Bathgate

Town

Town in West Lothian, Scotland.

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

Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026

Under 60%98% or more

In Bathgate, 93.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

Population

20,878

524th most populated of 1,209

ONS Census 2021 · 2021

Gigabit broadband coverage

93.0%

UK 87.8%

Ofcom · Jan 2026

Claimant rate

3.2%

UK 3.9%

ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

Aged 15 to 64

66.3%

116th highest of 1,209

ONS Census 2021 · 2021

How Bathgate compares

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

BathgateMiddle

Population117 towns, Scotland · 2021

20,87836th most populated

Gigabit broadband coverage117 towns, Scotland · Jan 2026

93.0%joint 55th lowest

Claimant rate117 towns, Scotland · Aug 2026

3.2%joint 50th highest

Aged 15 to 64117 towns, Scotland · 2021

66.3%joint 11th highest

What is the population of Bathgate?

Bathgate had 20,878 usual residents at the census.

Bathgate is the 524th most populated of 1,209 in the UK.

Neighbourhoods in Bathgate

Name	People (census)	Recorded crime per 1,000	Deprivation decile	Gigabit broadband
Bathgate Balbardie Avenue	565	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Bathgate Belvedere East	792	No figure	No figure	89.0%
Bathgate Belvedere West and Easton	564	No figure	No figure	91.1%
Bathgate Birniehill	1,029	No figure	No figure	93.4%
Bathgate Boghall Centre	629	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Bathgate Boghall Limefield	514	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Bathgate Boghall North East	598	No figure	No figure	99.7%
Bathgate Boghall North West	613	No figure	No figure	99.7%
Bathgate Boghall South East	529	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Bathgate Boghall South West and Kirkton	508	No figure	No figure	98.6%
Bathgate Boghall Starlaw Crescent	562	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Bathgate Centre Station	893	No figure	No figure	75.3%
Bathgate Cochrane Street	616	No figure	No figure	74.0%
Bathgate Crosshill Drive	700	No figure	No figure	99.5%
Bathgate Falside	704	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Bathgate Glenmavis East	404	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Bathgate Glenmavis West	594	No figure	No figure	97.7%
Bathgate Gordon Avenue	763	No figure	No figure	94.6%
Bathgate Hamilton Road	1,013	No figure	No figure	98.6%
Bathgate Hope Park Gardens	428	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Bathgate Hopetoun Street	771	No figure	No figure	85.8%
Bathgate Kirk Road and Kaim Park	631	No figure	No figure	84.9%
Bathgate Wester Inch Centre Simpson Avenue	878	No figure	No figure	94.7%
Bathgate Wester Inch East and Inchwood	544	No figure	No figure	81.8%
Bathgate Wester Inch Leyland Road Centre North	663	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Bathgate Wester Inch Leyland Road Centre South	544	No figure	No figure	97.5%
Bathgate Wester Inch Leyland Road North West	763	No figure	No figure	81.6%
Bathgate Wester Inch Leyland Road South West	692	No figure	No figure	89.6%
Bathgate Wester Inch North East	926	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Bathgate Wester Inch South West and Inchcross	802	No figure	No figure	99.4%
Bathgate Whiteside North	730	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Bathgate Whiteside South	494	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Bathgate Windyknowe	844	No figure	No figure	100.0%

Your MP

Kirsteen SullivanLabour (Co-op)MP for Bathgate and Linlithgow

As of 18 October 2026, from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

Council1

West Lothian

Postcode districts covering Bathgate1

EH48

Middle areas in Bathgate5

Towns near Bathgate6

Bathgate in brief

Bathgate is a town in West Lothian, Scotland.

About 20,774 people lived in Bathgate in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from NRS small-area estimates).

Bathgate had 20,878 usual residents at the census.

In Bathgate, 93.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

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

66.3% of residents in Bathgate were aged 15 to 64 at the census.