# EH47

Postcode district covering Whitburn, Blackburn and Fauldhouse, in West Lothian.

EH47 is a postcode district covering Whitburn, Blackburn and Fauldhouse, in West Lothian. About 27,541 people.

Postcode district. Code EH47. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [EH](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/eh)

Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an EH47 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Population: 27,352** (2021). EH47 had 27,352 usual residents at the census (Scotland's Census 2022). 1,063rd most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/eh47#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 4%** (2022). About 4% of people in EH47 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/eh47#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 94.4%** (January 2026). In EH47, 94.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/eh47#f-gigabit-coverage
- **Claimant rate: 3.5%** (August 2026). In EH47, 3.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026 (ONS via Nomis). UK 3.9%. Source: Claimant count (Nomis), August 2026. Published 15 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/eh47#f-claimant-rate

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas#place=EH47) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 4% of people in EH47 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Average house price by council](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices#place=EH47) (UK House Price Index · August 2026): Published for whole councils, so the map colours all of West Lothian, where most of this postcode district lies. The outline is EH47.
- [Crimes by council](https://openindex.co.uk/map/scotland-crime-count#place=EH47) (Recorded crimes and offences in Scotland · 2025/26): Published for whole councils, so the map colours all of West Lothian, where most of this postcode district lies. The outline is EH47.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population#place=EH47) (Census 2021, England and Wales): EH47 had 27,352 usual residents at the census.

## How EH47 compares

Each postcode district against every other postcode district the measure covers.

| Measure | EH47 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Population | 27,352 | 14th most populated | 54 postcode districts, EH · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 4% | 19th fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 54 postcode districts, EH · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 94.4% | 20th highest | 54 postcode districts, EH · Jan 2026 |
| Claimant rate | 3.5% | joint 5th highest | 53 postcode districts, EH · Aug 2026 |

## What is the population of EH47?

EH47 had 27,352 usual residents at the census.
EH47 is the 1,063rd most populated of 2,756 in the UK.

## Neighbourhoods in EH47

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Blackburn Centre](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lothian/neighbourhood/s01020742) | 502 | – | – | 100.0% |
| [Blackburn Centre North](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lothian/neighbourhood/s01020744) | 729 | – | – | 82.6% |
| [Blackburn Centre South](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lothian/neighbourhood/s01020739) | 804 | – | – | 86.2% |
| [Blackburn North East](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lothian/neighbourhood/s01020737) | 650 | – | – | 88.6% |
| [Blackburn North West](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lothian/neighbourhood/s01020743) | 441 | – | – | 100.0% |
| [Blackburn South East and Blackburnhall](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lothian/neighbourhood/s01020738) | 1,053 | – | – | 94.7% |
| [Blackburn South West](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lothian/neighbourhood/s01020740) | 610 | – | – | 98.3% |
| [Blackburn West](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lothian/neighbourhood/s01020741) | 680 | – | – | 99.7% |
| [East Whitburn North and Redmill](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lothian/neighbourhood/s01020749) | 749 | – | – | 100.0% |
| [East Whitburn South](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lothian/neighbourhood/s01020748) | 420 | – | – | 96.8% |
| [Fauldhouse Centre](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lothian/neighbourhood/s01020618) | 670 | – | – | 96.4% |
| [Fauldhouse Cricket Ground](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lothian/neighbourhood/s01020621) | 724 | – | – | 99.7% |
| [Fauldhouse Croftfoot](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lothian/neighbourhood/s01020620) | 637 | – | – | 99.3% |
| [Fauldhouse Greenburn](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lothian/neighbourhood/s01020619) | 921 | – | – | 100.0% |
| [Fauldhouse Langrigg](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lothian/neighbourhood/s01020622) | 607 | – | – | 85.5% |
| [Fauldhouse North](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lothian/neighbourhood/s01020623) | 417 | – | – | 100.0% |
| [Fauldhouse Station](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lothian/neighbourhood/s01020617) | 610 | – | – | 92.6% |
| [Longridge](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lothian/neighbourhood/s01020745) | 984 | – | – | 94.9% |
| [Seafield North](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lothian/neighbourhood/s01020735) | 708 | – | – | 99.4% |
| [Seafield South](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lothian/neighbourhood/s01020736) | 596 | – | – | 100.0% |
| [Stoneyburn Central](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lothian/neighbourhood/s01020627) | 702 | – | – | 89.2% |
| [Stoneyburn East](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lothian/neighbourhood/s01020628) | 596 | – | – | 99.7% |
| [Stoneyburn West / Bents](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lothian/neighbourhood/s01020626) | 567 | – | – | 99.6% |
| [Whitburn Blaeberry and Foulshiels](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lothian/neighbourhood/s01020746) | 678 | – | – | 95.2% |
| [Whitburn Brown Street](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lothian/neighbourhood/s01020753) | 876 | – | – | 99.8% |
| [Whitburn Dean Street](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lothian/neighbourhood/s01020758) | 571 | – | – | 97.6% |
| [Whitburn Dixon Road and Burnhouse](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lothian/neighbourhood/s01020754) | 614 | – | – | 96.1% |
| [Whitburn Drysdale Avenue](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lothian/neighbourhood/s01020759) | 770 | – | – | 82.9% |
| [Whitburn East Main Street](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lothian/neighbourhood/s01020750) | 828 | – | – | 91.4% |
| [Whitburn Gardner Crescent](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lothian/neighbourhood/s01020755) | 769 | – | – | 100.0% |
| [Whitburn Glenisla Court](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lothian/neighbourhood/s01020747) | 801 | – | – | 99.7% |
| [Whitburn Heartlands North](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lothian/neighbourhood/s01020762) | 954 | – | – | 99.2% |
| [Whitburn Heartlands South and Rural West](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lothian/neighbourhood/s01020763) | 937 | – | – | 95.9% |
| [Whitburn Kepscaith](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lothian/neighbourhood/s01020760) | 865 | – | – | 87.2% |
| [Whitburn Lomond Crescent](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lothian/neighbourhood/s01020757) | 427 | – | – | 94.2% |
| [Whitburn Netherton Grove](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lothian/neighbourhood/s01020761) | 671 | – | – | 65.1% |
| [Whitburn Union Drive](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lothian/neighbourhood/s01020756) | 893 | – | – | 98.9% |
| [Whitburn War Memorial](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lothian/neighbourhood/s01020752) | 621 | – | – | 88.9% |
| [Whitburn Whitdale School](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lothian/neighbourhood/s01020751) | 698 | – | – | 97.3% |

