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Annan

Town

Town in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

Annan is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Annan add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.

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Radon Affected Area by town

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 0% of people in Annan live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
8,198
78th least populated of 1,209
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
81.1%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
4.2%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Annan compares

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

AnnanMiddle
Population117 towns, Scotland · 2021
Population: every town in Scotland117 areas from 7,510 to 637,024. The middle area is 14,054. Annan is 8,198.
8,19811th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares117 towns, Scotland · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every town in Scotland117 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 4.0%. Annan is 0.0%.
0%joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage117 towns, Scotland · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every town in Scotland117 areas from 17.5% to 99.8%. The middle area is 93.1%. Annan is 81.1%.
81.1%11th lowest
Claimant rate117 towns, Scotland · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every town in Scotland117 areas from 0.7% to 6.3%. The middle area is 3.1%. Annan is 4.2%.
4.2%joint 17th highest

What is the population of Annan?

Annan had 8,198 usual residents at the census.

Annan is the 78th least populated of 1,209 in the UK.

Neighbourhoods in Annan

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Annan East - 01525No figureNo figure98.6%
Annan East - 02702No figureNo figure97.7%
Annan East - 03398No figureNo figure77.3%
Annan East - 04634No figureNo figure80.5%
Annan East - 05978No figureNo figure99.8%
Annan East - 06772No figureNo figure96.7%
Annan East - 07850No figureNo figure66.0%
Annan West - 01802No figureNo figure90.2%
Annan West - 02708No figureNo figure36.4%
Annan West - 03862No figureNo figure88.7%
Annan West - 04794No figureNo figure82.4%
Eastriggs - 01669No figureNo figure72.9%

Your MP

As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

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Postcode districts covering Annan1

Middle areas in Annan2

Towns near Annan2

Annan in brief

Annan is a town in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

About 8,314 people lived in Annan in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from NRS small-area estimates).

Annan had 8,198 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in Annan live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Annan, 81.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Annan, 4.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.