Perth
TownTown in Perth and Kinross, Scotland.
Perth is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Perth 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 13% of people in Perth live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Perth compares
Each dot is a town. The black line marks the middle one.
What is the population of Perth?
Perth had 44,961 usual residents at the census.
Perth is the 247th most populated of 1,209 in the UK.
Neighbourhoods in Perth
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burghmuir, Oakbank and Cherrybank - 01 | 582 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Burghmuir, Oakbank and Cherrybank - 02 | 723 | No figure | No figure | 96.8% |
| Burghmuir, Oakbank and Cherrybank - 03 | 715 | No figure | No figure | 99.3% |
| Burghmuir, Oakbank and Cherrybank - 04 | 1,088 | No figure | No figure | 88.7% |
| Burghmuir, Oakbank and Cherrybank - 05 | 1,004 | No figure | No figure | 96.4% |
| Burghmuir, Oakbank and Cherrybank - 06 | 841 | No figure | No figure | 98.0% |
| Central and South Inch - 01 | 589 | No figure | No figure | 78.9% |
| Central and South Inch - 02 | 672 | No figure | No figure | 79.4% |
| Central and South Inch - 03 | 555 | No figure | No figure | 48.9% |
| Central and South Inch - 04 | 715 | No figure | No figure | 57.5% |
| Central and South Inch - 05 | 831 | No figure | No figure | 61.4% |
| Central and South Inch - 06 | 599 | No figure | No figure | 80.0% |
| Central and South Inch - 07 | 576 | No figure | No figure | 75.5% |
| Gannochy and Walnut Grove - 02 | 742 | No figure | No figure | 87.5% |
| Gannochy and Walnut Grove - 03 | 724 | No figure | No figure | 75.3% |
| Gannochy and Walnut Grove - 04 | 490 | No figure | No figure | 76.4% |
| Gannochy and Walnut Grove - 05 | 1,138 | No figure | No figure | 65.4% |
| Letham - 01 | 829 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Letham - 02 | 627 | No figure | No figure | 99.7% |
| Letham - 03 | 675 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Letham - 04 | 907 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Letham - 05 | 833 | No figure | No figure | 98.0% |
| Letham - 06 | 478 | No figure | No figure | 98.5% |
| Letham - 07 | 526 | No figure | No figure | 99.6% |
| Luncarty and Bertha Park - 03 | 707 | No figure | No figure | 94.0% |
| Muirton - 01 | 843 | No figure | No figure | 96.9% |
| Muirton - 02 | 672 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Muirton - 03 | 555 | No figure | No figure | 47.8% |
| Muirton - 04 | 805 | No figure | No figure | 94.5% |
| North Inch - 01 | 624 | No figure | No figure | 95.9% |
| North Inch - 02 | 573 | No figure | No figure | 89.6% |
| North Inch - 03 | 740 | No figure | No figure | 82.7% |
| North Inch - 04 | 815 | No figure | No figure | 40.7% |
| North Muirton - 01 | 648 | No figure | No figure | 97.0% |
| North Muirton - 02 | 587 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| North Muirton - 03 | 592 | No figure | No figure | 76.8% |
| North Muirton - 04 | 586 | No figure | No figure | 96.7% |
| North Muirton - 05 | 652 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Tulloch and Inveralmond - 01 | 871 | No figure | No figure | 96.7% |
| Tulloch and Inveralmond - 02 | 870 | No figure | No figure | 72.1% |
| Tulloch and Inveralmond - 03 | 575 | No figure | No figure | 97.7% |
| Tulloch and Inveralmond - 04 | 648 | No figure | No figure | 96.3% |
| Tulloch and Inveralmond - 05 | 914 | No figure | No figure | 83.3% |
| Tulloch and Inveralmond - 06 | 405 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Tulloch and Inveralmond - 07 | 790 | No figure | No figure | 45.0% |
| Upper Craigie and Friarton - 01 | 585 | No figure | No figure | 99.6% |
| Upper Craigie and Friarton - 02 | 829 | No figure | No figure | 93.0% |
| Upper Craigie and Friarton - 03 | 835 | No figure | No figure | 84.2% |
| Upper Craigie and Friarton - 04 | 631 | No figure | No figure | 78.1% |
| Upper Craigie and Friarton - 05 | 1,071 | No figure | No figure | 65.5% |
| Viewlands and Craigie - 01 | 871 | No figure | No figure | 94.5% |
| Viewlands and Craigie - 02 | 1,095 | No figure | No figure | 68.0% |
| Viewlands and Craigie - 03 | 600 | No figure | No figure | 96.3% |
| Viewlands and Craigie - 04 | 576 | No figure | No figure | 87.8% |
| Viewlands and Craigie - 05 | 858 | No figure | No figure | 99.1% |
| Viewlands and Craigie - 06 | 1,061 | No figure | No figure | 99.4% |
| Viewlands and Craigie - 07 | 708 | No figure | No figure | 97.2% |
| Western Edge - 01 | 773 | No figure | No figure | 96.1% |
| Western Edge - 02 | 678 | No figure | No figure | 97.2% |
| Western Edge - 03 | 377 | No figure | No figure | 91.3% |
| Western Edge - 04 | 677 | No figure | No figure | 96.5% |
| Western Edge - 05 | 751 | No figure | No figure | 89.6% |
| Western Edge - 06 | 1,025 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Western Edge - 07 | 592 | No figure | No figure | 99.1% |
| Western Edge - 08 | 565 | No figure | No figure | 90.7% |
Your MP
- Pete WishartScottish National PartyMP for Perth and Kinross-shire
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 Perth2
Middle areas in Perth11
Towns near Perth6
Perth in brief
Perth is a town in Perth and Kinross, Scotland.
About 46,909 people lived in Perth in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from NRS small-area estimates).
Perth had 44,961 usual residents at the census.
About 13% of people in Perth live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Perth, 85.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Perth, 3.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.