Elgin

Town

Town in Moray, Scotland.

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

Population

23,536

470th most populated of 1,209

ONS Census 2021 · 2021

Gigabit broadband coverage

89.5%

UK 87.8%

Ofcom · Jan 2026

Claimant rate

3.1%

UK 3.9%

ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Elgin compares

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

ElginMiddle

Population117 towns, Scotland · 2021

23,53632nd most populated

People in radon Affected Area squares117 towns, Scotland · 2022

0%joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas

Gigabit broadband coverage117 towns, Scotland · Jan 2026

89.5%36th lowest

Claimant rate117 towns, Scotland · Aug 2026

3.1%joint 56th lowest

What is the population of Elgin?

Elgin had 23,536 usual residents at the census.

Elgin is the 470th most populated of 1,209 in the UK.

Neighbourhoods in Elgin

Name	People (census)	Recorded crime per 1,000	Deprivation decile	Gigabit broadband
Elgin Bishopmill East, Ladyhill and High Street - 01	530	No figure	No figure	70.8%
Elgin Bishopmill East, Ladyhill and High Street - 02	596	No figure	No figure	90.8%
Elgin Bishopmill East, Ladyhill and High Street - 03	1,120	No figure	No figure	95.6%
Elgin Bishopmill East, Ladyhill and High Street - 04	884	No figure	No figure	98.3%
Elgin Bishopmill East, Ladyhill and High Street - 05	420	No figure	No figure	76.9%
Elgin Bishopmill West and Newfield - 01	556	No figure	No figure	99.5%
Elgin Bishopmill West and Newfield - 02	624	No figure	No figure	99.5%
Elgin Bishopmill West and Newfield - 03	396	No figure	No figure	97.6%
Elgin Bishopmill West and Newfield - 04	420	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Elgin Bishopmill West and Newfield - 05	783	No figure	No figure	83.8%
Elgin Bishopmill West and Newfield - 06	938	No figure	No figure	72.3%
Elgin Bishopmill West and Newfield - 07	516	No figure	No figure	99.4%
Elgin Central East, Kingsmills, Ashgrove and Pinefield - 01	478	No figure	No figure	92.3%
Elgin Central East, Kingsmills, Ashgrove and Pinefield - 02	500	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Elgin Central East, Kingsmills, Ashgrove and Pinefield - 03	468	No figure	No figure	91.6%
Elgin Central East, Kingsmills, Ashgrove and Pinefield - 04	416	No figure	No figure	77.0%
Elgin Central East, Kingsmills, Ashgrove and Pinefield - 05	637	No figure	No figure	74.5%
Elgin Central East, Kingsmills, Ashgrove and Pinefield - 06	785	No figure	No figure	91.1%
Elgin Central East, Kingsmills, Ashgrove and Pinefield - 07	903	No figure	No figure	86.0%
Elgin Central West - 01	733	No figure	No figure	89.6%
Elgin Central West - 02	843	No figure	No figure	85.0%
Elgin Central West - 03	843	No figure	No figure	95.9%
Elgin Central West - 04	668	No figure	No figure	47.1%
New Elgin East and The Wards - 01	902	No figure	No figure	100.0%
New Elgin East and The Wards - 02	596	No figure	No figure	97.5%
New Elgin East and The Wards - 03	1,099	No figure	No figure	100.0%
New Elgin East and The Wards - 04	725	No figure	No figure	98.2%
New Elgin East and The Wards - 05	516	No figure	No figure	92.3%
New Elgin East and The Wards - 06	600	No figure	No figure	77.3%
New Elgin East and The Wards - 07	788	No figure	No figure	98.8%
New Elgin West - 01	993	No figure	No figure	99.4%
New Elgin West - 02	519	No figure	No figure	92.7%
New Elgin West - 03	849	No figure	No figure	100.0%
New Elgin West - 04	747	No figure	No figure	74.2%
New Elgin West - 05	691	No figure	No figure	93.5%
New Elgin West - 06	670	No figure	No figure	93.3%

Your MP

Graham LeadbitterScottish National PartyMP for Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey

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

Moray

Postcode districts covering Elgin1

IV30

Middle areas in Elgin6

Towns near Elgin3

Elgin in brief

Elgin is a town in Moray, Scotland.

About 23,750 people lived in Elgin in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from NRS small-area estimates).

Elgin had 23,536 usual residents at the census.

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

In Elgin, 89.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Elgin, 3.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.