ML12
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Biggar and West End, in South Lanarkshire.
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 ML12 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In ML12, 67.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How ML12 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
What is the population of ML12?
ML12 had 8,758 usual residents at the census.
ML12 is the 654th least populated of 2,756 in the UK.
Neighbourhoods in ML12
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biggar, Symington, Thankerton and Dolphinton - 01 | 892 | No figure | No figure | 36.4% |
| Biggar, Symington, Thankerton and Dolphinton - 02 | 794 | No figure | No figure | 83.7% |
| Biggar, Symington, Thankerton and Dolphinton - 03 | 682 | No figure | No figure | 49.4% |
| Biggar, Symington, Thankerton and Dolphinton - 04 | 543 | No figure | No figure | 74.5% |
| Biggar, Symington, Thankerton and Dolphinton - 05 | 685 | No figure | No figure | 97.7% |
| Biggar, Symington, Thankerton and Dolphinton - 06 | 759 | No figure | No figure | 28.4% |
| Biggar, Symington, Thankerton and Dolphinton - 07 | 796 | No figure | No figure | 58.6% |
| Biggar, Symington, Thankerton and Dolphinton - 08 | 867 | No figure | No figure | 60.3% |
| Broughton to Tweedsmuir | 858 | No figure | No figure | 52.2% |
| Clydesdale South - 01 | 440 | No figure | No figure | 95.0% |
| Clydesdale South - 02 | 727 | No figure | No figure | 94.6% |
| Clydesdale South - 03 | 461 | No figure | No figure | 98.1% |
| Clydesdale South - 04 | 886 | No figure | No figure | 82.1% |
Your MP
- David MundellConservativeMP for Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in ML122
Postcode sectors in ML122
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Postcode districts next to ML128
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ML12 in brief
ML12 is a postcode district covering Biggar and West End, in South Lanarkshire.
About 8,833 people lived in ML12 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from NRS small-area estimates).
ML12 had 8,758 usual residents at the census.
In ML12, 67.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In ML12, 2.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.
60.6% of residents in ML12 were aged 15 to 64 at the census.