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Hawick

Town

Town in Scottish Borders, Scotland.

Hawick is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Hawick 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 96% of people in Hawick live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
12,639
387th least populated of 1,209
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
96%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
93.2%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
4.2%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Hawick compares

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

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Population117 towns, Scotland · 2021
Population: every town in Scotland117 areas from 7,510 to 637,024. The middle area is 14,054. Hawick is 12,639.
12,63949th least 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%. Hawick is 96.0%.
96%joint 11th 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%. Hawick is 93.2%.
93.2%joint 57th 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%. Hawick is 4.2%.
4.2%joint 17th highest

What is the population of Hawick?

Hawick had 12,639 usual residents at the census.

Hawick is the 387th least populated of 1,209 in the UK.

Neighbourhoods in Hawick

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Hawick - Burnfoot - Central719No figureNo figure87.7%
Hawick - Burnfoot - East695No figureNo figure97.1%
Hawick - Burnfoot - North739No figureNo figure100.0%
Hawick - Burnfoot - West571No figureNo figure100.0%
Hawick - N - Commercial Road and Mansfield708No figureNo figure85.1%
Hawick - N - Silverbuthall Road854No figureNo figure100.0%
Hawick - N - Stirches870No figureNo figure96.4%
Hawick - N - Wilton Hill Area919No figureNo figure98.2%
Hawick - S - Lynnwood and Liddesdale Road Area869No figureNo figure98.9%
Hawick - S - West End East963No figureNo figure91.2%
Hawick - S - West End West809No figureNo figure98.8%
Hawick - S - Wilton Dean and Parkdaill657No figureNo figure91.9%
Hawick - SE - North Bridge Street Area655No figureNo figure99.3%
Hawick - SE - Orchard and Twirlees781No figureNo figure100.0%
Hawick - SE - Stonefield and Wellogate587No figureNo figure96.7%
Hawick - SE - Town Centre569No figureNo figure68.2%
Hawick - SE - Weensland Road East812No figureNo figure97.8%
Hawick - SE - Weensland Road West746No figureNo figure90.8%

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As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

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Postcode districts covering Hawick1

Middle areas in Hawick4

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Hawick in brief

Hawick is a town in Scottish Borders, Scotland.

About 12,741 people lived in Hawick in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from NRS small-area estimates).

Hawick had 12,639 usual residents at the census.

About 96% of people in Hawick live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Hawick, 93.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Hawick, 4.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.