East Kilbride
TownTown in South Lanarkshire, Scotland.
East Kilbride is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for East Kilbride 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.
Radon Affected Area by town
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
Under 1%90% or more
About 9% of people in East Kilbride live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How East Kilbride compares
Each dot is a town. The black line marks the middle one.
East KilbrideMiddle
Population117 towns, Scotland · 2021
72,8296th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares117 towns, Scotland · 2022
9%joint 51st most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage117 towns, Scotland · Jan 2026
94.3%47th highest
Claimant rate117 towns, Scotland · Aug 2026
2.5%joint 33rd lowest
What is the population of East Kilbride?
East Kilbride had 72,829 usual residents at the census.
East Kilbride is the 152nd most populated of 1,209 in the UK.
Neighbourhoods in East Kilbride
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birniehill, Kelvin and Whitehills East - 01 | 717 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Birniehill, Kelvin and Whitehills East - 02 | 572 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Birniehill, Kelvin and Whitehills East - 03 | 424 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Birniehill, Kelvin and Whitehills East - 04 | 972 | No figure | No figure | 87.2% |
| Birniehill, Kelvin and Whitehills East - 05 | 440 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Birniehill, Kelvin and Whitehills East - 06 | 631 | No figure | No figure | 98.9% |
| Calderwood Central - 01 | 779 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Calderwood Central - 02 | 902 | No figure | No figure | 98.8% |
| Calderwood Central - 03 | 683 | No figure | No figure | 98.6% |
| Calderwood Central - 04 | 605 | No figure | No figure | 99.2% |
| Calderwood Central - 05 | 839 | No figure | No figure | 95.7% |
| Calderwood East - 01 | 693 | No figure | No figure | 99.0% |
| Calderwood East - 02 | 688 | No figure | No figure | 99.7% |
| Calderwood East - 03 | 784 | No figure | No figure | 99.3% |
| Calderwood East - 04 | 757 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Calderwood East - 05 | 605 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Calderwood West - 01 | 736 | No figure | No figure | 87.8% |
| Calderwood West - 02 | 641 | No figure | No figure | 86.2% |
| Calderwood West - 03 | 792 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Calderwood West - 04 | 813 | No figure | No figure | 89.4% |
| Calderwood West - 05 | 692 | No figure | No figure | 96.2% |
| Calderwood West - 06 | 510 | No figure | No figure | 97.8% |
| Crosshouse and Lindsayfield Central - 01 | 669 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Crosshouse and Lindsayfield Central - 02 | 693 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Crosshouse and Lindsayfield Central - 03 | 716 | No figure | No figure | 65.8% |
| Crosshouse and Lindsayfield Central - 04 | 587 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Crosshouse and Lindsayfield Central - 05 | 802 | No figure | No figure | 99.3% |
| Crosshouse and Lindsayfield Central - 06 | 466 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Crosshouse and Lindsayfield Central - 07 | 587 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Crosshouse and Lindsayfield Central - 08 | 773 | No figure | No figure | 96.0% |
| East Mains - 01 | 726 | No figure | No figure | 70.5% |
| East Mains - 02 | 1,081 | No figure | No figure | 88.4% |
| East Mains - 03 | 487 | No figure | No figure | 99.1% |
| East Mains - 04 | 809 | No figure | No figure | 96.7% |
| Greenhills - 01 | 559 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Greenhills - 03 | 671 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Greenhills - 04 | 664 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Greenhills - 05 | 644 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Hairmyres and Westwood West - 01 | 1,062 | No figure | No figure | 72.7% |
| Hairmyres and Westwood West - 02 | 966 | No figure | No figure | 84.1% |
| Hairmyres and Westwood West - 03 | 528 | No figure | No figure | 99.7% |
| Lindsayfield West, Lindsayfield South and Auldhouse - 01 | 677 | No figure | No figure | 94.3% |
| Lindsayfield West, Lindsayfield South and Auldhouse - 02 | 612 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Lindsayfield West, Lindsayfield South and Auldhouse - 04 | 659 | No figure | No figure | 93.2% |
| Lindsayfield West, Lindsayfield South and Auldhouse - 05 | 900 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Lindsayfield West, Lindsayfield South and Auldhouse - 06 | 553 | No figure | No figure | 77.0% |
| Lindsayfield West, Lindsayfield South and Auldhouse - 07 | 730 | No figure | No figure | 98.2% |
| Mossneuk and Newlandsmuir - 01 | 583 | No figure | No figure | 99.7% |
| Mossneuk and Newlandsmuir - 02 | 448 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Mossneuk and Newlandsmuir - 03 | 598 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Mossneuk and Newlandsmuir - 04 | 493 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Mossneuk and Newlandsmuir - 05 | 538 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Mossneuk and Newlandsmuir - 06 | 540 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Mossneuk and Newlandsmuir - 07 | 570 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Nerston - 03 | 449 | No figure | No figure | 99.7% |
