Deprivation in East Lothian
Council areaEast Scotland. 116,460 people (mid-2025 estimate) in 679 square kilometres.
3 layers about deprivation for East Lothian, each at the level its publisher released it, with its own date and source.
Deprivation by neighbourhood
Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020v2
8 of East Lothian’s 132 neighbourhoods are in Scotland’s most deprived 20%.
Share of neighbourhoods in Scotland's most deprived 20%
CouncilScotland only6.1% of the neighbourhoods in East Lothian are among the most deprived 20% of neighbourhoods in Scotland.
Among councils in Scotland, that is the 9th least deprived of 32.
Worked out by Open Index from the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020v2 deciles.
Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020
NeighbourhoodScotland onlyPublished for neighbourhoods, not as one figure for the whole of East Lothian. The map shows each one.
Deprivation rank (Scotland)
NeighbourhoodScotland onlyPublished for neighbourhoods, not as one figure for the whole of East Lothian. The map shows each one.