Understanding Scottish Places

Harthill, North Lanarkshire

Population 2,613

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Harthill in West Lothian is a former mining village for the Polkemmet colliery. Its origins lie in its role as a staging post on the Glasgow Edinburgh turnpike road. Its location on the M8 motorway has attracted food distribution warehouses.

In this, and similar small towns, people experience more challenging circumstances with higher rates of unemployment, poorer health, lack of a car, lower levels of education and lower social grades than other groups. A higher proportion live in social rented housing. There is a higher proportion of single person households and lone parents.

Harthill is a dependent to interdependent town.

Its most similar towns are Addiewell, Allanton, Burnfoot, and Catrine.

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Inter-relationships

Dependent
Interdependent
Independent

Number of jobs

-2
Type average -4

Diversity of jobs

-4
Type average -3

Distance travelled to work

-6
Type average -1

Number of public sector jobs

-2
Type average -1

Number of hospitals

-6
Type average -6

Number of GP's and dentists

-2
Type average -5

Number of children in primary schools

4
Type average 0

Number of children in secondary schools

-6
Type average -6

Distance travelled to study

-2
Type average -1

Number of shops

2
Type average -2

Diversity of retail offer

-4
Type average -4

Number of charities

Type average -3
Dependent
Interdependent
Independent

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Public

Education (% all people aged 16 and over)

  No education Standard grade or equivalent Higher grade or equivalent HNC, HND, SVQ4 Degree or higher degree
Harthill 26.86084142 26.67591308 9.616273694 21.86777624 15.02542765

Commercial

Distance travelled to study

  At home Up to 5km 5 to 10km 10 to 30km 30km and over
Harthill 2.640642939150402 7.462686567164179 2.5641025641025643 2.1431305013394564 0.9950248756218906

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