Inverness

Town

Town in Highland, Scotland.

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

Population

49,295

223rd most populated of 1,209

ONS Census 2021 · 2021

Gigabit broadband coverage

93.0%

UK 87.8%

Ofcom · Jan 2026

Claimant rate

2.9%

UK 3.9%

ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Inverness compares

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

InvernessMiddle

Population117 towns, Scotland · 2021

49,29510th most populated

People in radon Affected Area squares117 towns, Scotland · 2022

49%joint 26th most people in radon Affected Areas

Gigabit broadband coverage117 towns, Scotland · Jan 2026

93.0%joint 55th lowest

Claimant rate117 towns, Scotland · Aug 2026

2.9%joint 49th lowest

What is the population of Inverness?

Inverness had 49,295 usual residents at the census.

Inverness is the 223rd most populated of 1,209 in the UK.

Neighbourhoods in Inverness

Name	People (census)	Recorded crime per 1,000	Deprivation decile	Gigabit broadband
Inverness Ballifeary and Dalneigh - 01	505	No figure	No figure	99.6%
Inverness Ballifeary and Dalneigh - 02	550	No figure	No figure	97.6%
Inverness Ballifeary and Dalneigh - 03	865	No figure	No figure	98.7%
Inverness Ballifeary and Dalneigh - 04	1,041	No figure	No figure	98.1%
Inverness Ballifeary and Dalneigh - 05	529	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Inverness Ballifeary and Dalneigh - 06	745	No figure	No figure	99.7%
Inverness Central, Raigmore and Longman - 01	583	No figure	No figure	36.1%
Inverness Central, Raigmore and Longman - 02	626	No figure	No figure	50.3%
Inverness Central, Raigmore and Longman - 03	851	No figure	No figure	93.6%
Inverness Central, Raigmore and Longman - 04	596	No figure	No figure	88.9%
Inverness Central, Raigmore and Longman - 05	829	No figure	No figure	95.1%
Inverness Central, Raigmore and Longman - 06	671	No figure	No figure	65.6%
Inverness Crown and Haugh - 01	684	No figure	No figure	81.8%
Inverness Crown and Haugh - 02	954	No figure	No figure	92.5%
Inverness Crown and Haugh - 03	756	No figure	No figure	85.1%
Inverness Crown and Haugh - 04	881	No figure	No figure	99.2%
Inverness Crown and Haugh - 05	952	No figure	No figure	92.6%
Inverness Drakies - 01	749	No figure	No figure	97.1%
Inverness Drakies - 02	804	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Inverness Drakies - 03	673	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Inverness Drummond - 01	795	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Inverness Drummond - 02	693	No figure	No figure	94.2%
Inverness Drummond - 03	631	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Inverness Drummond - 04	534	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Inverness Drummond - 05	677	No figure	No figure	82.8%
Inverness Hilton - 01	850	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Inverness Hilton - 02	692	No figure	No figure	99.4%
Inverness Hilton - 03	647	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Inverness Hilton - 04	611	No figure	No figure	99.1%
Inverness Hilton - 05	732	No figure	No figure	99.7%
Inverness Inshes - 01	819	No figure	No figure	99.7%
Inverness Inshes - 02	704	No figure	No figure	99.3%
Inverness Inshes - 03	716	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Inverness Inshes - 04	434	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Inverness Inshes - 05	962	No figure	No figure	87.0%
Inverness Inshes - 06	981	No figure	No figure	97.8%
Inverness Inshes - 07	635	No figure	No figure	97.1%
Inverness Inshes - 08	760	No figure	No figure	99.1%
Inverness Kinmylies and South West - 01	795	No figure	No figure	92.3%
Inverness Kinmylies and South West - 02	835	No figure	No figure	99.8%
Inverness Kinmylies and South West - 03	585	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Inverness Kinmylies and South West - 04	876	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Inverness Kinmylies and South West - 05	376	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Inverness Kinmylies and South West - 06	714	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Inverness Lochardil and Holm Mains - 01	972	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Inverness Lochardil and Holm Mains - 02	977	No figure	No figure	96.3%
Inverness Lochardil and Holm Mains - 03	882	No figure	No figure	93.0%
Inverness Lochardil and Holm Mains - 04	649	No figure	No figure	99.0%
Inverness Lochardil and Holm Mains - 05	486	No figure	No figure	95.1%
Inverness Lochardil and Holm Mains - 06	738	No figure	No figure	99.2%
Inverness Lochardil and Holm Mains - 07	434	No figure	No figure	94.3%
Inverness Lochardil and Holm Mains - 08	1,013	No figure	No figure	99.3%
Inverness Merkinch - 01	865	No figure	No figure	91.9%
Inverness Merkinch - 02	589	No figure	No figure	90.8%
Inverness Merkinch - 03	589	No figure	No figure	96.9%
Inverness Merkinch - 04	713	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Inverness Merkinch - 05	675	No figure	No figure	99.8%
Inverness Muirtown - 01	743	No figure	No figure	98.1%
Inverness Muirtown - 02	521	No figure	No figure	96.9%
Inverness Muirtown - 03	745	No figure	No figure	94.8%
Inverness Muirtown - 04	1,121	No figure	No figure	98.9%
Inverness Muirtown - 05	612	No figure	No figure	98.5%
Inverness Scorguie - 01	533	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Inverness Scorguie - 02	658	No figure	No figure	98.8%
Inverness Scorguie - 03	582	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Inverness Scorguie - 04	582	No figure	No figure	94.0%
Inverness Scorguie - 05	526	No figure	No figure	99.1%
Inverness Slackbuie - 01	896	No figure	No figure	74.3%
Inverness Slackbuie - 02	752	No figure	No figure	94.4%
Inverness Slackbuie - 03	496	No figure	No figure	99.5%
Inverness Slackbuie - 04	801	No figure	No figure	99.7%
Inverness Slackbuie - 05	954	No figure	No figure	99.0%

Your MP

Mr Angus MacDonaldLiberal DemocratMP for Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire

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

Highland

Postcode districts covering Inverness3

Middle areas in Inverness13

Towns near Inverness2

Inverness in brief

Inverness is a town in Highland, Scotland.

About 50,206 people lived in Inverness in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from NRS small-area estimates).

Inverness had 49,295 usual residents at the census.

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

In Inverness, 93.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Inverness, 2.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.