Pentland
Middle areaNorth west Midlothian. 6,127 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 34 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 41% of people in Pentland live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Pentland
Scotland publishes recorded crime by council. It has its own layers.
How Pentland compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
What is the population of Pentland?
Pentland had 4,825 usual residents at the census.
Pentland is the 1,864th least populated of 9,448 in the UK.
Figures for the whole of Midlothian
These figures are published for the whole of Midlothian, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Midlothian and not Pentland alone. See Midlothian
Pentland in brief
Pentland had 4,825 usual residents at the census.
About 41% of people in Pentland live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Pentland, 94.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Pentland, 1.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.