# Deprivation in Scottish Borders South east Scotland. 116,800 people (mid-2025 estimate) in 4,739 square kilometres, the 7th most sparsely populated council in the UK. 2 layers about deprivation for Scottish Borders, each at the level its publisher released it, with its own date and source. In: [Scotland](https://openindex.co.uk/scotland) ## Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020 Neighbourhood level, Scotland only, 2020. Source: Scottish Government. Published for neighbourhoods, not as one figure for the whole of Scottish Borders. The map shows each one. [Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-scotland?place=S12000026) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-scotland) · https://openindex.co.uk/scottish-borders/deprivation#l-simd-2020-decile ## Deprivation rank (Scotland) Neighbourhood level, Scotland only, 2020. Source: Scottish Government. Published for neighbourhoods, not as one figure for the whole of Scottish Borders. The map shows each one. [Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-rank-scotland?place=S12000026) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-rank-scotland) · https://openindex.co.uk/scottish-borders/deprivation#l-simd-2020-rank ## More on this place - [Overview](https://openindex.co.uk/scottish-borders) - [Housing](https://openindex.co.uk/scottish-borders/housing) (8) - [Crime](https://openindex.co.uk/scottish-borders/crime) (6) - [People](https://openindex.co.uk/scottish-borders/people) (15) - [Health](https://openindex.co.uk/scottish-borders/health) (4) - [Education](https://openindex.co.uk/scottish-borders/education) (2) - [Environment](https://openindex.co.uk/scottish-borders/environment) (5) - [Transport](https://openindex.co.uk/scottish-borders/transport) (4) - [Connectivity](https://openindex.co.uk/scottish-borders/connectivity) (5) - [Economy](https://openindex.co.uk/scottish-borders/economy) (4) - [Council tax](https://openindex.co.uk/scottish-borders/council-tax) (2) - [Elections](https://openindex.co.uk/scottish-borders/elections) (7) - [Local services](https://openindex.co.uk/scottish-borders/services) (1) - [Sources](https://openindex.co.uk/scottish-borders/sources) (22) The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/S12000026/data?family=deprivation ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/scottish-borders/deprivation, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/scottish-borders/deprivation#l-simd-2020-decile. Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it. Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/scottish-borders/deprivation