Compare

Penicuik

Ward

West Midlothian. About 13,485 people in 74 square kilometres.

Open in map

Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 66% of people in Penicuik live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
13,484
1,167th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
66%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
92.5%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.8%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Penicuik compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

PenicuikMiddle
Population6 wards, Midlothian · 2021
Population: every ward in Midlothian6 areas from 13,484 to 17,929. The middle area is 16,171. Penicuik is 13,484.
13,484least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares6 wards, Midlothian · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Midlothian6 areas from 2.0% to 66.0%. The middle area is 43.5%. Penicuik is 66.0%.
66%most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage6 wards, Midlothian · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Midlothian6 areas from 89.2% to 96.3%. The middle area is 92.3%. Penicuik is 92.5%.
92.5%3rd highest
Claimant rate6 wards, Midlothian · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Midlothian6 areas from 2.1% to 3.2%. The middle area is 2.7%. Penicuik is 2.8%.
2.8%3rd highest

What is the population of Penicuik?

Penicuik had 13,484 usual residents at the census.

Penicuik is the 1,167th most populated of 8,397 in the UK.

Figures for the whole of Midlothian

These figures are published for the whole of Midlothian, not for each ward, so they describe all of Midlothian and not Penicuik alone. See Midlothian

Average house price
£283,166
Up 1.2% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£41,189
117th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
6.9×
Joint 155th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Population estimate
100,390
Up 0.7% in a year
ONS population estimates · 2025
Penicuik in brief

Penicuik had 13,484 usual residents at the census.

About 66% of people in Penicuik live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Penicuik, 92.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Penicuik, 2.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.