Forres
TownTown in Moray, Scotland.
Forres is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Forres 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 1% of people in Forres live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Forres compares
Each dot is a town. The black line marks the middle one.
What is the population of Forres?
Forres had 8,993 usual residents at the census.
Forres is the 156th least populated of 1,209 in the UK.
Neighbourhoods in Forres
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forres Central East - 01 | 659 | No figure | No figure | 68.6% |
| Forres Central East - 02 | 469 | No figure | No figure | 84.5% |
| Forres Central East - 03 | 636 | No figure | No figure | 87.8% |
| Forres Central East - 04 | 471 | No figure | No figure | 74.2% |
| Forres Central East - 05 | 522 | No figure | No figure | 61.7% |
| Forres Central East - 06 | 555 | No figure | No figure | 64.5% |
| Forres Central East - 07 | 582 | No figure | No figure | 79.5% |
| Forres South West, Pilmuir and Mannachie - 01 | 706 | No figure | No figure | 58.6% |
| Forres South West, Pilmuir and Mannachie - 02 | 576 | No figure | No figure | 41.0% |
| Forres South West, Pilmuir and Mannachie - 03 | 558 | No figure | No figure | 36.6% |
| Forres South West, Pilmuir and Mannachie - 04 | 671 | No figure | No figure | 17.2% |
| Forres South West, Pilmuir and Mannachie - 05 | 676 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Forres South West, Pilmuir and Mannachie - 06 | 662 | No figure | No figure | 95.1% |
| Forres South West, Pilmuir and Mannachie - 08 | 698 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Forres South West, Pilmuir and Mannachie - 09 | 961 | No figure | No figure | 97.6% |
Your MP
- Graham LeadbitterScottish National PartyMP for Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey
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 Forres1
Middle areas in Forres2
Towns near Forres2
Forres in brief
Forres is a town in Moray, Scotland.
About 9,056 people lived in Forres in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from NRS small-area estimates).
Forres had 8,993 usual residents at the census.
About 1% of people in Forres live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Forres, 72.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Forres, 4.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.