# Coatbridge

Town in North Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Coatbridge is a town in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. About 40,653 people.

Town. Code S45000193. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [North Lanarkshire](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire)

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.

## Key figures

- **Population: 40,398** (2021). Coatbridge had 40,398 usual residents at the census (Scotland's Census 2022). 274th most populated of 1,209. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/coatbridge#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in Coatbridge live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/town/coatbridge#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 93.1%** (January 2026). In Coatbridge, 93.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/coatbridge#f-gigabit-coverage
- **Claimant rate: 3.2%** (August 2026). In Coatbridge, 3.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026 (ONS via Nomis). UK 3.9%. Source: Claimant count (Nomis), August 2026. Published 15 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/coatbridge#f-claimant-rate

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=S45000193) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 0% of people in Coatbridge live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Average house price by council](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?place=S45000193) (UK House Price Index · July 2026): Published for whole councils, so the map colours all of North Lanarkshire, where most of this town lies. The outline is Coatbridge.
- [Crimes by council](https://openindex.co.uk/map/scotland-crime-count?place=S45000193) (Recorded crimes and offences in Scotland · 2025/26): Published for whole councils, so the map colours all of North Lanarkshire, where most of this town lies. The outline is Coatbridge.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=S45000193) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Coatbridge had 40,398 usual residents at the census.

## How Coatbridge compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Coatbridge | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Population | 40,398 | 18th most populated | 117 towns, Scotland · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 0% | joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 117 towns, Scotland · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 93.1% | 59th highest | 117 towns, Scotland · Jan 2026 |
| Claimant rate | 3.2% | joint 50th highest | 117 towns, Scotland · Aug 2026 |

## 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

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Cliftonville - 01](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018864) | 813 | – | – | 99.2% |
| [Cliftonville - 02](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018865) | 624 | – | – | 85.5% |
| [Cliftonville - 03](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018866) | 736 | – | – | 72.8% |
| [Coatbridge West - 01](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018845) | 803 | – | – | 90.8% |
| [Coatbridge West - 02](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018846) | 659 | – | – | 75.9% |
| [Coatbridge West - 03](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018847) | 1,122 | – | – | 93.5% |
| [Coatbridge West - 04](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018848) | 667 | – | – | 100.0% |
| [Coatbridge West - 05](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018849) | 659 | – | – | 100.0% |
| [Coatdyke and Whinhall - 04](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018917) | 810 | – | – | 94.4% |
| [Drumpellier and Langloan - 01](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018842) | 638 | – | – | 89.7% |
| [Drumpellier and Langloan - 02](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018843) | 643 | – | – | 99.4% |
| [Drumpellier and Langloan - 03](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018844) | 1,007 | – | – | 99.8% |
| [Dundyvan - 01](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018834) | 879 | – | – | 99.2% |
| [Dundyvan - 02](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018835) | 649 | – | – | 99.7% |
| [Dundyvan - 03](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018836) | 585 | – | – | 94.3% |
| [Dundyvan - 04](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018837) | 630 | – | – | 62.2% |
| [Dundyvan - 05](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018838) | 1,087 | – | – | 76.2% |
| [Dundyvan - 06](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018839) | 719 | – | – | 99.7% |
| [Dundyvan - 07](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018840) | 518 | – | – | 99.6% |
| [Dundyvan - 08](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018841) | 745 | – | – | 99.5% |
| [Glenmavis and Greengairs - 08](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018957) | 683 | – | – | 97.4% |
| [Greenend and Carnbroe - 01](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018872) | 1,047 | – | – | 100.0% |
| [Greenend and Carnbroe - 02](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018873) | 584 | – | – | 100.0% |
| [Greenend and Carnbroe - 03](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018874) | 909 | – | – | 100.0% |
| [Greenend and Carnbroe - 04](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018875) | 846 | – | – | 99.2% |
| [Greenend and Carnbroe - 05](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018876) | 785 | – | – | 97.1% |
| [Greenend and Carnbroe - 06](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018877) | 1,108 | – | – | 99.1% |
| [Greenend and Carnbroe - 07](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018878) | 769 | – | – | 99.8% |
| [Kirkshaws - 01](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018827) | 792 | – | – | 98.0% |
| [Kirkshaws - 02](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018828) | 701 | – | – | 94.8% |
| [Kirkshaws - 03](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018829) | 935 | – | – | 99.0% |
| [Kirkshaws - 04](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018830) | 857 | – | – | 99.2% |
| [Kirkshaws - 05](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018831) | 769 | – | – | 86.0% |
| [Kirkshaws - 06](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018832) | 889 | – | – | 99.6% |
| [Kirkshaws - 07](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018833) | 686 | – | – | 96.0% |
| [Kirkwood and Bargeddie - 05](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018822) | 667 | – | – | 97.4% |
| [Kirkwood and Bargeddie - 06](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018823) | 395 | – | – | 100.0% |
| [Kirkwood and Bargeddie - 07](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018824) | 656 | – | – | 99.1% |
| [Kirkwood and Bargeddie - 08](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018825) | 727 | – | – | 100.0% |
| [Kirkwood and Bargeddie - 09](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018826) | 788 | – | – | 100.0% |
| [Shawhead and Whifflet - 01](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018867) | 646 | – | – | 89.1% |
| [Shawhead and Whifflet - 02](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018868) | 678 | – | – | 98.2% |
| [Shawhead and Whifflet - 03](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018869) | 848 | – | – | 99.8% |
| [Shawhead and Whifflet - 04](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018870) | 629 | – | – | 83.0% |
| [Shawhead and Whifflet - 05](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018871) | 602 | – | – | 99.7% |
| [Sunnyside and Cliftonville - 01](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018857) | 554 | – | – | 91.1% |
| [Sunnyside and Cliftonville - 02](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018858) | 584 | – | – | 96.1% |
| [Sunnyside and Cliftonville - 03](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018859) | 435 | – | – | 90.6% |
| [Sunnyside and Cliftonville - 04](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018860) | 544 | – | – | 95.9% |
| [Sunnyside and Cliftonville - 05](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018861) | 566 | – | – | 89.4% |
| [Sunnyside and Cliftonville - 06](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018862) | 568 | – | – | 60.3% |
| [Sunnyside and Cliftonville - 07](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018863) | 569 | – | – | 60.4% |
| [Townhead - 01](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018850) | 634 | – | – | 91.3% |
| [Townhead - 02](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018851) | 625 | – | – | 99.7% |
| [Townhead - 03](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018852) | 624 | – | – | 98.0% |
| [Townhead - 04](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018853) | 748 | – | – | 99.7% |
| [Townhead - 05](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018854) | 801 | – | – | 99.1% |
| [Townhead - 06](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018855) | 692 | – | – | 99.7% |
| [Townhead - 07](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018856) | 537 | – | – | 99.6% |

