Dalkeith
TownTown in Midlothian, Scotland.
Dalkeith is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Dalkeith 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.
Radon Affected Area by town
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 11% of people in Dalkeith live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Dalkeith compares
Each dot is a town. The black line marks the middle one.
What is the population of Dalkeith?
Dalkeith had 13,615 usual residents at the census.
Dalkeith is the 437th least populated of 1,209 in the UK.
Neighbourhoods in Dalkeith
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dalkeith - 01 | 539 | No figure | No figure | 55.6% |
| Dalkeith - 02 | 797 | No figure | No figure | 95.0% |
| Dalkeith - 03 | 741 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Dalkeith - 04 | 844 | No figure | No figure | 99.3% |
| Danderhall, Shawfair and Midlothian North - 02 | 814 | No figure | No figure | 92.2% |
| Eskbank and Newbattle - 01 | 519 | No figure | No figure | 89.1% |
| Eskbank and Newbattle - 02 | 523 | No figure | No figure | 88.1% |
| Eskbank and Newbattle - 03 | 516 | No figure | No figure | 60.0% |
| Eskbank and Newbattle - 05 | 499 | No figure | No figure | 96.8% |
| Eskbank and Newbattle - 06 | 635 | No figure | No figure | 98.4% |
| Eskbank and Newbattle - 07 | 803 | No figure | No figure | 82.7% |
| Eskbank and Newbattle - 08 | 962 | No figure | No figure | 82.5% |
| Rural North East Midlothian - 01 | 725 | No figure | No figure | 48.4% |
| Rural North East Midlothian - 03 | 755 | No figure | No figure | 90.3% |
| Rural North East Midlothian - 04 | 858 | No figure | No figure | 86.8% |
| Woodburn - 01 | 700 | No figure | No figure | 98.1% |
| Woodburn - 02 | 805 | No figure | No figure | 94.2% |
| Woodburn - 03 | 722 | No figure | No figure | 91.2% |
| Woodburn - 04 | 809 | No figure | No figure | 89.2% |
| Woodburn - 05 | 693 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Woodburn - 06 | 861 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Woodburn - 07 | 435 | No figure | No figure | 83.0% |
Your MP
- Kirsty McNeillLabour (Co-op)MP for Midlothian
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 Dalkeith1
Middle areas in Dalkeith4
Towns near Dalkeith6
Dalkeith in brief
Dalkeith is a town in Midlothian, Scotland.
About 14,016 people lived in Dalkeith in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from NRS small-area estimates).
Dalkeith had 13,615 usual residents at the census.
About 11% of people in Dalkeith live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Dalkeith, 88.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Dalkeith, 2.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.