Falkirk

Town

Town in Falkirk, Scotland.

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

Population

26,822

417th most populated of 1,209

ONS Census 2021 · 2021

Gigabit broadband coverage

92.2%

UK 87.8%

Ofcom · Jan 2026

Claimant rate

3.6%

UK 3.9%

ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Falkirk compares

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

FalkirkMiddle

Population117 towns, Scotland · 2021

26,82229th 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

92.2%50th lowest

Claimant rate117 towns, Scotland · Aug 2026

3.6%joint 34th highest

What is the population of Falkirk?

Falkirk had 26,822 usual residents at the census.

Falkirk is the 417th most populated of 1,209 in the UK.

Neighbourhoods in Falkirk

Name	People (census)	Recorded crime per 1,000	Deprivation decile	Gigabit broadband
Falkirk - Bainsford and Langlees - 01	608	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Falkirk - Bainsford and Langlees - 02	647	No figure	No figure	76.6%
Falkirk - Bainsford and Langlees - 03	727	No figure	No figure	93.1%
Falkirk - Bainsford and Langlees - 04	384	No figure	No figure	99.4%
Falkirk - Bainsford and Langlees - 05	577	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Falkirk - Bainsford and Langlees - 06	512	No figure	No figure	97.5%
Falkirk - Bantaskin - 01	998	No figure	No figure	73.3%
Falkirk - Bantaskin - 02	471	No figure	No figure	85.6%
Falkirk - Bantaskin - 03	603	No figure	No figure	97.9%
Falkirk - Bantaskin - 04	879	No figure	No figure	99.3%
Falkirk - Bantaskin - 05	520	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Falkirk - Grahamston - 01	833	No figure	No figure	96.8%
Falkirk - Grahamston - 02	396	No figure	No figure	97.9%
Falkirk - Grahamston - 03	634	No figure	No figure	92.4%
Falkirk - Grahamston - 04	816	No figure	No figure	87.9%
Falkirk - Grahamston - 05	747	No figure	No figure	90.8%
Falkirk - Lochgreen and Lionthorn - 01	662	No figure	No figure	88.3%
Falkirk - Lochgreen and Lionthorn - 02	716	No figure	No figure	98.9%
Falkirk - Lochgreen and Lionthorn - 03	471	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Falkirk - Lochgreen and Lionthorn - 04	783	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Falkirk - Lochgreen and Lionthorn - 05	1,057	No figure	No figure	91.1%
Falkirk - Merchiston and New Carron Village - 01	753	No figure	No figure	97.3%
Falkirk - Merchiston and New Carron Village - 02	665	No figure	No figure	84.3%
Falkirk - Merchiston and New Carron Village - 03	788	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Falkirk - Merchiston and New Carron Village - 04	556	No figure	No figure	98.6%
Falkirk - Merchiston and New Carron Village - 05	736	No figure	No figure	79.3%
Falkirk - Merchiston and New Carron Village - 06	861	No figure	No figure	99.3%
Falkirk - Middlefield - 01	509	No figure	No figure	88.9%
Falkirk - Middlefield - 02	909	No figure	No figure	78.4%
Falkirk - Middlefield - 03	960	No figure	No figure	99.8%
Falkirk - Tamfourhill - 01	594	No figure	No figure	98.5%
Falkirk - Tamfourhill - 02	779	No figure	No figure	98.8%
Falkirk - Tamfourhill - 03	621	No figure	No figure	98.5%
Falkirk - Tamfourhill - 04	614	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Falkirk - Town Centre and Callendar Park - 01	760	No figure	No figure	88.8%
Falkirk - Town Centre and Callendar Park - 03	833	No figure	No figure	65.5%
Falkirk - Town Centre and Callendar Park - 04	641	No figure	No figure	96.2%
Falkirk - Town Centre and Callendar Park - 05	454	No figure	No figure	65.1%
Falkirk - Westfield - 01	860	No figure	No figure	99.8%
Falkirk - Westfield - 02	690	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Falkirk - Westfield - 03	663	No figure	No figure	99.6%
High Bonnybridge and Greenhill - 02	868	No figure	No figure	80.2%

Your MP

Euan StainbankLabourMP for Falkirk

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

Falkirk

Postcode districts covering Falkirk3

Middle areas in Falkirk9

Towns near Falkirk6

Falkirk in brief

Falkirk is a town in Falkirk, Scotland.

About 27,358 people lived in Falkirk in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from NRS small-area estimates).

Falkirk had 26,822 usual residents at the census.

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

In Falkirk, 92.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Falkirk, 3.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.