South Lanarkshire

South Lanarkshire

Scots: *Sooth Lanrikshire*
Scottish Gaelic: *Siorrachd Lannraig a Deas*
South Lanarkshire Scots: Sooth Lanrikshire; Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachd Lannraig a Deas
	Flag Coat of arms Council logo
	Coordinates: 55°36′N 3°47′W / 55.600°N 3.783°W
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	Scotland
Lieutenancy area	Lanarkshire
Admin HQ	Hamilton
Government
• Body	South Lanarkshire Council
• Control	Labour minority (council NOC)
• MPs	David Mundell (Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale); Joani Reid (East Kilbride and Strathaven); Imogen Walker (Hamilton and Clyde Valley); Michael Shanks (Rutherglen and Hamilton West);
• MSPs	Màiri McAllan (Clydesdale); Collette Stevenson (East Kilbride); Christina McKelvie (Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse); Clare Haughey (Rutherglen); Stephanie Callaghan (Uddingston and Bellshill);
Area
• Total	684 sq mi (1,772 km2)
• Rank	Ranked 11th
Population (2022)
• Total	327,430
• Rank	Ranked 5th
• Density	480/sq mi (180/km2)
ONS code	S12000029
ISO 3166 code	GB-SLK
Largest town	East Kilbride
Largest urban area	Hamilton, South Lanarkshire
Website	www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk

South Lanarkshire (Scots: Sooth Lanrikshire; Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachd Lannraig a Deas) is one of 32 unitary authorities of Scotland. It borders the south-east of the Glasgow City council area and contains some of Greater Glasgow's suburban towns, as well as many rural towns and villages. It also shares borders with Dumfries and Galloway, East Ayrshire, East Renfrewshire, North Lanarkshire, the Scottish Borders and West Lothian. It includes most of the historic county of Lanarkshire.

History

South Lanarkshire covers the southern part of the historic county of Lanarkshire. Lanarkshire had existed as a shire from around the time of King David I, who ruled Scotland from 1124 to 1153.^[1] The county took its name from the original county town at Lanark, which had been the site of the first Parliament of Scotland under Kenneth II in 978.^[2]

Local government was reformed in 1975 under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, which replaced Scotland's counties, burghs and landward districts with a two-tier structure of upper-tier regions and lower-tier districts. Lanarkshire became part of the Strathclyde region, which was divided in 19 districts.^[3]

South Lanarkshire was created in 1996, when the regions and districts created in 1975 were replaced with single-tier council areas. South Lanarkshire covered the whole area of three of the abolished Strathclyde districts, being Clydesdale, East Kilbride and Hamilton, plus an area including Rutherglen and Cambuslang from the City of Glasgow district.^[4]^[5] The Rutherglen and Cambuslang area was included following a referendum on whether to stay in Glasgow or become part of the new South Lanarkshire council area.^[6]^[7]

Geography

The large and varied geographical territory takes in rural and upland areas, market towns such as Lanark, Strathaven and Carluke, the urban burghs of Rutherglen, Cambuslang, and East Kilbride which was Scotland's first new town.

Governance

South Lanarkshire is served by the South Lanarkshire Council. The council has its headquarters in Hamilton.

Demographics


Ethnic Group	2001^[8]		2011^[8]^[9]		2022^[10]
Ethnic Group	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%

