Black Isle
WardEast Highland. About 10,596 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 243 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 65% of people in Black Isle live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Black Isle compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
What is the population of Black Isle?
Black Isle had 10,515 usual residents at the census.
Black Isle is the 2,227th most populated of 8,397 in the UK.
Figures for the whole of Highland
These figures are published for the whole of Highland, not for each ward, so they describe all of Highland and not Black Isle alone. See Highland
Black Isle in brief
Black Isle had 10,515 usual residents at the census.
About 65% of people in Black Isle live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Black Isle, 69.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Black Isle, 1.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.