## Your MP

- [Coatbridge and Bellshill](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/coatbridge-and-bellshill): Frank McNally (Labour), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Council

[North Lanarkshire](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire)

## Postcode districts covering Coatbridge

[ML5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ml5)

## Middle areas in Coatbridge

[Cliftonville](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/cliftonville), [Coatbridge West](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/coatbridge-west), [Drumpellier and Langloan](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/drumpellier-and-langloan), [Dundyvan](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/dundyvan), [Greenend and Carnbroe](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/greenend-and-carnbroe), [Kirkshaws](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/kirkshaws), [Kirkwood and Bargeddie](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/kirkwood-and-bargeddie), [Shawhead and Whifflet](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/shawhead-and-whifflet), [Sunnyside and Cliftonville](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/sunnyside-and-cliftonville), [Townhead](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/townhead)

## Towns near Coatbridge

[Airdrie](https://openindex.co.uk/town/airdrie), [Bellshill](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bellshill), [Uddingston](https://openindex.co.uk/town/uddingston), [Glasgow](https://openindex.co.uk/glasgow), [Motherwell](https://openindex.co.uk/town/motherwell), [Cambuslang](https://openindex.co.uk/town/cambuslang)

## 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.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: S45000193
- Constituency: [Coatbridge and Bellshill †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/coatbridge-and-bellshill)
- Council: [North Lanarkshire †](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire)
- Nation: [Scotland](https://openindex.co.uk/scotland)
- Area: 11.44 km²
- People, mid-2024: 40,653*
- Neighbourhoods: 59
- Output areas: 336

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[Airdrie](https://openindex.co.uk/town/airdrie), [Bellshill](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bellshill), [Uddingston](https://openindex.co.uk/town/uddingston), [Glasgow](https://openindex.co.uk/glasgow), [Motherwell](https://openindex.co.uk/town/motherwell), [Cambuslang](https://openindex.co.uk/town/cambuslang)

## Latest updates for Coatbridge

- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.
- GP practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Department for Education · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Department for Education · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/S45000193

## How to cite

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