Compare

Galashiels - N - Low Buckholmside Gala Park and High Street

Neighbourhood

North Scottish Borders. 814 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 0.2 square kilometres.

Open in map

Gigabit coverage by neighbourhood

Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026

Under 60%98% or more

In Galashiels - N - Low Buckholmside Gala Park and High Street, 91.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

Population
789
Joint 8,389th least populated of 46,844
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
91.5%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
5.5%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026
Aged 15 to 64
71.9%
Joint 4,752nd highest of 46,844
ONS Census 2021 · 2021

Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020 is published for the 2011 Data Zones, whose boundaries differ from this neighbourhood’s, so it has no figure for Galashiels - N - Low Buckholmside Gala Park and High Street. See deprivation across Scottish Borders

How Galashiels - N - Low Buckholmside Gala Park and High Street compares

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

Galashiels - N - Low Buckholmside Gala Park and High StreetMiddle
Population158 neighbourhoods, Scottish Borders · 2021
Population: every neighbourhood in Scottish Borders158 areas from 486 to 988. The middle area is 739. Galashiels - N - Low Buckholmside Gala Park and High Street is 789.
789joint 62nd most populated
Gigabit broadband coverage158 neighbourhoods, Scottish Borders · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every neighbourhood in Scottish Borders158 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 86.1%. Galashiels - N - Low Buckholmside Gala Park and High Street is 91.5%.
91.5%55th highest
Claimant rate152 neighbourhoods, Scottish Borders · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every neighbourhood in Scottish Borders152 areas from 0.6% to 8.7%. The middle area is 2.4%. Galashiels - N - Low Buckholmside Gala Park and High Street is 5.5%.
5.5%joint 15th highest
Aged 15 to 64158 neighbourhoods, Scottish Borders · 2021
Aged 15 to 64: every neighbourhood in Scottish Borders158 areas from 45.4% to 72.6%. The middle area is 59.6%. Galashiels - N - Low Buckholmside Gala Park and High Street is 71.9%.
71.9%2nd highest

What is the population of Galashiels - N - Low Buckholmside Gala Park and High Street?

Galashiels - N - Low Buckholmside Gala Park and High Street had 789 usual residents at the census.

Galashiels - N - Low Buckholmside Gala Park and High Street is the joint 8,389th least populated of 46,844 in the UK.

Figures for the whole of Scottish Borders

These figures are published for the whole of Scottish Borders, not for each neighbourhood, so they describe all of Scottish Borders and not Galashiels - N - Low Buckholmside Gala Park and High Street alone. See Scottish Borders

Average house price
£195,045
Up 3.6% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£33,600
27th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
5.8×
Joint 78th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Population estimate
116,800
Down 0.3% in a year
ONS population estimates · 2025
Galashiels - N - Low Buckholmside Gala Park and High Street in brief

Galashiels - N - Low Buckholmside Gala Park and High Street had 789 usual residents at the census.

In Galashiels - N - Low Buckholmside Gala Park and High Street, 91.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Galashiels - N - Low Buckholmside Gala Park and High Street, 5.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.

71.9% of residents in Galashiels - N - Low Buckholmside Gala Park and High Street were aged 15 to 64 at the census.