Lanark
TownTown in South Lanarkshire, Scotland.
Lanark is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Lanark 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
About 0% of people in Lanark live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Lanark compares
Each dot is a town. The black line marks the middle one.
What is the population of Lanark?
Lanark had 8,074 usual residents at the census.
Lanark is the 65th least populated of 1,209 in the UK.
Neighbourhoods in Lanark
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lanark North East - 01 | 618 | No figure | No figure | 96.6% |
| Lanark North East - 02 | 700 | No figure | No figure | 97.9% |
| Lanark North East - 03 | 533 | No figure | No figure | 77.6% |
| Lanark North East - 04 | 457 | No figure | No figure | 99.6% |
| Lanark North West - 01 | 534 | No figure | No figure | 88.6% |
| Lanark North West - 02 | 714 | No figure | No figure | 95.4% |
| Lanark North West - 03 | 569 | No figure | No figure | 95.1% |
| Lanark North West - 04 | 795 | No figure | No figure | 97.6% |
| Lanark South - 03 | 720 | No figure | No figure | 92.7% |
| Lanark South - 04 | 500 | No figure | No figure | 87.5% |
| Lanark South - 05 | 859 | No figure | No figure | 54.8% |
| Lanark South - 06 | 684 | No figure | No figure | 99.7% |
Your MP
- Imogen WalkerLabourMP for Hamilton and Clyde Valley
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 Lanark1
Middle areas in Lanark3
Towns near Lanark6
Lanark in brief
Lanark is a town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland.
About 7,945 people lived in Lanark in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from NRS small-area estimates).
Lanark had 8,074 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Lanark live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Lanark, 87.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Lanark, 3.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.