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Cumbernauld

Town

Town in North Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Cumbernauld is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Cumbernauld 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 3% of people in Cumbernauld live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
45,365
241st most populated of 1,209
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
3%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
93.0%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
3.1%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Cumbernauld compares

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

CumbernauldMiddle
Population117 towns, Scotland · 2021
Population: every town in Scotland117 areas from 7,510 to 637,024. The middle area is 14,054. Cumbernauld is 45,365.
45,36512th 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%. Cumbernauld is 3.0%.
3%joint 52nd 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%. Cumbernauld is 93.0%.
93.0%joint 55th lowest
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%. Cumbernauld is 3.1%.
3.1%joint 56th lowest

What is the population of Cumbernauld?

Cumbernauld had 45,365 usual residents at the census.

Cumbernauld is the 241st most populated of 1,209 in the UK.

Neighbourhoods in Cumbernauld

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Abronhill North - 01853No figureNo figure99.3%
Abronhill North - 02664No figureNo figure100.0%
Abronhill North - 03607No figureNo figure100.0%
Abronhill North - 04749No figureNo figure100.0%
Abronhill North - 05619No figureNo figure100.0%
Abronhill North - 06570No figureNo figure100.0%
Abronhill South - 01863No figureNo figure99.8%
Abronhill South - 02907No figureNo figure99.6%
Abronhill South - 03708No figureNo figure97.9%
Abronhill South - 04542No figureNo figure100.0%
Abronhill South - 05769No figureNo figure100.0%
Balloch East - 01550No figureNo figure100.0%
Balloch East - 02461No figureNo figure95.5%
Balloch East - 03799No figureNo figure46.6%
Balloch East - 04758No figureNo figure0.0%
Balloch West - 01592No figureNo figure84.8%
Balloch West - 02625No figureNo figure86.4%
Balloch West - 03701No figureNo figure94.3%
Balloch West - 04871No figureNo figure100.0%
Balloch West - 05493No figureNo figure100.0%
Broadwood - 011,028No figureNo figure94.0%
Broadwood - 02559No figureNo figure100.0%
Broadwood - 03537No figureNo figure100.0%
Broadwood - 04847No figureNo figure88.5%
Broadwood - 05398No figureNo figure100.0%
Carrickstone - 01603No figureNo figure100.0%
Carrickstone - 02975No figureNo figure100.0%
Carrickstone - 03525No figureNo figure100.0%
Carrickstone - 04839No figureNo figure95.3%
Carrickstone - 05647No figureNo figure96.1%
Carrickstone - 061,136No figureNo figure99.7%
Condorrat - 01869No figureNo figure95.0%
Condorrat - 02618No figureNo figure98.1%
Condorrat - 03743No figureNo figure100.0%
Condorrat - 04817No figureNo figure100.0%
Condorrat - 05646No figureNo figure99.7%
Condorrat - 06723No figureNo figure99.7%
Croy, Dullatar and Banton - 05688No figureNo figure99.5%
Cumbernauld Central - 01902No figureNo figure75.8%
Cumbernauld Central - 02905No figureNo figure73.2%
Cumbernauld Central - 03538No figureNo figure100.0%
Cumbernauld Central - 04903No figureNo figure99.8%
Cumbernauld Central - 05714No figureNo figure99.4%
Cumbernauld Central - 06616No figureNo figure98.5%
Greenfaulds - 01728No figureNo figure99.4%
Greenfaulds - 02663No figureNo figure98.6%
Greenfaulds - 03669No figureNo figure99.7%
Greenfaulds - 04688No figureNo figure92.2%
Greenfaulds - 051,014No figureNo figure80.5%
Kildrum - 01838No figureNo figure99.1%
Kildrum - 02629No figureNo figure99.2%
Kildrum - 03886No figureNo figure99.8%
Kildrum - 04812No figureNo figure100.0%
Kildrum - 05725No figureNo figure97.6%
Seafar - 01668No figureNo figure97.3%
Seafar - 02830No figureNo figure95.6%
Seafar - 03680No figureNo figure91.1%
Seafar - 04733No figureNo figure98.6%
Seafar - 05720No figureNo figure99.0%
Village and Castlecary - 01553No figureNo figure39.3%
Village and Castlecary - 02764No figureNo figure98.2%
Village and Castlecary - 03830No figureNo figure99.8%
Village and Castlecary - 04638No figureNo figure80.5%
Westfield - 01712No figureNo figure90.1%
Westfield - 02452No figureNo figure98.5%
Westfield - 03758No figureNo figure100.0%
Westfield - 04791No figureNo figure97.4%
Westfield - 05716No figureNo figure100.0%

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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 Cumbernauld2

Middle areas in Cumbernauld13

Towns near Cumbernauld6

Cumbernauld in brief

Cumbernauld is a town in North Lanarkshire, Scotland.

About 45,182 people lived in Cumbernauld in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from NRS small-area estimates).

Cumbernauld had 45,365 usual residents at the census.

About 3% of people in Cumbernauld live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Cumbernauld, 93.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Cumbernauld, 3.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.