Penicuik East
Middle areaWest Midlothian. 2,540 people in 0.6 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 62% of people in Penicuik East live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Penicuik East
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How Penicuik East compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
What is the population of Penicuik East?
Penicuik East had 2,583 usual residents at the census.
Penicuik East is the 684th least populated of 9,448 in the UK.
Figures for the whole of Midlothian
These figures are published for the whole of Midlothian, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Midlothian and not Penicuik East alone. See Midlothian
Penicuik East in brief
Penicuik East had 2,583 usual residents at the census.
About 62% of people in Penicuik East live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Penicuik East, 99.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Penicuik East, 3.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.