Prestonpans
TownTown in East Lothian, Scotland.
Prestonpans is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Prestonpans 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 99% of people in Prestonpans live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Prestonpans compares
Each dot is a town. The black line marks the middle one.
What is the population of Prestonpans?
Prestonpans had 9,970 usual residents at the census.
Prestonpans is the 232nd least populated of 1,209 in the UK.
Neighbourhoods in Prestonpans
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prestonpans East - 01 | 882 | No figure | No figure | 92.4% |
| Prestonpans East - 02 | 695 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Prestonpans East - 03 | 718 | No figure | No figure | 89.8% |
| Prestonpans East - 04 | 608 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Prestonpans East - 05 | 696 | No figure | No figure | 92.7% |
| Prestonpans East - 06 | 648 | No figure | No figure | 96.2% |
| Prestonpans West - 01 | 764 | No figure | No figure | 99.7% |
| Prestonpans West - 02 | 790 | No figure | No figure | 90.4% |
| Prestonpans West - 03 | 746 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Prestonpans West - 04 | 762 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Prestonpans West - 05 | 611 | No figure | No figure | 91.7% |
| Prestonpans West - 06 | 777 | No figure | No figure | 97.5% |
| Prestonpans West - 07 | 522 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Prestonpans West - 08 | 600 | No figure | No figure | 74.9% |
| Tranent North Blindwells Levenhall - 01 | 801 | No figure | No figure | 99.7% |
Your MP
- Mr Douglas AlexanderLabour (Co-op)MP for Lothian East
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 Prestonpans1
Middle areas in Prestonpans2
Towns near Prestonpans6
Prestonpans in brief
Prestonpans is a town in East Lothian, Scotland.
About 9,995 people lived in Prestonpans in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from NRS small-area estimates).
Prestonpans had 9,970 usual residents at the census.
About 99% of people in Prestonpans live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Prestonpans, 94.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Prestonpans, 3.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.