Balloch has a population of 1,440, making it the 22nd largest place in Highland. The 2005 World Gazetteer recorded 1,743 for Balloch, but drew the settlement's boundary differently, so the two are not directly comparable.
1,743
in 2005
#22
of 82 in Highland
The other populations of Balloch
The same name covers more than one area, and each has its own figure.
| What you mean | Population | Source |
|---|---|---|
| The place itself The populated settlement, roughly the built-up core. |
1,440 | GeoNames |
| The place in 2005 The same settlement twenty years earlier. |
1,743 | World Gazetteer (2005) |
Why these differ: which population figure is right? · compare with another place
The 2005 figure is from the World Gazetteer archive and may draw its boundary differently from the current source, so treat the change as indicative. Sources: method.
Year-by-year official estimates for the wider area: Highland population trends, 2001–2025.
Balloch in context
2 km
west to Culloden, the nearest larger town
67,851
people live within 10 km
#3,439
largest of 6,358 UK places
Distances are straight-line from the settlement's recorded coordinates. The 10 km figure sums the recorded places within that radius, so it describes how built-up the surroundings are rather than people per square kilometre.