## Your MP

- [Bathgate and Linlithgow](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/bathgate-and-linlithgow): Kirsteen Sullivan (Labour (Co-op)), MP since July 2024. 71% of the people here.
- [Livingston](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/livingston): Gregor Poynton (Labour), MP since July 2024. 29% of the people here.
- [Airdrie and Shotts](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/airdrie-and-shotts): Kenneth Stevenson (Labour), MP since July 2024. 0.4% of the people here.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Middle areas in EH47

[Blackburn Central](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lothian/blackburn-central), [Blackburn East and Seafield](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lothian/blackburn-east-and-seafield), [Fauldhouse](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lothian/fauldhouse), [Stoneyburn, Addiewell and Breich](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lothian/stoneyburn-addiewell-and-breich), [Whitburn Central](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lothian/whitburn-central), [Whitburn West and Greenrigg](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lothian/whitburn-west-and-greenrigg), [Whitburn Whitdale, East Whitburn and Longridge](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lothian/whitburn-whitdale-east-whitburn-and-longridge)

## Postcode sectors in EH47

[EH47 0 (223 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/eh47-0), [EH47 7 (199 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/eh47-7), [EH47 8 (185 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/eh47-8), [EH47 9 (137 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/eh47-9)

## Council

[West Lothian](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lothian)

## Towns in EH47

[Whitburn](https://openindex.co.uk/town/whitburn)

## Postcode districts next to EH47

[EH48](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/eh48), [EH55](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/eh55), [ML6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ml6), [ML7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ml7)

## Nearest rail stations

[Breich (3.2 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations#around=-3.6681,55.8273), [Fauldhouse (3.4 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations#around=-3.7193,55.8225), [Armadale (West Lothian) (3.9 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations#around=-3.6954,55.8857), [Blackridge (5.0 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations#around=-3.7508,55.8843)

## More in the EH postcode area

[All EH postcode districts](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/eh), [Every UK postcode area](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode)

## EH47 in brief

EH47 is a postcode district covering Whitburn, Blackburn and Fauldhouse, in West Lothian.
About 27,541 people lived in EH47 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from NRS small-area estimates).
EH47 had 27,352 usual residents at the census.
About 4% of people in EH47 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In EH47, 94.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In EH47, 3.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: EH47
- Postcode area: [EH](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/eh)
- Constituency: [Bathgate and Linlithgow †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/bathgate-and-linlithgow)
- Council: [West Lothian †](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lothian)
- Area: 51.17 km²
- People, mid-2024: 27,541*
- Neighbourhoods: 39
- Output areas: 241

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency, council and nation this postcode district mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[EH55](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/eh55), [EH48](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/eh48), [ML6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ml6), [ML7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ml7)

## Latest updates for EH47

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.
- GP practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/EH47

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/eh47, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/eh47#f-population.

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Snapshot 2026.10.10. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/eh47