NewarthillNorth Lanarkshire
Council tax at Band D comes to £1,555. A town of 6,956 in North Lanarkshire, Scotland.
Is Newarthill a good place to live?
Newarthill’s strongest subject is cost of living — a typical home costs £247,800 and rent runs £779 a month. Residents’ health trails most towns (D−): life expectancy 75.2 for men, 80.1 for women. Schools lag: school leavers’ results beat 39% of Scottish towns. Natural hazards are less of a worry than in most UK towns (A).
Figures: prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · life expectancy, ONS · flood risk, SEPA. Police Scotland doesn’t publish street-level crime, so Newarthill has no Safety Grade and, without it, no overall grade. The other subjects are graded below.
What makes Newarthill stand out
The 3 things Newarthill does most differently from other towns.
How Newarthill grades
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within Scotland), ordered by how far Newarthill is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
Police Scotland doesn’t publish street-level crime, so Newarthill has no Safety Grade and, without it, no overall grade. The other subjects are graded below.
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The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Newarthill.
People in Newarthill live shorter lives than in 95% of UK towns
8.8% of residents described their health as bad or very bad, near North Lanarkshire’s towns (9%) and higher than Scotland’s towns (7.2%). Self-reported good health: 76% of Newarthill’s residents. Disability touches just over a quarter of the town’s population.
| Census 2022 | Newarthill | North Lanarkshire | Scotland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 76% | 75% | 78% |
| Bad or very bad health | 8.8% | 9% | 7.2% |
| Activities limited (health or disability) | 26% | 26% | 24% |
Scotland’s Census 2022, general health and disability · Public Health Scotland life expectancy by intermediate zone, 2020–24 · OGL · These answers aren’t adjusted for age, so young towns look healthier; the Health Grade uses age-adjusted measures, including life expectancy and early deaths.
On exam results, Newarthill’s schools trail 61% of Scottish towns
Some 1,135 pupils attend Newarthill’s three primaries and one secondary. Two of its 4 schools are below, each with the reason it’s listed.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keir Hardie Memorial PrimaryLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 212 | – |
| Brannock High SchoolLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 604 | C |
Buying in Newarthill costs more than in both North Lanarkshire’s towns and Scotland’s towns, at an estimated median of £248K
6% rent privately, below both North Lanarkshire’s towns (9%) and Scotland’s towns (13%). The owner-occupied share of households is 64%. Council and housing-body homes hold 28% of households.
Median sale price · 2023 to 2025, at early-2025 prices
Registers of Scotland data-zone sale prices · Scottish Government council tax · Scotland’s Census 2022 tenure · OGL · The Scottish median is our estimate from data-zone sales, brought to early-2025 prices.
No listed buildings in Newarthill
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Historic Environment Scotland’s list has no building inside Newarthill’s locality.
Listed buildings by grade · Historic Environment Scotland
Historic Environment Scotland list, October 2026 · OGL
Fewer commuters in Newarthill walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in North Lanarkshire’s towns or Scotland’s towns: 13%
Scotland’s Census was taken on 20 March 2022, a year after England and Wales’s lockdown census; 29% of workers were mainly at home, and shares here are of those who travelled.
About 4% of its commuters stay in Newarthill for work. The car took 84% of commuters, above both North Lanarkshire’s towns (80%) and Scotland’s towns (70%). 33% of commuters travelled under 5 km to work.
How commuters got to work · March 2022
Scotland’s Census 2022 (NRS), method of travel and distance to work · DWP claimant count · OGL
Children make up 18% of Newarthill, above North Lanarkshire’s towns and Scotland’s towns
People 65 and over make up 17% of the town, below North Lanarkshire’s towns (18%) and Scotland’s towns (19%) alike. Those aged 15 to 24 account for 11% of residents. At 40.9, the median resident of Newarthill sits in the middle of the age range. Among adults, 22% have a degree.
