Compare

Armadale

Town

Town in West Lothian, Scotland.

Armadale is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Armadale 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.

Open in map

Radon Affected Area by town

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

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

Population
12,376
373rd 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
92.9%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
3.2%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Armadale compares

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

ArmadaleMiddle
Population117 towns, Scotland · 2021
Population: every town in Scotland117 areas from 7,510 to 637,024. The middle area is 14,054. Armadale is 12,376.
12,37647th 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%. Armadale 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%. Armadale is 92.9%.
92.9%54th 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%. Armadale is 3.2%.
3.2%joint 50th highest

What is the population of Armadale?

Armadale had 12,376 usual residents at the census.

Armadale is the 373rd least populated of 1,209 in the UK.

Neighbourhoods in Armadale

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Armadale Academy West to James Street1,113No figureNo figure91.0%
Armadale Bathville East603No figureNo figure100.0%
Armadale Cricketfield Place691No figureNo figure100.0%
Armadale Drove Road418No figureNo figure99.5%
Armadale Greig Crescent721No figureNo figure97.0%
Armadale Hailstones Crescent610No figureNo figure100.0%
Armadale Kerr's Way765No figureNo figure100.0%
Armadale Mallace Avenue North and Birkdale547No figureNo figure100.0%
Armadale Mallace Avenue South1,116No figureNo figure100.0%
Armadale Manse Avenue425No figureNo figure87.8%
Armadale Mayfield583No figureNo figure88.1%
Armadale McNeil Crescent1,045No figureNo figure80.1%
Armadale Millburn Crescent714No figureNo figure97.1%
Armadale Morgan Way704No figureNo figure86.4%
Armadale Mount Pleasant and Upper Bathville619No figureNo figure89.9%
Armadale Station643No figureNo figure79.5%
Armadale Watt Avenue572No figureNo figure100.0%
Armadale Woodend Walk673No figureNo figure96.6%

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.

Council1

Postcode districts covering Armadale1

Middle areas in Armadale2

Towns near Armadale6

Armadale in brief

Armadale is a town in West Lothian, Scotland.

About 12,209 people lived in Armadale in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from NRS small-area estimates).

Armadale had 12,376 usual residents at the census.

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

In Armadale, 92.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Armadale, 3.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.