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Bo'ness and Blackness

Ward

East Falkirk. About 15,638 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 27 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 0% of people in Bo'ness and Blackness live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
15,517
698th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
95.4%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.7%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Bo'ness and Blackness compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

Bo'ness and BlacknessMiddle
Population9 wards, Falkirk · 2021
Population: every ward in Falkirk9 areas from 14,844 to 21,884. The middle area is 16,552. Bo'ness and Blackness is 15,517.
15,5172nd least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares9 wards, Falkirk · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Falkirk9 areas from 0.0% to 55.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. Bo'ness and Blackness is 0.0%.
0%joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage9 wards, Falkirk · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Falkirk9 areas from 91.4% to 97.2%. The middle area is 94.3%. Bo'ness and Blackness is 95.4%.
95.4%3rd highest
Claimant rate9 wards, Falkirk · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Falkirk9 areas from 2.0% to 4.8%. The middle area is 2.7%. Bo'ness and Blackness is 2.7%.
2.7%5th highest

What is the population of Bo'ness and Blackness?

Bo'ness and Blackness had 15,517 usual residents at the census.

Bo'ness and Blackness is the 698th most populated of 8,397 in the UK.

Figures for the whole of Falkirk

These figures are published for the whole of Falkirk, not for each ward, so they describe all of Falkirk and not Bo'ness and Blackness alone. See Falkirk

Average house price
£174,164
Up 5.3% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£38,432
Joint 171st lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
4.5×
Joint 25th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Population estimate
160,230
Up 0.2% in a year
ONS population estimates · 2025
Bo'ness and Blackness in brief

Bo'ness and Blackness had 15,517 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in Bo'ness and Blackness live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Bo'ness and Blackness, 95.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Bo'ness and Blackness, 2.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.