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City of Edinburgh

The City of Edinburgh is a city in the City of Edinburgh county, Scotland, with a population of around 506,520. It features around 78 restaurants and cafés, 6 supermarkets, 7 pharmacies, 2 GP surgeries, and 1 park, along with 60 bus stops. The nearest railway station is Slateford, located 0.7 km away. Covers 10 towns with local open-data for the whole authority.

On deprivation, City of Edinburgh is less deprived than the average in Scotland (SIMD 2020).

Some panels draw on England & Wales-only official data, so street crime, energy ratings, NHS services, schools, council tax, care services, private rents, affordability and life expectancy aren’t shown for Scottish areas. Population, deprivation (SIMD), house prices, weather, food hygiene, council control, fuel and more still apply.

Weather

16°CPartly Cloudy

  • Today: 20° / 12° · 80% rain
  • Tomorrow: 17° / 12° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:41Sunset 19:35

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: St Andrew’s Day, Mon 30 Nov

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

16US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Edinburgh St John's Road, United Kingdom

Road safety

481 reported road collisions (2024)

154 killed or seriously injured · 610 casualties · 9.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

  • 399 passed
  • 55 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Slateford (0.7 km)
  • 60 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Slateford (0.7 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£303,067 average▲ 3.3% YoY

Across City of Edinburgh · to 2026-06

Detached£707,887
Semi-detached£457,110
Terraced£381,659
Flat£246,022

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 158.7p · Asda (0.7 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 177.7p · Asda (0.7 km)

21 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

104 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 26 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: MFG BP Slateford (0.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres13
  • Gyms8
  • Sports pitches132
  • Golf courses2
  • Playgrounds22

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local news

Source: City of Edinburgh Council

Population

531,370 residents in City of Edinburgh

  • Under 16: 14%
  • 16–64: 70%
  • 65+: 16%

Source: ONS mid-year estimates (local authority)

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in Scotland

5% of neighbourhoods are in Scotland’s most deprived 10%; 12% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Your MP

Dr Scott Arthur

Labour

Edinburgh South West

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoClosure motion
  • NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour (minority)

  • Lab 11
  • Con 10
  • LD 14
  • Grn 11
  • Oth 15

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

Amenities nearby

  • Schools13
  • GPs & clinics9
  • Pharmacies7
  • Supermarkets12
  • Parks & greens5672
  • Restaurants & cafés80

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

23,420 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

766 jobs advertised · £36,257 avg

e.g. Welder, Vehicle Accessory Fitter, Vehicle Technician

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£820 median full-time weekly pay

2.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£31,043 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Grid electricity

100% low-carbon electricity

Wind 77% · Nuclear 23%

0 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for South Scotland · National Grid ESO

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.7
  • Feeling worthwhile7.9
  • Happiness yesterday7.3
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Edinburgh South West:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

Notable places nearby

  • Saughton Park · 0.3 km

    Saughton Park is a public park in Edinburgh, Scotland. It includes formal gardens, specimen trees, exotic plant greenhouses, a cafe, a bandstand, playing fields, an athletics track, a skateboard park and a creative pl…

  • Chesser, Edinburgh · 0.4 km

    Chesser is a mainly residential suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland, east of the Water of Leith. It, with Longstone, is to the south-west, Allan Park and Craiglockhart to the south, Slateford, Hutchison and Moat to the east…

  • Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale F.C. · 0.4 km

    Hutchison Vale Football Club are a senior non-league football club based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Currently competing in the East of Scotland League First Division, they play their home matches at Saughton Enclosure in…

  • Edinburgh Corn Exchange · 0.6 km

    Edinburgh Corn Exchange is an events and concert venue located in New Market Road in Edinburgh, Scotland. The structure, which was commissioned as a corn exchange, is a Category B listed building.

  • Slateford · 0.6 km

    Slateford is an area of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It is east of the Water of Leith.

  • Gorgie East railway station · 0.7 km

    Gorgie East Railway Station was a railway station on the Edinburgh Suburban and Southside Junction Railway in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was opened on 1 December 1884 and served the Gorgie area of Edinburgh.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Towns in City of Edinburgh