Gartcosh, Glenboig and Moodiesburn
vs Stepps, Chryston and Muirhead
Gartcosh, Glenboig and Moodiesburn has the younger population: 17% of residents are aged 15–29, against 15% in Stepps, Chryston and Muirhead. Stepps, Chryston and Muirhead has more green space nearby (19% within 500 m, against 17%).
People
Gartcosh, Glenboig and Moodiesburn has 13,560 residents in 5,729 households; Stepps, Chryston and Muirhead has 13,286 in 5,502. Stepps, Chryston and Muirhead has the higher share of residents aged 65 and over: 18%, 2.8 percentage points more than Gartcosh, Glenboig and Moodiesburn (North Lanarkshire: 18%). The share of people living alone is about the same in both (28% and 28%).
Homes and prices
In both, detached houses are the most common type of home: 30% of homes in Gartcosh, Glenboig and Moodiesburn and 36% in Stepps, Chryston and Muirhead. Stepps, Chryston and Muirhead has the higher share of owner-occupied homes: 81%, 6.2 percentage points more than Gartcosh, Glenboig and Moodiesburn (North Lanarkshire: 63%). The share of private renting is about the same in both (5% and 5%).
Surroundings
Stepps, Chryston and Muirhead has the higher share of land within 500 m that is green space: 19%, 1.2 percentage points more than Gartcosh, Glenboig and Moodiesburn (North Lanarkshire: 23%). A typical postcode has 30 everyday shops and services within a 15-minute walk in Gartcosh, Glenboig and Moodiesburn, and 37 in Stepps, Chryston and Muirhead. The typical postcode is 474 m from the nearest school in Gartcosh, Glenboig and Moodiesburn and 453 m in Stepps, Chryston and Muirhead. The typical postcode is 2,720 m from the nearest tram stop or railway station in Gartcosh, Glenboig and Moodiesburn and 1,310 m in Stepps, Chryston and Muirhead. Gigabit-capable broadband reaches 82% of premises in Gartcosh, Glenboig and Moodiesburn and 85% in Stepps, Chryston and Muirhead.
Sources: Scotland's Census 2022 (NRS) · official school registers · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Environment Agency · Ofcom Connected Nations
In brief.
Each ward in a few lines, from its own page.
Gartcosh, Glenboig and Moodiesburn is one of 21 wards in North Lanarkshire, home to 13,560 people in 5,729 households (Scotland's Census 2022). On average 17% of the land within 500 metres of a home postcode is green space — 24% below the North Lanarkshire average.
Stepps, Chryston and Muirhead is one of 21 wards in North Lanarkshire, home to 13,286 people in 5,502 households (Scotland's Census 2022). On average 19% of the land within 500 metres of a home postcode is green space — 19% below the North Lanarkshire average.
More comparisons.
Gartcosh, Glenboig and Moodiesburn and Stepps, Chryston and Muirhead next to other wards of North Lanarkshire.