forth
WardNorth Edinburgh. About 33,382 people in 5.6 square kilometres.
Gigabit coverage by ward
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In Forth, 97.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How Forth compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
What is the population of Forth?
Forth had 31,937 usual residents at the census.
Forth is the 11th most populated of 8,397 in the UK.
Figures for the whole of Edinburgh
These figures are published for the whole of Edinburgh, not for each ward, so they describe all of Edinburgh and not Forth alone. See Edinburgh
Forth in brief
Forth had 31,937 usual residents at the census.
In Forth, 97.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Forth, 4.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.
68.6% of residents in Forth were aged 15 to 64 at the census.