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EH53

Postcode district

Postcode district covering East Calder, Mid Calder and Langton, in West Lothian.

Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an EH53 postcode. How census figures are added up

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Radon Affected Area by postcode district

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 7% of people in EH53 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
12,194
854th least populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
7%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
93.9%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
1.6%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How EH53 compares

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

EH53Middle
Population54 postcode districts, EH · 2021
Population: every postcode district in EH54 areas from 370 to 56,484. The middle area is 14,543. EH53 is 12,194.
12,19425th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares54 postcode districts, EH · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every postcode district in EH54 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 22.0%. EH53 is 7.0%.
7%20th fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage54 postcode districts, EH · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in EH54 areas from 30.4% to 99.2%. The middle area is 92.9%. EH53 is 93.9%.
93.9%22nd highest
Claimant rate53 postcode districts, EH · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every postcode district in EH53 areas from 0.0% to 4.0%. The middle area is 2.4%. EH53 is 1.6%.
1.6%joint 7th lowest

What is the population of EH53?

EH53 had 12,194 usual residents at the census.

EH53 is the 854th least populated of 2,756 in the UK.

Neighbourhoods in EH53

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
East Calder Calderwood Nethershiel Road792No figureNo figure100.0%
East Calder Calderwood Overshiel Road and Wilkieston757No figureNo figure93.5%
East Calder Calderwood Road East772No figureNo figure100.0%
East Calder Calderwood Road West705No figureNo figure100.0%
East Calder Langton Road809No figureNo figure96.6%
East Calder Langton View608No figureNo figure97.5%
East Calder Linhouse Drive651No figureNo figure94.1%
East Calder Main Street East, Raw Holdings and Camps465No figureNo figure95.8%
East Calder Main Street West788No figureNo figure86.1%
East Calder Oakbank Avenue630No figureNo figure98.0%
East Calder Redcraig Road569No figureNo figure98.6%
Mid Calder Centre and Almondside646No figureNo figure66.0%
Mid Calder North East673No figureNo figure95.8%
Mid Calder North West741No figureNo figure91.8%
Mid Calder South East556No figureNo figure87.9%
Mid Calder South West600No figureNo figure97.7%
Pumpherston East and Drumshoreland698No figureNo figure87.5%
Pumpherston South620No figureNo figure99.6%
Pumpherston West391No figureNo figure96.5%

MPs for EH53

As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

Middle areas in EH534

Postcode sectors in EH531

Council1

Towns in EH531

Postcode districts next to EH534

Nearest rail stations4

More in the EH postcode area2

EH53 in brief

EH53 is a postcode district covering East Calder, Mid Calder and Langton, in West Lothian.

About 13,965 people lived in EH53 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from NRS small-area estimates).

EH53 had 12,194 usual residents at the census.

About 7% of people in EH53 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In EH53, 93.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In EH53, 1.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.