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Cradlehall

Town

Town in Highland, Scotland.

Cradlehall is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Cradlehall 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 20% of people in Cradlehall live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
12,713
393rd least populated of 1,209
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
20%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
96.2%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
1.5%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Cradlehall compares

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

CradlehallMiddle
Population117 towns, Scotland · 2021
Population: every town in Scotland117 areas from 7,510 to 637,024. The middle area is 14,054. Cradlehall is 12,713.
12,71351st 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%. Cradlehall is 20.0%.
20%joint 38th 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%. Cradlehall is 96.2%.
96.2%joint 22nd 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%. Cradlehall is 1.5%.
1.5%joint 10th lowest

What is the population of Cradlehall?

Cradlehall had 12,713 usual residents at the census.

Cradlehall is the 393rd least populated of 1,209 in the UK.

Neighbourhoods in Cradlehall

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Inverness Culloden and Balloch - 01684No figureNo figure86.8%
Inverness Culloden and Balloch - 02655No figureNo figure98.1%
Inverness Culloden and Balloch - 03487No figureNo figure100.0%
Inverness Culloden and Balloch - 04534No figureNo figure70.8%
Inverness Culloden and Balloch - 05663No figureNo figure96.2%
Inverness Culloden and Balloch - 06801No figureNo figure98.4%
Inverness Smithton - 01747No figureNo figure98.8%
Inverness Smithton - 02502No figureNo figure100.0%
Inverness Smithton - 03645No figureNo figure100.0%
Inverness Smithton - 04628No figureNo figure99.0%
Inverness Smithton - 05438No figureNo figure97.8%
Inverness Westhill - 011,271No figureNo figure89.2%
Inverness Westhill - 02523No figureNo figure100.0%
Inverness Westhill - 03871No figureNo figure98.7%
Inverness Westhill - 04948No figureNo figure91.4%
Inverness Westhill - 05856No figureNo figure99.7%
Inverness Westhill - 06752No figureNo figure92.4%
Inverness Westhill - 07613No figureNo figure92.2%
Inverness Westhill - 08606No figureNo figure96.5%
Inverness Westhill - 09457No figureNo figure93.7%

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 Cradlehall1

Middle areas in Cradlehall3

Towns near Cradlehall2

Cradlehall in brief

Cradlehall is a town in Highland, Scotland.

About 13,192 people lived in Cradlehall in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from NRS small-area estimates).

Cradlehall had 12,713 usual residents at the census.

About 20% of people in Cradlehall live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Cradlehall, 96.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Cradlehall, 1.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.