Ages · share of residents
Qualifications · residents 16 and older
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across Scotland, 51% of residents are women.
| Newarthill | North Lanarkshire | Scotland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 16% | 15% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 25% | 26% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 29% | 27% |
| 65+ | 17% | 18% | 19% |
| No qualifications | 22% | 21% | 17% |
| Apprenticeship | 8% | 8.4% | 7.5% |
| Highers or similar | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| Degree level | 22% | 23% | 32% |
Scotland’s Census 2022 · North Lanarkshire and Scotland: all residents of their towns · OGL
Motherwell Cathedral and 3 more in and around Newarthill
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Newarthill. Best known first.
CathedralMotherwell Cathedral2.5 km outside town, to the southwest
CastleDalzell House4.2 km outside town, to the south
Theme parkM&D's Theme Park4.8 km outside town, to the west
MuseumMotherwell Heritage Centre2.8 km outside town, to the southwestPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (4)
- Motherwell Cathedral: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dalzell House: Jonathan Oldenbuck, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- M&D's Theme Park: Gordon McKinlay, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Motherwell Heritage Centre: Chris Upson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Everything we know about Newarthill
Newarthill’s neighbours
The nearest towns and villages, from National Records of Scotland’s 2022 localities. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newarthill | 6,956 | — | — | A | — | D− |
| Carfin | 4,427 | 0.8 | — | A | — | D |
| New Stevenston | 6,298 | 1 | — | A+ | — | D− |
| Holytown | 5,121 | 1 | — | A+ | — | D |
| Cleland | 3,043 | 1.6 | — | A+ | — | D− |
| Chapelhall | 7,061 | 1.8 | — | A+ | — | C− |
| Motherwell | 33,021 | 2.4 | — | A+ | — | D− |
| Bellshill | 19,488 | 2.6 | — | A+ | — | D− |
No Scottish town has a Safety Grade or an overall grade yet: Police Scotland doesn’t publish street-level crime. People: Census 2022. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about Newarthill
How much is council tax in Newarthill?
Band D council tax in Newarthill is £1,555 for 2026–27, less than in 98% of UK towns (council, county, police and fire). Your own bill depends on your home’s band; check it on GOV.UK.
Does Newarthill flood?
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s flood risk service.
About Newarthill
Town in North Lanarkshire, Scotland
Newarthill is a locality of 6,956 people, in the North Lanarkshire council area. TownRatings uses National Records of Scotland’s 2022 localities as Scotland’s towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council area, so its figures cover the town itself. Localities split the big settlements into their towns, as ONS’s 2022 boundaries split conurbations in England and Wales.
Built from NRS geography and Census 2022
- Population
- 6,956 (Census 2022)
- Council
- North Lanarkshire
- Nation
- Scotland
- Area
- 1.6 sq mi (4.3 km²)
- NRS code
- S52000479
Sources: Scotland’s Census 2022 (National Records of Scotland), output areas summed to the NRS 2022 locality · Registers of Scotland house price statistics, medians and quartiles of residential sales by 2022 data zone, 2004 to 2025 (the 2023 to 2025 headline brought to early-2025 prices with each council’s medians) · Scottish Government, Council Tax by band 2026-27; Scottish Water charges 2026-27 · Scottish Government, Recorded Crime in Scotland (crimes, offences and clear-up rates by council area, 2016-17 to 2025-26); Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020v2 crime domain and SIMD crime indicators (2014/15, 2017/18), 2011 data zones with Census 2022 residents · ONS gross disposable household income by council (2022), scaled to household income on England and Wales’s councils, with Scotland’s Census 2022 households · DWP / ONS Claimant Count via Nomis (2022 data zones, January to August 2026), over residents aged 16 to 64 at Scotland’s Census 2022; council series since 2015 · Scottish Government school contact list (31 July 2026) and school summary statistics (pupil census, September 2025); School Information Dashboard leavers’ attainment by school, 2022-23 to 2024-25 (data.gov.scot) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.