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Gorebridge and Mayfield

Town

Town in Midlothian, Scotland.

Gorebridge and Mayfield is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Gorebridge and Mayfield 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 49% of people in Gorebridge and Mayfield live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
20,425
533rd most populated of 1,209
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
49%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
95.6%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
3.2%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Gorebridge and Mayfield compares

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

Gorebridge and MayfieldMiddle
Population117 towns, Scotland · 2021
Population: every town in Scotland117 areas from 7,510 to 637,024. The middle area is 14,054. Gorebridge and Mayfield is 20,425.
20,42537th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares117 towns, Scotland · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every town in Scotland117 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 4.0%. Gorebridge and Mayfield is 49.0%.
49%joint 26th most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage117 towns, Scotland · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every town in Scotland117 areas from 17.5% to 99.8%. The middle area is 93.1%. Gorebridge and Mayfield is 95.6%.
95.6%joint 31st highest
Claimant rate117 towns, Scotland · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every town in Scotland117 areas from 0.7% to 6.3%. The middle area is 3.1%. Gorebridge and Mayfield is 3.2%.
3.2%joint 50th highest

What is the population of Gorebridge and Mayfield?

Gorebridge and Mayfield had 20,425 usual residents at the census.

Gorebridge and Mayfield is the 533rd most populated of 1,209 in the UK.

Neighbourhoods in Gorebridge and Mayfield

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Dalhousie - 07578No figureNo figure99.0%
Easthouses - 01892No figureNo figure99.7%
Easthouses - 02634No figureNo figure98.8%
Easthouses - 03846No figureNo figure93.3%
Easthouses - 04756No figureNo figure100.0%
Gorebridge and Birkenside - 01756No figureNo figure100.0%
Gorebridge and Birkenside - 02705No figureNo figure99.2%
Gorebridge and Birkenside - 03759No figureNo figure96.1%
Gorebridge and Birkenside - 04770No figureNo figure96.1%
Gorebridge and Birkenside - 05670No figureNo figure100.0%
Mayfield - 01688No figureNo figure100.0%
Mayfield - 02545No figureNo figure100.0%
Mayfield - 03995No figureNo figure87.3%
Mayfield - 04925No figureNo figure97.8%
Mayfield - 05613No figureNo figure94.4%
Mayfield - 06817No figureNo figure86.1%
Newtongrange - 01929No figureNo figure83.8%
Newtongrange - 02738No figureNo figure100.0%
Newtongrange - 03567No figureNo figure100.0%
Newtongrange - 04604No figureNo figure91.6%
Newtongrange - 05603No figureNo figure100.0%
Newtongrange - 06608No figureNo figure94.5%
North Gorebridge - 02734No figureNo figure100.0%
North Gorebridge - 03970No figureNo figure99.3%
North Gorebridge - 04633No figureNo figure88.7%
North Gorebridge - 05628No figureNo figure99.7%
Pathhead and Rural South East Midlothian - 02727No figureNo figure100.0%
Pathhead and Rural South East Midlothian - 04582No figureNo figure94.3%
Rural North East Midlothian - 06794No figureNo figure94.0%
Rural South Midlothian - 021,052No figureNo figure71.4%

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Postcode districts covering Gorebridge and Mayfield2

Middle areas in Gorebridge and Mayfield5

Towns near Gorebridge and Mayfield6

Gorebridge and Mayfield in brief

Gorebridge and Mayfield is a town in Midlothian, Scotland.

About 20,772 people lived in Gorebridge and Mayfield in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from NRS small-area estimates).

Gorebridge and Mayfield had 20,425 usual residents at the census.

About 49% of people in Gorebridge and Mayfield live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Gorebridge and Mayfield, 95.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Gorebridge and Mayfield, 3.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.