| Nerston - 04 | 695 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| St Leonards North - 01 | 636 | No figure | No figure | 95.3% |
| St Leonards North - 02 | 639 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| St Leonards North - 03 | 498 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| St Leonards North - 04 | 390 | No figure | No figure | 99.5% |
| St Leonards North - 05 | 560 | No figure | No figure | 98.5% |
| St Leonards North - 06 | 630 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| St Leonards North - 07 | 566 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| St Leonards North - 08 | 706 | No figure | No figure | 99.6% |
| St Leonards South - 01 | 677 | No figure | No figure | 99.4% |
| St Leonards South - 02 | 449 | No figure | No figure | 99.6% |
| St Leonards South - 03 | 474 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| St Leonards South - 04 | 655 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| St Leonards South - 05 | 749 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| St Leonards South - 06 | 852 | No figure | No figure | 63.6% |
| St Leonards South - 07 | 707 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Stewartfield East - 01 | 669 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Stewartfield East - 02 | 585 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Stewartfield East - 03 | 618 | No figure | No figure | 82.4% |
| Stewartfield East - 04 | 731 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Stewartfield West - 01 | 713 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Stewartfield West - 02 | 679 | No figure | No figure | 91.7% |
| Stewartfield West - 03 | 448 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Stewartfield West - 04 | 920 | No figure | No figure | 60.7% |
| Stewartfield West - 05 | 741 | No figure | No figure | 95.3% |
| Stewartfield West - 06 | 391 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| The Murray - 01 | 586 | No figure | No figure | 99.3% |
| The Murray - 02 | 758 | No figure | No figure | 85.2% |
| The Murray - 03 | 738 | No figure | No figure | 98.2% |
| The Murray - 04 | 752 | No figure | No figure | 95.3% |
| The Murray - 05 | 819 | No figure | No figure | 93.7% |
| Thorntonhall, Jackton and Gardenhall - 01 | 599 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Thorntonhall, Jackton and Gardenhall - 02 | 649 | No figure | No figure | 99.3% |
| Thorntonhall, Jackton and Gardenhall - 03 | 834 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Thorntonhall, Jackton and Gardenhall - 04 | 577 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Thorntonhall, Jackton and Gardenhall - 05 | 558 | No figure | No figure | 99.5% |
| West Mains - 01 | 828 | No figure | No figure | 71.8% |
| West Mains - 02 | 868 | No figure | No figure | 99.5% |
| West Mains - 03 | 623 | No figure | No figure | 82.1% |
| West Mains - 04 | 718 | No figure | No figure | 99.7% |
| Westwood East - 01 | 884 | No figure | No figure | 99.8% |
| Westwood East - 02 | 670 | No figure | No figure | 99.7% |
| Westwood East - 03 | 842 | No figure | No figure | 99.2% |
| Westwood East - 04 | 970 | No figure | No figure | 93.5% |
| Westwood South - 01 | 602 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Westwood South - 02 | 674 | No figure | No figure | 99.4% |
| Westwood South - 03 | 738 | No figure | No figure | 99.5% |
| Westwood South - 04 | 716 | No figure | No figure | 98.5% |
| Westwood South - 05 | 590 | No figure | No figure | 99.3% |
| Westwood South - 06 | 723 | No figure | No figure | 99.7% |
| Whitehills West - 01 | 551 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Whitehills West - 02 | 844 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Whitehills West - 03 | 743 | No figure | No figure | 99.4% |
| Whitehills West - 04 | 792 | No figure | No figure | 92.4% |
| Whitehills West - 05 | 560 | No figure | No figure | 84.9% |
| Whitehills West - 06 | 653 | No figure | No figure | 86.1% |
Your MP
- Joani ReidLabourMP for East Kilbride and Strathaven
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Council1
Postcode districts covering East Kilbride2
Middle areas in East Kilbride20
- Birniehill, Kelvin and Whitehills East
- Calderwood Central
- Calderwood East
- Calderwood West
- Crosshouse and Lindsayfield Central
- East Mains
- Greenhills
- Hairmyres and Westwood West
- Lindsayfield West, Lindsayfield South and Auldhouse
- Mossneuk and Newlandsmuir
- St Leonards North
- St Leonards South
- Stewartfield East
- Stewartfield West
- The Murray
- Thorntonhall, Jackton and Gardenhall
- West Mains
- Westwood East
- Westwood South
- Whitehills West
Towns near East Kilbride6
East Kilbride in brief
East Kilbride is a town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland.
About 74,041 people lived in East Kilbride in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from NRS small-area estimates).
East Kilbride had 72,829 usual residents at the census.
About 9% of people in East Kilbride live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In East Kilbride, 94.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In East Kilbride, 2.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.