Peebles
TownTown in Scottish Borders, Scotland.
Peebles is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Peebles 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 65% of people in Peebles live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Peebles compares
Each dot is a town. The black line marks the middle one.
What is the population of Peebles?
Peebles had 8,263 usual residents at the census.
Peebles is the 81st least populated of 1,209 in the UK.
Neighbourhoods in Peebles
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peebles - N - Eastgate and Innerleithen Road | 941 | No figure | No figure | 75.0% |
| Peebles - N - Edinburgh Road North Area | 512 | No figure | No figure | 96.8% |
| Peebles - N - Elliots Park and Connor Street | 544 | No figure | No figure | 90.8% |
| Peebles - N - Kingsland Square and George Street | 846 | No figure | No figure | 91.7% |
| Peebles - N - March Street Area | 847 | No figure | No figure | 98.4% |
| Peebles - N - Old Town | 869 | No figure | No figure | 90.6% |
| Peebles - S - Edderston Road Area | 871 | No figure | No figure | 94.7% |
| Peebles - S - Kingsmeadows and Cavalry Park | 546 | No figure | No figure | 91.3% |
| Peebles - S - Kittlegairy and Whitehaugh | 584 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Peebles - S - Marmion Road to Glen Crescent | 920 | No figure | No figure | 97.5% |
| Peebles - S - Springhill and Southpark | 678 | No figure | No figure | 97.2% |
| Peebles - S - Victoria Park and Bonnington Road Area | 947 | No figure | No figure | 94.7% |
Your MP
- David MundellConservativeMP for Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
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Council1
Postcode districts covering Peebles1
Middle areas in Peebles2
Towns near Peebles6
Peebles in brief
Peebles is a town in Scottish Borders, Scotland.
About 8,276 people lived in Peebles in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from NRS small-area estimates).
Peebles had 8,263 usual residents at the census.
About 65% of people in Peebles live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Peebles, 90.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Peebles, 2.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.