Musselburgh
TownTown in East Lothian, Scotland.
Musselburgh is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Musselburgh 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 0% of people in Musselburgh live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Musselburgh compares
Each dot is a town. The black line marks the middle one.
What is the population of Musselburgh?
Musselburgh had 19,364 usual residents at the census.
Musselburgh is the 565th most populated of 1,209 in the UK.
Neighbourhoods in Musselburgh
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Musselburgh East - 01 | 857 | No figure | No figure | 57.4% |
| Musselburgh East - 02 | 420 | No figure | No figure | 85.4% |
| Musselburgh East - 03 | 912 | No figure | No figure | 93.4% |
| Musselburgh East - 04 | 885 | No figure | No figure | 97.6% |
| Musselburgh East - 05 | 1,129 | No figure | No figure | 63.6% |
| Musselburgh East - 06 | 860 | No figure | No figure | 78.5% |
| Musselburgh North - 01 | 906 | No figure | No figure | 75.4% |
| Musselburgh North - 02 | 631 | No figure | No figure | 88.3% |
| Musselburgh North - 03 | 797 | No figure | No figure | 63.4% |
| Musselburgh North - 04 | 936 | No figure | No figure | 72.3% |
| Musselburgh North - 05 | 711 | No figure | No figure | 78.2% |
| Musselburgh North - 06 | 683 | No figure | No figure | 81.6% |
| Musselburgh South - 01 | 574 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Musselburgh South - 02 | 776 | No figure | No figure | 99.5% |
| Musselburgh South - 03 | 554 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Musselburgh South - 04 | 612 | No figure | No figure | 99.6% |
| Musselburgh South - 05 | 472 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Musselburgh South - 06 | 720 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Musselburgh South - 07 | 803 | No figure | No figure | 49.8% |
| Musselburgh West - 01 | 756 | No figure | No figure | 85.3% |
| Musselburgh West - 02 | 566 | No figure | No figure | 97.2% |
| Musselburgh West - 03 | 424 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Musselburgh West - 04 | 418 | No figure | No figure | 97.1% |
| Musselburgh West - 05 | 632 | No figure | No figure | 90.3% |
| Pinkie Braes - 01 | 691 | No figure | No figure | 68.4% |
| Pinkie Braes - 02 | 747 | No figure | No figure | 51.2% |
| Pinkie Braes - 03 | 954 | No figure | No figure | 77.4% |
| Whitecraig - 03 | 874 | No figure | No figure | 96.8% |
Your MP
- Chris MurrayLabourMP for Edinburgh East and Musselburgh
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 Musselburgh1
Middle areas in Musselburgh5
Towns near Musselburgh6
Musselburgh in brief
Musselburgh is a town in East Lothian, Scotland.
About 18,952 people lived in Musselburgh in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from NRS small-area estimates).
Musselburgh had 19,364 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Musselburgh live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Musselburgh, 81.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Musselburgh, 3.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.