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Uddingston

Town

Town in North Lanarkshire and South Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Uddingston is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Uddingston 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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Gigabit coverage by town

Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026

Under 60%98% or more

In Uddingston, 96.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

Population
19,998
545th most populated of 1,209
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
96.1%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.3%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026
Aged 15 to 64
64.5%
Joint 277th highest of 1,209
ONS Census 2021 · 2021

How Uddingston compares

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

UddingstonMiddle
Population117 towns, Scotland · 2021
Population: every town in Scotland117 areas from 7,510 to 637,024. The middle area is 14,054. Uddingston is 19,998.
19,99838th most populated
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%. Uddingston is 96.1%.
96.1%joint 24th highest
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%. Uddingston is 2.3%.
2.3%27th lowest
Aged 15 to 64117 towns, Scotland · 2021
Aged 15 to 64: every town in Scotland117 areas from 53.3% to 77.2%. The middle area is 63.4%. Uddingston is 64.5%.
64.5%40th highest

What is the population of Uddingston?

Uddingston had 19,998 usual residents at the census.

Uddingston is the 545th most populated of 1,209 in the UK.

Neighbourhoods in Uddingston

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Birkenshaw - 01669No figureNo figure100.0%
Birkenshaw - 02504No figureNo figure100.0%
Birkenshaw - 03769No figureNo figure97.5%
Birkenshaw - 04654No figureNo figure100.0%
Birkenshaw - 05608No figureNo figure98.2%
Birkenshaw - 06569No figureNo figure96.9%
Birkenshaw - 07597No figureNo figure82.4%
Calderbank and Brownsburn - 01954No figureNo figure90.4%
Fallside - 02693No figureNo figure99.4%
Fallside - 03758No figureNo figure99.7%
Fallside - 04984No figureNo figure98.3%
Fallside - 05606No figureNo figure92.1%
Fallside - 06491No figureNo figure98.5%
Fallside - 07713No figureNo figure97.2%
Uddingston and Kylepark - 01703No figureNo figure100.0%
Uddingston and Kylepark - 02801No figureNo figure89.5%
Uddingston and Kylepark - 03701No figureNo figure94.8%
Uddingston and Kylepark - 04607No figureNo figure90.5%
Uddingston and Kylepark - 05802No figureNo figure96.4%
Uddingston and Kylepark - 06749No figureNo figure87.9%
Uddingston and Kylepark - 07573No figureNo figure95.9%
Uddingston and Kylepark - 08937No figureNo figure98.3%
Viewpark - 01813No figureNo figure98.3%
Viewpark - 021,041No figureNo figure95.1%
Viewpark - 03553No figureNo figure100.0%
Viewpark - 04584No figureNo figure100.0%
Viewpark - 05734No figureNo figure99.7%
Viewpark - 06620No figureNo figure100.0%
Viewpark - 07752No figureNo figure95.7%

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Councils Uddingston sits in2

Postcode districts covering Uddingston1

Middle areas in Uddingston4

Towns near Uddingston6

Uddingston in brief

Uddingston is a town in North Lanarkshire and South Lanarkshire, Scotland.

About 19,881 people lived in Uddingston in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from NRS small-area estimates).

Uddingston had 19,998 usual residents at the census.

In Uddingston, 96.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Uddingston, 2.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.

64.5% of residents in Uddingston were aged 15 to 64 at the census.