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Coatbridge

Town

Town in North Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Coatbridge is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Coatbridge add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.

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Radon Affected Area by town

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 0% of people in Coatbridge live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
40,398
274th most populated of 1,209
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
93.1%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
3.2%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Coatbridge compares

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

CoatbridgeMiddle
Population117 towns, Scotland · 2021
Population: every town in Scotland117 areas from 7,510 to 637,024. The middle area is 14,054. Coatbridge is 40,398.
40,39818th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares117 towns, Scotland · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every town in Scotland117 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 4.0%. Coatbridge is 0.0%.
0%joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage117 towns, Scotland · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every town in Scotland117 areas from 17.5% to 99.8%. The middle area is 93.1%. Coatbridge is 93.1%.
93.1%59th highest
Claimant rate117 towns, Scotland · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every town in Scotland117 areas from 0.7% to 6.3%. The middle area is 3.1%. Coatbridge is 3.2%.
3.2%joint 50th highest

What is the population of Coatbridge?

Coatbridge had 40,398 usual residents at the census.

Coatbridge is the 274th most populated of 1,209 in the UK.

Neighbourhoods in Coatbridge

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Cliftonville - 01813No figureNo figure99.2%
Cliftonville - 02624No figureNo figure85.5%
Cliftonville - 03736No figureNo figure72.8%
Coatbridge West - 01803No figureNo figure90.8%
Coatbridge West - 02659No figureNo figure75.9%
Coatbridge West - 031,122No figureNo figure93.5%
Coatbridge West - 04667No figureNo figure100.0%
Coatbridge West - 05659No figureNo figure100.0%
Coatdyke and Whinhall - 04810No figureNo figure94.4%
Drumpellier and Langloan - 01638No figureNo figure89.7%
Drumpellier and Langloan - 02643No figureNo figure99.4%
Drumpellier and Langloan - 031,007No figureNo figure99.8%
Dundyvan - 01879No figureNo figure99.2%
Dundyvan - 02649No figureNo figure99.7%
Dundyvan - 03585No figureNo figure94.3%
Dundyvan - 04630No figureNo figure62.2%
Dundyvan - 051,087No figureNo figure76.2%
Dundyvan - 06719No figureNo figure99.7%
Dundyvan - 07518No figureNo figure99.6%
Dundyvan - 08745No figureNo figure99.5%
Glenmavis and Greengairs - 08683No figureNo figure97.4%
Greenend and Carnbroe - 011,047No figureNo figure100.0%
Greenend and Carnbroe - 02584No figureNo figure100.0%
Greenend and Carnbroe - 03909No figureNo figure100.0%
Greenend and Carnbroe - 04846No figureNo figure99.2%
Greenend and Carnbroe - 05785No figureNo figure97.1%
Greenend and Carnbroe - 061,108No figureNo figure99.1%
Greenend and Carnbroe - 07769No figureNo figure99.8%
Kirkshaws - 01792No figureNo figure98.0%
Kirkshaws - 02701No figureNo figure94.8%
Kirkshaws - 03935No figureNo figure99.0%
Kirkshaws - 04857No figureNo figure99.2%
Kirkshaws - 05769No figureNo figure86.0%
Kirkshaws - 06889No figureNo figure99.6%
Kirkshaws - 07686No figureNo figure96.0%
Kirkwood and Bargeddie - 05667No figureNo figure97.4%
Kirkwood and Bargeddie - 06395No figureNo figure100.0%
Kirkwood and Bargeddie - 07656No figureNo figure99.1%
Kirkwood and Bargeddie - 08727No figureNo figure100.0%
Kirkwood and Bargeddie - 09788No figureNo figure100.0%
Shawhead and Whifflet - 01646No figureNo figure89.1%
Shawhead and Whifflet - 02678No figureNo figure98.2%
Shawhead and Whifflet - 03848No figureNo figure99.8%
Shawhead and Whifflet - 04629No figureNo figure83.0%
Shawhead and Whifflet - 05602No figureNo figure99.7%
Sunnyside and Cliftonville - 01554No figureNo figure91.1%
Sunnyside and Cliftonville - 02584No figureNo figure96.1%
Sunnyside and Cliftonville - 03435No figureNo figure90.6%
Sunnyside and Cliftonville - 04544No figureNo figure95.9%
Sunnyside and Cliftonville - 05566No figureNo figure89.4%
Sunnyside and Cliftonville - 06568No figureNo figure60.3%
Sunnyside and Cliftonville - 07569No figureNo figure60.4%
Townhead - 01634No figureNo figure91.3%
Townhead - 02625No figureNo figure99.7%
Townhead - 03624No figureNo figure98.0%
Townhead - 04748No figureNo figure99.7%
Townhead - 05801No figureNo figure99.1%
Townhead - 06692No figureNo figure99.7%
Townhead - 07537No figureNo figure99.6%

Your MP

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

Council1

Postcode districts covering Coatbridge1

Middle areas in Coatbridge10

Towns near Coatbridge6

Coatbridge in brief

Coatbridge is a town in North Lanarkshire, Scotland.

About 40,653 people lived in Coatbridge in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from NRS small-area estimates).

Coatbridge had 40,398 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in Coatbridge live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Coatbridge, 93.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Coatbridge, 3.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.