Livingston

Town

Town in West Lothian, Scotland.

Livingston is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Livingston 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 0% of people in Livingston live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population

52,742

200th most populated of 1,209

ONS Census 2021 · 2021

Gigabit broadband coverage

93.7%

UK 87.8%

Ofcom · Jan 2026

Claimant rate

2.7%

UK 3.9%

ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Livingston compares

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

LivingstonMiddle

Population117 towns, Scotland · 2021

52,7428th most populated

People in radon Affected Area squares117 towns, Scotland · 2022

0%joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas

Gigabit broadband coverage117 towns, Scotland · Jan 2026

93.7%joint 51st highest

Claimant rate117 towns, Scotland · Aug 2026

2.7%joint 42nd lowest

What is the population of Livingston?

Livingston had 52,742 usual residents at the census.

Livingston is the 200th most populated of 1,209 in the UK.

Neighbourhoods in Livingston

Name	People (census)	Recorded crime per 1,000	Deprivation decile	Gigabit broadband
Livingston Adambrae North East	540	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Livingston Adambrae South West	519	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Livingston Bellsquarry East	726	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Livingston Bellsquarry West and Brucefield	562	No figure	No figure	92.9%
Livingston Carmondean Avenues North	625	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Livingston Carmondean Centre and Avenues South	608	No figure	No figure	63.0%
Livingston Carmondean Greens North and Deer Park	992	No figure	No figure	80.2%
Livingston Carmondean Greens South	714	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Livingston Carmondean Parks	511	No figure	No figure	97.5%
Livingston Carmondean Riggs North	733	No figure	No figure	99.7%
Livingston Carmondean Riggs South	742	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Livingston Craigshill Almondside	806	No figure	No figure	86.0%
Livingston Craigshill Drives	880	No figure	No figure	97.1%
Livingston Craigshill Groves East	911	No figure	No figure	89.1%
Livingston Craigshill Groves West	929	No figure	No figure	99.6%
Livingston Craigshill Streets East and Mall	927	No figure	No figure	89.7%
Livingston Craigshill Streets West	752	No figure	No figure	97.2%
Livingston Craigshill Walks	1,077	No figure	No figure	99.3%
Livingston Deans Main Street	832	No figure	No figure	92.5%
Livingston Deans North	775	No figure	No figure	99.7%
Livingston Deans Parks Centre	706	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Livingston Deans Parks North and Starlaw	688	No figure	No figure	75.5%
Livingston Deans South	656	No figure	No figure	96.1%
Livingston Deans South East	607	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Livingston Dedridge Ambrose and Abbotsford	620	No figure	No figure	99.7%
Livingston Dedridge Beresford, Clement and Cedric	789	No figure	No figure	90.8%
Livingston Dedridge Durward, Everard and Ivanhoe	792	No figure	No figure	99.2%
Livingston Dedridge Herald, Falconer and Almondvale Centre	713	No figure	No figure	57.9%
Livingston Dedridge Kenilworth, Mowbray and Palmer	630	No figure	No figure	99.6%
Livingston Dedridge Norman and Peveril	881	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Livingston Dedridge Quentin and Nigel	920	No figure	No figure	93.8%
Livingston Dedridge Staunton and Ravenswood	648	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Livingston Dedridge West	544	No figure	No figure	92.6%
Livingston Eliburn Braes	993	No figure	No figure	98.3%
Livingston Eliburn Buchanan and Drumgelloch	761	No figure	No figure	99.2%
Livingston Eliburn Foxknowe and Lady	788	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Livingston Eliburn Haymarket and Queens	757	No figure	No figure	86.2%
Livingston Eliburn Longpark and Rosehill	540	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Livingston Eliburn Oldwood and Ballantyne	924	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Livingston Eliburn Peel Primary	776	No figure	No figure	99.6%
Livingston Eliburn Primrose and Gavin	697	No figure	No figure	99.7%
Livingston Eliburn South East	402	No figure	No figure	97.4%
Livingston Eliburn South West	808	No figure	No figure	96.5%
Livingston Eliburn Waverley Crescent	596	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Livingston Howden Centre North	676	No figure	No figure	80.3%
Livingston Howden Centre South	577	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Livingston Howden North East	646	No figure	No figure	99.6%
Livingston Howden South East	821	No figure	No figure	99.7%
Livingston Howden West and Kirkton North	867	No figure	No figure	79.8%
Livingston Knightsridge Cameron Way	730	No figure	No figure	82.8%
Livingston Knightsridge Ferguson Way	800	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Livingston Knightsridge Greenwood Park	790	No figure	No figure	95.7%
Livingston Knightsridge North	813	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Livingston Knightsridge Sutherland Way	706	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Livingston Ladywell Banks Central	672	No figure	No figure	99.6%
Livingston Ladywell Banks East	586	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Livingston Ladywell Banks North	574	No figure	No figure	97.1%
Livingston Ladywell Banks South East	508	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Livingston Ladywell Banks West	609	No figure	No figure	99.3%
Livingston Ladywell Braes North	1,079	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Livingston Ladywell Braes South	861	No figure	No figure	93.2%
Livingston Murieston Bankton Central	717	No figure	No figure	98.4%
Livingston Murieston Bankton Park and Oakbank	555	No figure	No figure	87.1%
Livingston Murieston Bankton West	925	No figure	No figure	99.7%
Livingston Murieston Easter Bankton	669	No figure	No figure	99.6%
Livingston Murieston Road East	1,103	No figure	No figure	99.8%
Livingston Murieston Valley East and Road West	551	No figure	No figure	94.7%
Livingston Murieston Valley West	945	No figure	No figure	99.7%
Livingston Village Centre	811	No figure	No figure	96.6%
Livingston Village Kirkton	972	No figure	No figure	98.0%
Livingston Village North East	507	No figure	No figure	99.6%
Livingston Village West	539	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Mid Calder Centre and Almondside	646	No figure	No figure	66.0%
Mid Calder North East	673	No figure	No figure	95.8%
Mid Calder North West	741	No figure	No figure	91.8%
Mid Calder South East	556	No figure	No figure	87.9%
Mid Calder South West	600	No figure	No figure	97.7%
Pumpherston East and Drumshoreland	698	No figure	No figure	87.5%
Pumpherston South	620	No figure	No figure	99.6%
Pumpherston West	391	No figure	No figure	96.5%
Uphall Station East and Roman Camp	768	No figure	No figure	98.8%
Uphall Station West and Houstoun Industrial Estate	503	No figure	No figure	73.8%

Your MP

Gregor PoyntonLabourMP for Livingston

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

West Lothian

Postcode districts covering Livingston3

Middle areas in Livingston13

Towns near Livingston6

Livingston in brief

Livingston is a town in West Lothian, Scotland.

About 53,929 people lived in Livingston in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from NRS small-area estimates).

Livingston had 52,742 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in Livingston live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Livingston, 93.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Livingston, 2.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.