White: Total	298,812	98.87%	306,625	97.70%	313,148	95.75%
White: Scottish	283,624	93.85%	287,491	91.61%	285,577	87.32%
White: Other British	10,223	3.38%	12,068	3.85%	17,882	5.47%
White: Irish	2,678	0.89%	3,187	1.02%	3,078	0.94%
White: Gypsy/Traveller^{[note 1]}	–	–	203	0.06%	158	0.05%
White: Polish^{[note 1]}	–	–	1,140	0.36%	2,225	0.68%
White: Other	2,287	0.76%	2,536	0.81%	4,225	1.29%
Asian, Asian Scottish or Asian British: Total	2,416	0.80%	5,156	1.64%	8,119	2.48%
Asian, Asian Scottish or Asian British: Indian	536	0.18%	1,344	0.43%	2,033	0.62%
Asian, Asian Scottish or Asian British: Pakistani	968	0.32%	2,117	0.67%	3,972	1.21%
Asian, Asian Scottish or Asian British: Bangladeshi	29	–	93	–	99	–
Asian, Asian Scottish or Asian British: Chinese	718	0.24%	1,012	0.32%	1,055	0.32%
Asian, Asian Scottish or Asian British: Asian Other	165	0.05%	590	0.19%	960	0.29%
Black, Black Scottish or Black British^{[note 2]}	43	–	–	–	–	–
African: Total	111	–	664	0.21%	1,805	0.55%
African: African, African Scottish or African British	–	–	637	0.20%	167	0.05%
African: Other African	–	–	27	–	1,636	0.50%
Caribbean or Black: Total	–	–	207	0.07%	224	0.07%
Caribbean	48	–	108	–	66	–
Black	–	–	67	–	14	–
Caribbean or Black: Other	–	–	32	–	144	–
Mixed or multiple ethnic groups: Total	482	0.16%	779	0.25%	2,439	0.75%
Other: Total	304	0.10%	399	0.13%	1,321	0.40%
Other: Arab^{[note 1]}	–	–	232	0.07%	443	0.14%
Other: Any other ethnic group	–	–	167	0.05%	878	0.27%

Total:	302,216	100.00%	313,830	100.00%	327,056	100.00%

Settlements

East Kilbride

Hamilton

Rutherglen

Cambuslang

Blantyre

Larkhall

Carluke

Lanark

Strathaven

Bothwell

Uddingston

Stonehouse

Kirkmuirhill

Lesmahagow

Law

Biggar

North Lanarkshire

West Lothian

Scottish Borders

Dumfries and Galloway

East Ayrshire

East Renfrew.

Glasgow

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The largest settlements in South Lanarkshire.

Largest settlements by population:


Settlement	Population (2022)^[11]
East Kilbride	75,310
Hamilton	54,480
Rutherglen	30,950
Cambuslang	30,790
Blantyre	16,800
Larkhall	15,030
Carluke	13,810
Lanark	8,880
Strathaven	8,090
Bothwell	6,870
Uddingston	6,300
Stonehouse	5,550
Kirkmuirhill and Blackwood	4,380
Lesmahagow	4,300
Law	3,090
Biggar	2,640

Other settlements

Places of interest

Bothwell Castle
Calderglen Country Park, East Kilbride
Chatelherault Country Park, Hamilton, including Cadzow Castle
Clyde Valley
Craignethan Castle
David Livingstone Centre, Blantyre
Dollan Aqua Centre, East Kilbride
Falls of Clyde
Hamilton Mausoleum
James Hamilton Heritage Park, East Kilbride
John Hastie Museum, Strathaven
Lanark Loch
Little Sparta, near Dunsyre near Lanark
Low Parks Museum, Hamilton
New Lanark, a World Heritage Site
Rutherglen Town Hall and medieval church tower
Sites of the Battle of Drumclog and the Battle of Bothwell Bridge
Strathaven Castle
Wilsontown Ironworks

Tertiary education

South Lanarkshire College
University of the West of Scotland (formerly Bell College, University Of Paisley)

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c New category created for the 2011 census
^ Category restructured for the 2011 census

References

^ "Lanarkshire". Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
^ "Lanark from kings to covenanters". South Lanarkshire. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
^ "Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1973 c. 65, retrieved 17 April 2023
^ "Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1994 c. 39, retrieved 22 January 2023
^ People power kept the heart of a burgh beating, Daily Record, 19 April 2021
^ Rutherglen residents not interested in Glasgow return, Daily Record, 9 April 2017
^ From a pawnbrokers to Parliament - Tommy McAvoy looks back on a career that took him to the House of Lords, Marc McLean, Daily Record, 11 September 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
^ ^a ^b Census Dissemination Unit, Mimas (5 May 2011). "InFuse". infuse2011gf.ukdataservice.ac.uk. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
^ "Scotland's Census 2011 – Table KS201SC". scotlandscensus.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 7 January 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
^ "Scotland's Census 2022 - Ethnic group, national identity, language and religion - Chart data". Scotland's Census. National Records of Scotland. 21 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024. Alternative URL 'Search data by location' > 'Local Authority (CA2019)' > 'South Lanarkshire' > 'Ethnic group, national identity, language and religion' > 'Ethnic Group'
^ "Mid-2020 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland". National Records of Scotland. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.

