Stichill Smailholm and Makerstoun
NeighbourhoodNorth east Scottish Borders. 654 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 54 square kilometres.
Gigabit coverage by neighbourhood
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In Stichill Smailholm and Makerstoun, 67.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
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 Stichill Smailholm and Makerstoun. See deprivation across Scottish Borders
How Stichill Smailholm and Makerstoun compares
Each dot is a neighbourhood. The black line marks the middle one.
What is the population of Stichill Smailholm and Makerstoun?
Stichill Smailholm and Makerstoun had 655 usual residents at the census.
Stichill Smailholm and Makerstoun is the joint 5,882nd 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 Stichill Smailholm and Makerstoun alone. See Scottish Borders
Stichill Smailholm and Makerstoun in brief
Stichill Smailholm and Makerstoun had 655 usual residents at the census.
In Stichill Smailholm and Makerstoun, 67.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Stichill Smailholm and Makerstoun, 2.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.
57.8% of residents in Stichill Smailholm and Makerstoun were aged 15 to 64 at the census.