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Arbroath

Town

Town in Angus, Scotland.

Arbroath is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Arbroath 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 88% of people in Arbroath live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
21,417
508th most populated of 1,209
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
88%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
81.5%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
4.9%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Arbroath compares

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

ArbroathMiddle
Population117 towns, Scotland · 2021
Population: every town in Scotland117 areas from 7,510 to 637,024. The middle area is 14,054. Arbroath is 21,417.
21,41735th most 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%. Arbroath is 88.0%.
88%15th most 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%. Arbroath is 81.5%.
81.5%joint 12th 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%. Arbroath is 4.9%.
4.9%6th highest

What is the population of Arbroath?

Arbroath had 21,417 usual residents at the census.

Arbroath is the 508th most populated of 1,209 in the UK.

Neighbourhoods in Arbroath

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Arbroath Cliffburn - 01792No figureNo figure97.0%
Arbroath Cliffburn - 02477No figureNo figure100.0%
Arbroath Cliffburn - 03474No figureNo figure100.0%
Arbroath Cliffburn - 04689No figureNo figure99.7%
Arbroath Cliffburn - 05682No figureNo figure100.0%
Arbroath Cliffburn - 06497No figureNo figure96.9%
Arbroath Cliffburn - 07571No figureNo figure100.0%
Arbroath Cliffburn - 08925No figureNo figure88.2%
Arbroath Harbour - 01970No figureNo figure87.5%
Arbroath Harbour - 02824No figureNo figure31.5%
Arbroath Harbour - 03551No figureNo figure31.0%
Arbroath Harbour - 04707No figureNo figure40.3%
Arbroath Harbour - 05582No figureNo figure35.1%
Arbroath Harbour - 06824No figureNo figure84.1%
Arbroath Keptie - 01778No figureNo figure96.1%
Arbroath Keptie - 02693No figureNo figure87.3%
Arbroath Keptie - 03925No figureNo figure94.9%
Arbroath Keptie - 041,046No figureNo figure96.5%
Arbroath Kirkton - 01825No figureNo figure95.8%
Arbroath Kirkton - 02984No figureNo figure66.5%
Arbroath Kirkton - 03686No figureNo figure97.6%
Arbroath Kirkton - 04648No figureNo figure100.0%
Arbroath Kirkton - 05555No figureNo figure98.4%
Arbroath Kirkton - 06747No figureNo figure81.0%
Arbroath Kirkton - 07852No figureNo figure83.9%
Arbroath Landward - 03705No figureNo figure50.4%
Arbroath Warddykes - 01591No figureNo figure58.3%
Arbroath Warddykes - 02493No figureNo figure89.9%
Arbroath Warddykes - 03700No figureNo figure99.4%
Arbroath Warddykes - 05681No figureNo figure86.5%
Arbroath Warddykes - 06699No figureNo figure71.1%
Arbroath Warddykes - 07458No figureNo figure43.7%

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 Arbroath1

Middle areas in Arbroath5

Towns near Arbroath6

Arbroath in brief

Arbroath is a town in Angus, Scotland.

About 21,894 people lived in Arbroath in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from NRS small-area estimates).

Arbroath had 21,417 usual residents at the census.

About 88% of people in Arbroath live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Arbroath, 81.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Arbroath, 4.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.