Local authority · S12000029
South Lanarkshire
In useSouth Lanarkshire is a local authority in Scotland, published in boundary releases since December 2011.
The May 2026 boundary, generalised to about 100 m.
- Code
- S12000029
- Kind
- Local authority
- Area
- 1,766 km²
- Population
- 334,030Mid-2024 estimate
- In use
- 2011 to now
Where it sits
Grouping of councilsCentral Belt
CountryScotland
What it contains
20 wards, as of the May 2026 boundaries
- Avondale and Stonehouse
- Blantyre
- Bothwell and Uddingston
- Cambuslang East
- Cambuslang West
- Clydesdale East
- Clydesdale North
- Clydesdale South
- Clydesdale West
- East Kilbride Central North
- East Kilbride Central South
- East Kilbride East
- East Kilbride South
- East Kilbride West
- Hamilton North and East
- Hamilton South
- Hamilton West and Earnock
- Larkhall
- Rutherglen Central and North
- Rutherglen South
Neighbours
7 local authorities share a border with South Lanarkshire, longest border first.
- Dumfries and Galloway 61.3 km
- East Ayrshire 60.2 km
- Scottish Borders 57.2 km
- North Lanarkshire 34.5 km
- West Lothian 21.6 km
- Glasgow City 20.9 km
- East Renfrewshire 19.6 km
Data published for it
19 of the Atlas's datasets publish figures for South Lanarkshire itself.
- Air Quality2024
- Broadband Coverage2025
- Child Poverty2022 to 2025 (4 years)
- Claimant Count2026
- EU Referendum Results2016
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions2005 to 2024 (20 years)
- Jobs2011 to 2024 (14 years)
- Land Area2024
- Life Expectancy2024
- Life Expectancy Series2003 to 2024 (22 years)
- Mobile Coverage2025
- Population (Local Authority)2011 to 2024 (14 years)
- Public electric vehicle chargers by local authority2026
- Road Collisions by Local Authority2024 and 2025
- Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation2020
- Subnational electricity consumption2015 to 2024 (10 years)
- Subnational gas consumption2015 to 2024 (10 years)
- UK business: activity, size and location2025
- Unemployment2021
Ask the API
Everything on this page comes from the UK Data Atlas API's geography resolver. These requests return it, for the May 2026 release.
- The areaDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/S12000029 - Its boundaryDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/S12000029/geometry?tier=medium - Its historyDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/S12000029/history - What it sits withinDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/S12000029/parents - What it containsDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/S12000029/children - Its neighboursDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/S12000029/neighbours - What you can ask about itDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/S12000029?include=capabilities