Rutherglen
TownTown in South Lanarkshire, Scotland.
Rutherglen is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Rutherglen 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 Rutherglen live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Rutherglen compares
Each dot is a town. The black line marks the middle one.
What is the population of Rutherglen?
Rutherglen had 16,630 usual residents at the census.
Rutherglen is the 577th least populated of 1,209 in the UK.
Neighbourhoods in Rutherglen
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bankhead South - 01 | 891 | No figure | No figure | 99.8% |
| Bankhead South - 02 | 795 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Bankhead South - 03 | 734 | No figure | No figure | 99.7% |
| Bankhead South - 04 | 687 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Burgh, Eastfield and Silverbank - 05 | 721 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Burgh, Eastfield and Silverbank - 06 | 757 | No figure | No figure | 98.9% |
| Burgh, Eastfield and Silverbank - 07 | 713 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Burgh, Eastfield and Silverbank - 08 | 579 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Burnhill and Bankhead North - 01 | 760 | No figure | No figure | 91.8% |
| Burnhill and Bankhead North - 02 | 751 | No figure | No figure | 99.8% |
| Burnhill and Bankhead North - 03 | 693 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Burnhill and Bankhead North - 04 | 617 | No figure | No figure | 99.2% |
| Burnhill and Bankhead North - 05 | 840 | No figure | No figure | 99.4% |
| Farme Cross and Gallowflat North - 03 | 817 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Farme Cross and Gallowflat North - 04 | 680 | No figure | No figure | 94.7% |
| High Crosshill - 04 | 881 | No figure | No figure | 99.5% |
| High Crosshill - 05 | 779 | No figure | No figure | 97.8% |
| Shawfield and Clincarthill - 01 | 878 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Shawfield and Clincarthill - 02 | 663 | No figure | No figure | 98.8% |
| Shawfield and Clincarthill - 03 | 432 | No figure | No figure | 98.1% |
| Shawfield and Clincarthill - 04 | 707 | No figure | No figure | 99.2% |
| Shawfield and Clincarthill - 05 | 410 | No figure | No figure | 96.4% |
| Spittal - 01 | 622 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Spittal - 02 | 541 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
Your MP
- Michael ShanksLabourMP for Rutherglen
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 Rutherglen1
Middle areas in Rutherglen3
Towns near Rutherglen6
Rutherglen in brief
Rutherglen is a town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland.
About 16,604 people lived in Rutherglen in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from NRS small-area estimates).
Rutherglen had 16,630 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Rutherglen live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Rutherglen, 99.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Rutherglen, 3.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.