Leith Walk
WardNorth east Edinburgh. About 34,202 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 2.7 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Leith Walk live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Leith Walk compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
What is the population of Leith Walk?
Leith Walk had 33,556 usual residents at the census.
Leith Walk is the 6th 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 Leith Walk alone. See Edinburgh
Leith Walk in brief
Leith Walk had 33,556 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Leith Walk live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Leith Walk, 91.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Leith Walk, 2.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.