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Bonnyrigg

Town

Town in Midlothian, Scotland.

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

Population
17,659
600th most 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
96.4%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.1%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Bonnyrigg compares

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

BonnyriggMiddle
Population117 towns, Scotland · 2021
Population: every town in Scotland117 areas from 7,510 to 637,024. The middle area is 14,054. Bonnyrigg is 17,659.
17,65944th 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%. Bonnyrigg 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%. Bonnyrigg is 96.4%.
96.4%18th highest
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%. Bonnyrigg is 2.1%.
2.1%joint 25th lowest

What is the population of Bonnyrigg?

Bonnyrigg had 17,659 usual residents at the census.

Bonnyrigg is the 600th most populated of 1,209 in the UK.

Neighbourhoods in Bonnyrigg

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Bonnyrigg North - 01733No figureNo figure92.4%
Bonnyrigg North - 02879No figureNo figure100.0%
Bonnyrigg North - 03697No figureNo figure95.6%
Bonnyrigg North - 04725No figureNo figure90.2%
Bonnyrigg North - 051,181No figureNo figure94.9%
Bonnyrigg North - 06723No figureNo figure99.5%
Bonnyrigg North - 07654No figureNo figure99.7%
Dalhousie - 01626No figureNo figure100.0%
Dalhousie - 02511No figureNo figure95.6%
Dalhousie - 03585No figureNo figure100.0%
Dalhousie - 04565No figureNo figure99.0%
Eskbank and Newbattle - 04640No figureNo figure99.7%
Hopefield - 011,039No figureNo figure85.6%
Hopefield - 02802No figureNo figure99.7%
Hopefield - 03873No figureNo figure99.4%
Hopefield - 04755No figureNo figure100.0%
Hopefield - 05727No figureNo figure100.0%
Hopefield - 06712No figureNo figure87.5%
Poltonhall - 011,027No figureNo figure87.4%
Poltonhall - 02733No figureNo figure100.0%
Poltonhall - 03470No figureNo figure99.5%
Poltonhall - 04729No figureNo figure99.7%
Poltonhall - 05445No figureNo figure98.6%
Poltonhall - 06475No figureNo figure99.6%
Poltonhall - 07629No figureNo figure99.7%

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 Bonnyrigg2

Middle areas in Bonnyrigg4

Towns near Bonnyrigg6

Bonnyrigg in brief

Bonnyrigg is a town in Midlothian, Scotland.

About 17,590 people lived in Bonnyrigg in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from NRS small-area estimates).

Bonnyrigg had 17,659 usual residents at the census.

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

In Bonnyrigg, 96.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Bonnyrigg, 2.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.