# Wishaw

Town in North Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Wishaw is a town in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. About 29,976 people.

Town. Code S45000822. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [North Lanarkshire](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire)

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

## Key figures

- **Population: 29,849** (2021). Wishaw had 29,849 usual residents at the census (Scotland's Census 2022). 370th most populated of 1,209. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/wishaw#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in Wishaw live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/town/wishaw#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 93.4%** (January 2026). In Wishaw, 93.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/wishaw#f-gigabit-coverage
- **Claimant rate: 3.7%** (August 2026). In Wishaw, 3.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026 (ONS via Nomis). UK 3.9%. Source: Claimant count (Nomis), August 2026. Published 15 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/wishaw#f-claimant-rate

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=S45000822) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 0% of people in Wishaw live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Average house price by council](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?place=S45000822) (UK House Price Index · July 2026): Published for whole councils, so the map colours all of North Lanarkshire, where most of this town lies. The outline is Wishaw.
- [Crimes by council](https://openindex.co.uk/map/scotland-crime-count?place=S45000822) (Recorded crimes and offences in Scotland · 2025/26): Published for whole councils, so the map colours all of North Lanarkshire, where most of this town lies. The outline is Wishaw.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=S45000822) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Wishaw had 29,849 usual residents at the census.

## How Wishaw compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Wishaw | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Population | 29,849 | 26th most populated | 117 towns, Scotland · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 0% | joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 117 towns, Scotland · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 93.4% | 54th highest | 117 towns, Scotland · Jan 2026 |
| Claimant rate | 3.7% | joint 31st highest | 117 towns, Scotland · Aug 2026 |

## What is the population of Wishaw?

Wishaw had 29,849 usual residents at the census.
Wishaw is the 370th most populated of 1,209 in the UK.

## Neighbourhoods in Wishaw

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Coltness - 01](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018659) | 825 | – | – | 100.0% |
| [Coltness - 03](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018661) | 567 | – | – | 99.3% |
| [Coltness - 04](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018662) | 664 | – | – | 100.0% |
| [Coltness - 05](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018663) | 791 | – | – | 100.0% |
| [Craigneuk Wishaw - 01](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018632) | 930 | – | – | 78.2% |
| [Craigneuk Wishaw - 02](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018633) | 727 | – | – | 100.0% |
| [Craigneuk Wishaw - 03](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018634) | 716 | – | – | 99.7% |
| [Craigneuk Wishaw - 04](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018635) | 951 | – | – | 97.7% |
| [Craigneuk Wishaw - 05](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018636) | 669 | – | – | 100.0% |
| [Craigneuk Wishaw - 06](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018637) | 895 | – | – | 94.8% |
| [Netherton and Kirkhill - 01](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018611) | 793 | – | – | 86.6% |
| [Netherton and Kirkhill - 02](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018612) | 642 | – | – | 99.6% |
| [Netherton and Kirkhill - 03](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018613) | 629 | – | – | 76.6% |
| [Netherton and Kirkhill - 04](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018614) | 489 | – | – | 99.6% |
| [Netherton and Kirkhill - 05](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018615) | 802 | – | – | 99.5% |
| [Overtown - 04](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018609) | 467 | – | – | 99.1% |
| [Overtown - 05](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018610) | 856 | – | – | 86.2% |
| [Pather - 01](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018638) | 1,088 | – | – | 86.2% |
| [Pather - 02](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018639) | 787 | – | – | 84.2% |
| [Pather - 03](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018640) | 712 | – | – | 96.3% |
| [Pather - 04](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018641) | 633 | – | – | 100.0% |
| [Pather - 05](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018642) | 624 | – | – | 100.0% |
| [Wishaw East - 01](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018664) | 491 | – | – | 100.0% |
| [Wishaw East - 02](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018665) | 785 | – | – | 99.5% |
| [Wishaw East - 03](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018666) | 855 | – | – | 97.8% |
| [Wishaw East - 04](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018667) | 553 | – | – | 100.0% |
| [Wishaw North - 01](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018650) | 681 | – | – | 66.3% |
| [Wishaw North - 02](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018651) | 640 | – | – | 93.2% |
| [Wishaw North - 03](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018652) | 970 | – | – | 95.4% |
| [Wishaw North - 04](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018653) | 483 | – | – | 99.6% |
| [Wishaw North - 05](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018654) | 766 | – | – | 98.7% |
| [Wishaw North - 06](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018655) | 601 | – | – | 99.0% |
| [Wishaw North - 07](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018656) | 865 | – | – | 99.4% |
| [Wishaw North - 08](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018657) | 541 | – | – | 100.0% |
| [Wishaw North - 09](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018658) | 618 | – | – | 100.0% |
| [Wishaw South - 01](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018643) | 866 | – | – | 96.9% |
| [Wishaw South - 02](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018644) | 538 | – | – | 100.0% |
| [Wishaw South - 03](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018645) | 772 | – | – | 88.0% |
| [Wishaw South - 04](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018646) | 775 | – | – | 87.4% |
| [Wishaw South - 05](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018647) | 842 | – | – | 85.1% |
| [Wishaw South - 06](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018648) | 683 | – | – | 87.9% |
| [Wishaw South - 07](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/neighbourhood/s01018649) | 499 | – | – | 100.0% |

## Your MP

- [Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/motherwell-wishaw-and-carluke): Pamela Nash (Labour), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Council

[North Lanarkshire](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire)

## Postcode districts covering Wishaw

[ML1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ml1), [ML2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ml2)

## Middle areas in Wishaw

[Coltness](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/coltness), [Craigneuk Wishaw](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/craigneuk-wishaw), [Netherton and Kirkhill](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/netherton-and-kirkhill), [Pather](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/pather), [Wishaw East](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/wishaw-east), [Wishaw North](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/wishaw-north), [Wishaw South](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire/wishaw-south)

## Towns near Wishaw

[Motherwell](https://openindex.co.uk/town/motherwell), [Larkhall](https://openindex.co.uk/town/larkhall), [Hamilton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/hamilton), [Carluke](https://openindex.co.uk/town/carluke), [Bellshill](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bellshill), [Shotts](https://openindex.co.uk/town/shotts)

## Wishaw in brief

Wishaw is a town in North Lanarkshire, Scotland.
About 29,976 people lived in Wishaw in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from NRS small-area estimates).
Wishaw had 29,849 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Wishaw live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Wishaw, 93.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Wishaw, 3.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: S45000822
- Constituency: [Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/motherwell-wishaw-and-carluke)
- Council: [North Lanarkshire †](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lanarkshire)
- Nation: [Scotland](https://openindex.co.uk/scotland)
- Area: 8.35 km²
- People, mid-2024: 29,976*
- Neighbourhoods: 42
- Output areas: 261

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[Motherwell](https://openindex.co.uk/town/motherwell), [Larkhall](https://openindex.co.uk/town/larkhall), [Hamilton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/hamilton), [Carluke](https://openindex.co.uk/town/carluke), [Bellshill](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bellshill), [Shotts](https://openindex.co.uk/town/shotts)

## Latest updates for Wishaw

- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.
- GP practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Department for Education · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Department for Education · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/S45000822

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/wishaw, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/wishaw#f-population.

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