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Livingston

Livingston is a town in West Lothian, Scotland, with a population of around 56,840. It has around 1 GP surgery, 2 pharmacies, 1 supermarket, and around 45 restaurants and cafés, with 46 bus stops and Livingston South railway station 1.5 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Livingston area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the West Lothian area is less deprived than the average in Scotland (SIMD 2020).

Council
West Lothian
County
West Lothian
Constituency
Livingston
Police force
Scotland
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

18°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 18° / 10° · 80% rain
  • Tomorrow: 17° / 9° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:38Sunset 19:42

13h 4m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

4US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · West Lothian Broxburn, United Kingdom

Road safety

133 reported road collisions (2024)

53 killed or seriously injured · 185 casualties · 7.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

256 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 209 passed
  • 4 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Livingston North (1.3 km)
  • 30 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Livingston North (1.3 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£228,496 average 3.8% YoY

Across West Lothian · to 2026-06

Detached£414,967
Semi-detached£231,785
Terraced£184,134
Flat£126,196

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 166.9p · Asda (2.3 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Asda (2.3 km)

12 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

29 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 8 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 250 kW
  • Nearest: Best Western Hilcroft Hotel (1.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres2
  • Gyms2
  • Sports pitches33
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds31

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

187,240 residents in West Lothian

  • Under 16: 18%
  • 16–64: 64%
  • 65+: 18%

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%; 15% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Council control

Labour (minority)

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools12
  • GPs & clinics2
  • Pharmacies3
  • Supermarkets2
  • Parks & greens18
  • Restaurants & cafés20

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

6,085 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

620 jobs advertised · £39,271 avg

e.g. Sales Manager - Livingston, Multi Drop Delivery Driver, Welder/Fabricator

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£769 median full-time weekly pay

2.7% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,214 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.4
  • Feeling worthwhile7.5
  • Happiness yesterday7.3
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.6

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Livingston:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Inveralmond Community High School · 0.3 km

    Inveralmond Community High School is a six-year, mixed comprehensive school in Ladywell, Livingston. It serves six primary schools in its catchment area: Harrysmuir Primary, Livingston Village Primary, Toronto Primary…

  • Knightsridge · 0.5 km

    Knightsridge is an area of the town of Livingston in West Lothian, Scotland. Knightsridge lies to the north of the town.

  • Ladywell, Livingston · 0.6 km

    Ladywell is an area, primarily residential in Livingston, West Lothian, Scotland. It is bordered to the north by Knightsridge, to the south by Howden, to the west by Eliburn and to the east by the A899 road.

  • Cedarbank School · 0.8 km

    Cedarbank School is a secondary school based in Dedrige, Livingston, Scotland for people with special needs, and it has up to 100 pupils at a time. It has four classes for people with autism, and the classes are name…

  • Livingston (UK Parliament constituency) · 1.0 km

    Livingston is a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, to which it returns one Member of Parliament (MP). Elections are held using the first-past-the-post voting system. I…

  • Livingston (Scottish Parliament constituency) · 1.0 km

    Livingston was a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elected one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality method of election.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Livingston?
Livingston is a town in West Lothian, Scotland, in the West Lothian local authority.
What is the population of Livingston?
Livingston has an approximate settlement population of 56,840.
How deprived is Livingston?
The West Lothian local authority, which includes Livingston, is less deprived than the average in Scotland on the SIMD 2020.