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Broxburn

Town

Town in West Lothian, Scotland.

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

Population
10,407
254th 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
96.8%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.0%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Broxburn compares

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

BroxburnMiddle
Population117 towns, Scotland · 2021
Population: every town in Scotland117 areas from 7,510 to 637,024. The middle area is 14,054. Broxburn is 10,407.
10,40734th 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%. Broxburn 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%. Broxburn is 96.8%.
96.8%15th 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%. Broxburn is 2.0%.
2.0%joint 20th lowest

What is the population of Broxburn?

Broxburn had 10,407 usual residents at the census.

Broxburn is the 254th least populated of 1,209 in the UK.

Neighbourhoods in Broxburn

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Broxburn Aitken Orr Drive634No figureNo figure100.0%
Broxburn East Mains and Burnside994No figureNo figure79.2%
Broxburn Greendykes Road676No figureNo figure96.9%
Broxburn Holygate and Parklands573No figureNo figure99.6%
Broxburn Kirkhill Academy494No figureNo figure100.0%
Broxburn Kirkhill Centre West630No figureNo figure96.9%
Broxburn Kirkhill North East572No figureNo figure100.0%
Broxburn Kirkhill North West521No figureNo figure99.6%
Broxburn Kirkhill South East and Strathbrock North783No figureNo figure97.2%
Broxburn Kirkhill South West707No figureNo figure100.0%
Broxburn Old Town552No figureNo figure95.8%
Broxburn Port Buchan North, Greendykes and Niddry742No figureNo figure98.0%
Broxburn Port Buchan South785No figureNo figure96.0%
Broxburn Station Road544No figureNo figure98.6%
Broxburn Strathbrock East546No figureNo figure100.0%
Broxburn Strathbrock South652No figureNo figure100.0%
Broxburn Strathbrock West592No figureNo figure99.5%

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Postcode districts covering Broxburn1

Middle areas in Broxburn3

Towns near Broxburn6

Broxburn in brief

Broxburn is a town in West Lothian, Scotland.

About 10,511 people lived in Broxburn in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from NRS small-area estimates).

Broxburn had 10,407 usual residents at the census.

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

In Broxburn, 96.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Broxburn, 2.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.