Tranent
TownTown in East Lothian, Scotland.
Tranent is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Tranent 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 100% of people in Tranent live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Tranent compares
Each dot is a town. The black line marks the middle one.
What is the population of Tranent?
Tranent had 11,555 usual residents at the census.
Tranent is the 327th least populated of 1,209 in the UK.
Neighbourhoods in Tranent
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tranent East - 01 | 654 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Tranent East - 02 | 855 | No figure | No figure | 99.5% |
| Tranent East - 03 | 674 | No figure | No figure | 99.7% |
| Tranent East - 04 | 535 | No figure | No figure | 86.0% |
| Tranent East - 05 | 800 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Tranent East - 06 | 654 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Tranent North Blindwells Levenhall - 03 | 777 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Tranent North Blindwells Levenhall - 04 | 990 | No figure | No figure | 85.3% |
| Tranent South - 01 | 772 | No figure | No figure | 92.3% |
| Tranent South - 02 | 834 | No figure | No figure | 99.5% |
| Tranent South - 03 | 819 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Tranent South - 04 | 663 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Tranent South - 05 | 762 | No figure | No figure | 94.5% |
| Tranent South - 06 | 760 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Tranent South - 07 | 864 | No figure | No figure | 94.4% |
| Tranent South - 08 | 777 | No figure | No figure | 98.8% |
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 Tranent1
Middle areas in Tranent3
Towns near Tranent6
Tranent in brief
Tranent is a town in East Lothian, Scotland.
About 11,507 people lived in Tranent in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from NRS small-area estimates).
Tranent had 11,555 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Tranent live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Tranent, 96.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Tranent, 2.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.