Linlithgow
TownTown in West Lothian, Scotland.
Linlithgow is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Linlithgow 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 55% of people in Linlithgow live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Linlithgow compares
Each dot is a town. The black line marks the middle one.
What is the population of Linlithgow?
Linlithgow had 11,518 usual residents at the census.
Linlithgow is the 324th least populated of 1,209 in the UK.
Neighbourhoods in Linlithgow
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linlithgow Academy | 620 | No figure | No figure | 76.4% |
| Linlithgow Braehead Drive | 805 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Linlithgow Bridge Falkirk Road | 627 | No figure | No figure | 93.7% |
| Linlithgow Bridge North East | 628 | No figure | No figure | 73.4% |
| Linlithgow Bridge North West and Mill Road | 546 | No figure | No figure | 96.0% |
| Linlithgow Bridge South West | 681 | No figure | No figure | 93.5% |
| Linlithgow Bridge West | 694 | No figure | No figure | 93.1% |
| Linlithgow Clarendon, St Magdalene's and Kingscavil | 863 | No figure | No figure | 69.4% |
| Linlithgow High Port and Barron's Hill | 718 | No figure | No figure | 73.0% |
| Linlithgow High Street and Low Port | 885 | No figure | No figure | 64.5% |
| Linlithgow Kettilstoun Mains | 572 | No figure | No figure | 99.1% |
| Linlithgow Preston | 592 | No figure | No figure | 98.3% |
| Linlithgow Priory Road | 845 | No figure | No figure | 99.2% |
| Linlithgow Riccarton Drive | 933 | No figure | No figure | 95.9% |
| Linlithgow Springfield Centre | 535 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Linlithgow Springfield North and Bonnytoun | 815 | No figure | No figure | 95.7% |
| Linlithgow Springfield South East | 757 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Linlithgow Springfield South West | 582 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
Your MP
- Kirsteen SullivanLabour (Co-op)MP for Bathgate and Linlithgow
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 Linlithgow1
Middle areas in Linlithgow3
Towns near Linlithgow6
Linlithgow in brief
Linlithgow is a town in West Lothian, Scotland.
About 11,407 people lived in Linlithgow in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from NRS small-area estimates).
Linlithgow had 11,518 usual residents at the census.
About 55% of people in Linlithgow live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Linlithgow, 89.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Linlithgow, 1.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.