Here are the ten areas of Edinburgh that have seen a population boom in the last five years.Here are the ten areas of Edinburgh that have seen a population boom in the last five years.
Here are the ten areas of Edinburgh that have seen a population boom in the last five years.

Ten places in Edinburgh where the population is booming

How does your area compare?

The population of the City of Edinburgh increased by 6.6% between 2014 and 2019, according to the latest available figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS).

The only area in Scotland that saw a steeper rise in population was Midlothian with an increase of 7.2% in the last five years.

At the top of this Edinburgh list we have the council ward of Almond, this area saw a population rise of 14.2% from 32,165 in 2014 to 36,730 in 2019.

At the opposite end of the scale, and not included on this list, we have Morningside in Edinburgh having risen just 0.3% in the last five years.

These are the ten areas in the City of Edinburgh that experienced the biggest population booms in the last five years.

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