Galashiels

Town

Town in Scottish Borders, Scotland.

Galashiels is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Galashiels 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 3% of people in Galashiels live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population

14,054

458th least populated of 1,209

ONS Census 2021 · 2021

Gigabit broadband coverage

87.0%

UK 87.8%

Ofcom · Jan 2026

Claimant rate

3.5%

UK 3.9%

ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Galashiels compares

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

GalashielsMiddle

Population117 towns, Scotland · 2021

14,05459th most populated

People in radon Affected Area squares117 towns, Scotland · 2022

3%joint 52nd fewest people in radon Affected Areas

Gigabit broadband coverage117 towns, Scotland · Jan 2026

87.0%25th lowest

Claimant rate117 towns, Scotland · Aug 2026

3.5%joint 39th highest

What is the population of Galashiels?

Galashiels had 14,054 usual residents at the census.

Galashiels is the 458th least populated of 1,209 in the UK.

Neighbourhoods in Galashiels

Name	People (census)	Recorded crime per 1,000	Deprivation decile	Gigabit broadband
Galashiels - E - Coopersknowe and Melrose Gait West	632	No figure	No figure	97.0%
Galashiels - E - Melrose Gait East	594	No figure	No figure	95.5%
Galashiels - Langlee - Beech Avenue and Langlee Drive	741	No figure	No figure	50.3%
Galashiels - Langlee - Hawthorn Road Area	766	No figure	No figure	90.0%
Galashiels - Langlee - Kenilworth Avenue Area	799	No figure	No figure	91.1%
Galashiels - N - Halliburton and Ladhope	912	No figure	No figure	95.0%
Galashiels - N - Low Buckholmside Gala Park and High Street	789	No figure	No figure	91.5%
Galashiels - N - Windyknowe to Kilnknowe Place	888	No figure	No figure	98.5%
Galashiels - N - Wood Street	613	No figure	No figure	98.9%
Galashiels - N - Woodlea to Magdala Terrace	616	No figure	No figure	83.3%
Galashiels - S - Abbotsford Road to Barr Road	900	No figure	No figure	96.6%
Galashiels - S - Huddersfield Street to Tweed Road	772	No figure	No figure	78.4%
Galashiels - S - Melrose Road and Glenfield	582	No figure	No figure	87.8%
Galashiels - S - Netherdale and Kingsknowe	942	No figure	No figure	99.6%
Galashiels - W - Balmoral	928	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Galashiels - W - Balmoral Avenue to Livingstone Place	659	No figure	No figure	99.5%
Galashiels - W - Overhaugh Street to Scott Crescent	738	No figure	No figure	99.8%
Galashiels - W - Victoria Street to Mossilee Road	739	No figure	No figure	83.7%
Tweedbank - East and Craw Wood	741	No figure	No figure	94.8%
Tweedbank - Essenside Drive to Jura Drive	692	No figure	No figure	12.1%
Tweedbank - Honeylees Drive to Abbotsferry Road	615	No figure	No figure	83.1%

Your MP

John LamontConservativeMP for Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk

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

Scottish Borders

Postcode districts covering Galashiels1

Middle areas in Galashiels5

Towns near Galashiels4

Galashiels in brief

Galashiels is a town in Scottish Borders, Scotland.

About 14,453 people lived in Galashiels in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from NRS small-area estimates).

Galashiels had 14,054 usual residents at the census.

About 3% of people in Galashiels live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Galashiels, 87.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Galashiels, 3.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.