External links

South Lanarkshire Council homepage

[auto-11] New category created for the 2011 census

[12] Category restructured for the 2011 census

[LanarkshireBrit-1] "Lanarkshire". Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved 30 March 2020.

[2] "Lanark from kings to covenanters". South Lanarkshire. Retrieved 30 March 2020.

[1973act-3] "Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1973 c. 65, retrieved 17 April 2023

[4] "Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1994 c. 39, retrieved 22 January 2023

[beating-5] People power kept the heart of a burgh beating, Daily Record, 19 April 2021

[6] Rutherglen residents not interested in Glasgow return, Daily Record, 9 April 2017

[pawn-7] From a pawnbrokers to Parliament - Tommy McAvoy looks back on a career that took him to the House of Lords, Marc McLean, Daily Record, 11 September 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2022.

[:1-8] Census Dissemination Unit, Mimas (5 May 2011). "InFuse". infuse2011gf.ukdataservice.ac.uk. Retrieved 24 June 2022.

[9] "Scotland's Census 2011 – Table KS201SC". scotlandscensus.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 7 January 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2015.

[2022census_Scot-10] "Scotland's Census 2022 - Ethnic group, national identity, language and religion - Chart data". Scotland's Census. National Records of Scotland. 21 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024. Alternative URL 'Search data by location' > 'Local Authority (CA2019)' > 'South Lanarkshire' > 'Ethnic group, national identity, language and religion' > 'Ethnic Group'

[auto-13] "Mid-2020 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland". National Records of Scotland. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.

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v t e Settlements in South Lanarkshire
Towns	Biggar Blantyre Bothwell Cambuslang Carluke East Kilbride Hamilton Larkhall Lanark Lesmahagow Rutherglen Strathaven Uddingston
Villages and hamlets	Abington Allanton Ashgill Auchengray Auchenheath Auchlochan Auldhouse Bankend Blackwood Braidwood Burnbank Caldermill Carnwath Carstairs Carstairs Junction Cartland Chapelton Cleghorn Coalburn Coulter Crawford Crawfordjohn Crossford Dalserf Dolphinton Douglas Dunsyre Elsrickle Forth Garrion Bridge Glassford Jackton Kilncadzow Kirkfieldbank Kirkmuirhill Law Leadhills Libberton Netherburn New Lanark Newbigging Nerston Pettinain Quarter Quothquan Ravenstruther Rigside Roberton Rosebank Sandford Stonehouse Symington Tarbrax Thankerton Thorntonhall Tillietudlem Walston Wiston Woolfords Yieldshields
List of places in South Lanarkshire

v t e Local government of Scotland
Council areas	Aberdeen City Aberdeenshire Angus Argyll and Bute Clackmannanshire Dumfries and Galloway Dundee City East Ayrshire East Dunbartonshire East Lothian East Renfrewshire City of Edinburgh Falkirk Fife Glasgow City Highland Inverclyde Midlothian Moray Na h-Eileanan an Iar (Western Isles) North Ayrshire North Lanarkshire Orkney Perth and Kinross Renfrewshire Scottish Borders Shetland South Ayrshire South Lanarkshire Stirling West Dunbartonshire West Lothian
Councils	Aberdeen City Aberdeenshire Angus Argyll and Bute Clackmannanshire Dumfries and Galloway Dundee City East Ayrshire East Dunbartonshire East Lothian East Renfrewshire City of Edinburgh Falkirk Fife Glasgow City Highland Inverclyde Midlothian Moray Comhairle nan Eilean Siar North Ayrshire North Lanarkshire Orkney Islands Perth and Kinross Renfrewshire Scottish Borders Shetland Islands South Ayrshire South Lanarkshire Stirling West Dunbartonshire West Lothian
List by area, population, density