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Galashiels - W - Balmoral Avenue to Livingstone Place

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North Scottish Borders. 667 people in 0.1 square kilometres.

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Gigabit coverage by neighbourhood

Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026

Under 60%98% or more

In Galashiels - W - Balmoral Avenue to Livingstone Place, 99.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

Population
659
5,973rd lowest of 46,844
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
99.5%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.0%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026
Aged 15 to 64
68.0%
9,897th 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 - W - Balmoral Avenue to Livingstone Place. See deprivation across Scottish Borders

How Galashiels - W - Balmoral Avenue to Livingstone Place compares

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Galashiels - W - Balmoral Avenue to Livingstone PlaceMiddle
Population158 neighbourhoods, Scottish Borders · 2021
Population: every neighbourhood in Scottish Borders158 areas from 486 to 988. The middle area is 739. Galashiels - W - Balmoral Avenue to Livingstone Place is 659.
65954th lowest
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 - W - Balmoral Avenue to Livingstone Place is 99.5%.
99.5%13th 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 - W - Balmoral Avenue to Livingstone Place is 2.0%.
2.0%joint 54th lowest
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 - W - Balmoral Avenue to Livingstone Place is 68.0%.
68.0%9th highest

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 - W - Balmoral Avenue to Livingstone Place alone. See Scottish Borders

Average house price
£193,050
Up 4.5% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£33,600
27th lowest of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
5.7×
72nd most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Female life expectancy
82.7years
UK 83.0 years
ONS life expectancy · 2022 to 2024
Galashiels - W - Balmoral Avenue to Livingstone Place in brief

Galashiels - W - Balmoral Avenue to Livingstone Place had 659 usual residents at the census.

In Galashiels - W - Balmoral Avenue to Livingstone Place, 99.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Galashiels - W - Balmoral Avenue to Livingstone Place, 2.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.

68.0% of residents in Galashiels - W - Balmoral Avenue to Livingstone Place were aged 15 to 64 at the census.