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A town of 8,900 in Midlothian, Scotland.
Police Scotland doesn’t publish street-level crime, so Gorebridge has no Safety Grade and, without it, no overall grade. Its other subjects are graded below. Its strongest subject is hazard risk (A−): 0% of homes at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. Its weakest is schools (D): school leavers’ results beat 6% of Scottish towns. The median home sold for £212,100 in the last three years, 4.2 times what households in the Midlothian council area earn in a year.
The 3 things Gorebridge does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within Scotland), ordered by how far Gorebridge is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
Police Scotland doesn’t publish street-level crime, so Gorebridge has no Safety Grade and, without it, no overall grade. Its other subjects are graded below.
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Historic Environment Scotland lists 20 buildings inside Gorebridge’s locality, 2 of them in the second category, and 1 scheduled monument.
Explore the history →Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Gorebridge. Best known first.
CastleBorthwick Castle2.1 km outside town, to the southeast
CastleDalhousie Castle1.2 km outside town, to the northwest
Abbey or prioryNewbattle Abbey3 km outside town, to the north
Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandCrichton Castle2.6 km outside town, to the east
CastleDalkeith Palace4.9 km outside town, to the north
MuseumNational Mining Museum Scotland700 m outside town, to the northwestPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Gorebridge.
Gorebridge’s three primaries have 810 pupils between them. One of its 3 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gore Glen Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 342 | – |
At the census, just over a fifth of people here had a disability, below Midlothian’s towns (23%) and Scotland’s towns (24%) alike. Self-reported good health: just over four fifths of Gorebridge’s residents. Poor health, by residents’ own account, affects 6.4% of the town.
| Census 2022 | Gorebridge | Midlothian | Scotland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 81% | 80% | 78% |
| Bad or very bad health | 6.4% | 6.2% | 7.2% |
| Activities limited (health or disability) | 22% | 23% | 24% |
Scotland’s Census 2022, general health and disability · Public Health Scotland life expectancy by intermediate zone, 2020–24 · OGL · No age adjustment applies to these census answers, which flatter younger towns; the Health Grade’s measures, life expectancy and early deaths among them, do allow for age.
Scotland’s Census was taken on 20 March 2022, a year after England and Wales’s lockdown census; 30% of workers were mainly at home, and shares here are of those who travelled.
In 2026, 2.1% of 16 to 64s were claiming unemployment benefits. The car took 78% of commuters, above Midlothian’s towns (72%) and Scotland’s towns (70%) alike. There are 0.2 jobs in Gorebridge for each resident in work. Of the commuters living locally, 6% work in the town itself.
Scotland’s Census 2022 (NRS), method of travel and distance to work · DWP claimant count · OGL
The private rented sector houses 7% of households. 29% live in social housing, above Midlothian’s towns (24%) and Scotland’s towns (24%) alike. Private rents average £1,507 a month across the Lothian council area.
Registers of Scotland data-zone sale prices · Scottish Government council tax · Scotland’s Census 2022 tenure · OGL · The Scottish median is our estimate from data-zone sales, brought to early-2025 prices.
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Category B covers 2 of them. Of Gorebridge’s land, 1% lies in conservation areas, lower than Midlothian’s towns (5%) and near Scotland’s towns (1%). Also worth knowing: the town has one scheduled monument.
Historic Environment Scotland list, October 2026 · OGL
A quarter of adults hold a degree, about level with Midlothian’s towns (27%) and below Scotland’s towns (32%). Retirement age and beyond: 13% of residents are 65 or older. Residents of Gorebridge have a median age of 36.1. The share aged 15 to 24 is 11%.
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across Scotland, 51% of residents are women.
| Gorebridge | Midlothian | Scotland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 18% | 15% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 10% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 26% | 27% |
| 65+ | 13% | 19% | 19% |
| No qualifications | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| Apprenticeship | 10% | 9.6% | 7.5% |
| Highers or similar | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| Degree level | 25% | 27% | 32% |
Scotland’s Census 2022 · Midlothian and Scotland: all residents of their towns · OGL
20 listed buildings in Gorebridge.
Gorebridge, Hunterfield Road, Gorebridge Parish Church (Church of Scotland) Including Church Hall and Boundary Wall: Photo: John Lord · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Geograph · Gorebridge, 47 and 49 Powdermill Brae, Gore Cottage, Including Boundary Wall and Railings: Photo: M J Richardson · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Geograph
10 notable people were born in Gorebridge.
Annie S. Swan: Unknown photographer, Public domain
The nearest towns and villages, from National Records of Scotland’s 2022 localities. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gorebridge | 8,900 | — | — | B+ | — | D |
| Mayfield | 14,259 | 1.8 | — | B+ | — | D |
| Bonnyrigg | 18,088 | 3 | — | B | — | C− |
| Dalkeith | 15,125 | 3.3 | — | B | — | C− |
| Loanhead | 7,007 | 4.8 | — | B− | — | C− |
| Danderhall | 3,389 | 5.3 | — | B | — | C− |
| Ormiston | 2,587 | 6.1 | — | B | — | C− |
| Wallyford | 4,493 | 6.6 | — | B− | — | D |
No Scottish town has a Safety Grade or an overall grade yet: Police Scotland doesn’t publish street-level crime. People: Census 2022. Miles: centre to centre.
Gorebridge has 3 state schools; places are handled by the local council.
Homes cost less than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £212,100, against £277,000 in the typical town in England and Wales. On cost of living it is the 261st most affordable of 296 Scottish towns.
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s flood risk service.
Town in Midlothian, Scotland
Gorebridge is a locality of 8,900 people, in the Midlothian council area. TownRatings uses National Records of Scotland’s 2022 localities as Scotland’s towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council area, so its figures cover the town itself. Localities split the big settlements into their towns, as ONS’s 2022 boundaries split conurbations in England and Wales.
Built from NRS geography and Census 2022
Sources: Scotland’s Census 2022 (National Records of Scotland), output areas summed to the NRS 2022 locality · Registers of Scotland house price statistics, medians and quartiles of residential sales by 2022 data zone, 2004 to 2025 (the 2023 to 2025 headline brought to early-2025 prices with each council’s medians) · Scottish Government, Council Tax by band 2026-27; Scottish Water charges 2026-27 · Scottish Government, Recorded Crime in Scotland (crimes, offences and clear-up rates by council area, 2016-17 to 2025-26); Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020v2 crime domain and SIMD crime indicators (2014/15, 2017/18), 2011 data zones with Census 2022 residents · ONS gross disposable household income by council (2022), scaled to household income on England and Wales’s councils, with Scotland’s Census 2022 households · DWP / ONS Claimant Count via Nomis (2022 data zones, January to August 2026), over residents aged 16 to 64 at Scotland’s Census 2022; council series since 2015 · Scottish Government school contact list (31 July 2026) and school summary statistics (pupil census, September 2025); School Information Dashboard leavers’ attainment by school, 2022-23 to 2024-25 (data.gov.scot) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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