Local authority · S12000050
North Lanarkshire
In useNorth Lanarkshire is a local authority in Scotland, published in boundary releases since April 2019.
The May 2026 boundary, generalised to about 100 m.
- Code
- S12000050
- Kind
- Local authority
- Area
- 470 km²
- Population
- 344,540Mid-2024 estimate
- In use
- 2019 to now
Where it sits
Grouping of councilsCentral Belt
CountryScotland
What it contains
21 wards, as of the May 2026 boundaries
- Airdrie Central
- Airdrie North
- Airdrie South
- Bellshill
- Coatbridge North
- Coatbridge South
- Coatbridge West
- Cumbernauld East
- Cumbernauld North
- Cumbernauld South
- Fortissat
- Gartcosh, Glenboig and Moodiesburn
- Kilsyth
- Mossend and Holytown
- Motherwell North
- Motherwell South East and Ravenscraig
- Motherwell West
- Murdostoun
- Stepps, Chryston and Muirhead
- Thorniewood
- Wishaw
Neighbours
6 local authorities share a border with North Lanarkshire, longest border first.
- Falkirk 34.7 km
- South Lanarkshire 34.5 km
- East Dunbartonshire 32.8 km
- West Lothian 26.9 km
- Glasgow City 20.9 km
- Stirling 10.9 km
Data published for it
17 of the Atlas's datasets publish figures for North Lanarkshire itself.
- Air Quality2024
- Broadband Coverage2025
- Child Poverty2022 to 2025 (4 years)
- Claimant Count2026
- 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
- 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/S12000050 - Its boundaryDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/S12000050/geometry?tier=medium - Its historyDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/S12000050/history - What it sits withinDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/S12000050/parents - What it containsDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/S12000050/children - Its neighboursDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/S12000050/neighbours - What you can ask about itDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/S12000050?include=capabilities