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East Kilbride
Scottish Gaelic: Cille Bhrìghde an Ear
Hassocks5489/EK (Scotland)
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East Kilbride shown within Scotland
Population 73,820 (2004 GRO Scotland Estimate)
OS grid reference NS635545
 - Edinburgh 41 mi (66 km) ENE
 - London 338 mi (544 km) SSE
Council area South Lanarkshire
Lieutenancy area Lanarkshire
Constituent country Scotland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town GLASGOW
Postcode district G74-75
Dialling code 01355 & 0141
Police Strathclyde
Fire Strathclyde
Ambulance Scottish
European Parliament Scotland
UK Parliament East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow CC
Scottish Parliament East Kilbride
List of places: UK • Scotland

Coordinates: 55°45′54″N 4°10′30″W / 55.765041, -4.175053

East Kilbride is a town in South Lanarkshire in the south of Scotland. Located 7.3 miles (11.7 km) south-southeast of Glasgow city centre, it forms part of the Greater Glasgow conurbation. ...

East Kilbride expanded during the latter half of the 20th century from a rural Lanarkshire village to become Scotland's sixth largest town.

Contents

[edit] History

[edit] Origins

[edit] New Town

[edit] Governance

South Lanarkshire

[edit] Geography

Include climate - check nearest weather station

See Glasgow for climate details of Glasgow

[edit] Demography

East Kilbride compared
2001 UK census East Kilbride South Lanarkshire Scotland
Total population 73,796 302,216 5,062,011
Foreign born 2.31% 2.06% 3.81%
White x 98.88% 97.99%
Asian x 0.80% 1.41%
Black x 0.07% 0.16%
Christian x 70.44% 65.09%
Muslim x 0.37% 0.84%
Hindu x 0.07% 0.11%
Jewish x 0.06% 0.13%
No religion x 22.51% 27.55%
65 years and over 14.63% 15.18% 15.90%
Unemployed 3.45% 3.80% 3.97%

As of the 2001 UK census, East Kilbride had a population of 73,796 and a population density of 30.6 persons per hectare.[1]

Of the town's 30,442 households, 42.0% were married couples living together, 5.9% were cohabiting couples and 10.6% were lone parents. 28.9% were single-person households—somewhat lower than the Scottish average of 32.9%—and 13.8% had someone living alone at pensionable age. 32.3% of households included at least one child aged under 16 or at least one person aged 16 to 18 who was in full-time education. Only 0.01% of households were composed entirely of students, against the average for Scotland of 0.56%.[2] The average household size was 2.42.

97.7% of East Kilbride's residents were born in the United Kingdom. By constituent country, 93.25% were born in Scotland, 3.91% England, 0.36% Northern Ireland and 0.17% Wales. 0.33% were born in the Republic of Ireland, 0.47% elsewhere in the European Union and 1.51% outside the European Union:[3] 0.31% in Africa, 0.08% in the Middle East, 0.29% in the Far East, 0.28% in South Asia, 0.32% in North and Central America, 0.01% in South America and 0.11% in Oceania.[4]

As at May 2008, statistics relating to ethnicity and religion in Scotland are not available for individual settlements, although the General Register Office for Scotland is preparing them.[5]

For every 100 females in East Kilbride, there were 92.5 males.[6] The age distribution was 5.8% aged 0–4 years, 15.0% aged 5–15 years, 5.2% aged 16–19 years, 36.3% aged 20–44 years, 23.0% aged 45–64 years and 14.6% aged 65 years and over. The town has a younger age profile than Scotland as a whole: the proportion of under–16s is 20.8%, against the Scottish figure of 19.2%. The mean age of the population in East Kilbride was 37.74 years; in Scotland, it was 38.98 years.[7]

45.3% of residents aged 16–74 were in full-time employment, 11.5% were in part-time employment, 4.8% were self-employed and 3.5% were unemployed. 6.6% were students, 14.5% were retired, 4.7% were looking after home or family, 6.2% permanently sick or disabled and 2.9% were economically inactive for other reasons.[8] 15.5% of residents aged 16–74 had a higher education qualification or an equivalent professional qualification.[9]

[edit] Economy

The city of Glasgow has a major influence on East Kilbride's economy. As at the 2001 census, of the 420,221 people travelling from outside Glasgow to a place of work or study in the city, more people (8,919) travelled in from East Kilbride than from any other locality.[10]

[edit] Shopping and retail

[edit] Public services

[edit] Transport

East Kilbride railway station is the terminus of First ScotRail's Glasgow South Western Line, a branch line which runs to Glasgow Central. There are two trains per hour, seven days a week, with a journey time of approximately 30 minutes.[11] The station has a staffed ticket office and a large car park,[12] but is situated in the West Mains district, a long way from the town centre.

East Kilbride bus station is one of the largest in Scotland, and is owned and operated by the Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT). A £6 million public-private partnership project to regenerate it was completed in 2005.[13]

The main roads serving East Kilbride are the A725, A726 and A749. The A725 starts in the Birniehill area of the town and joins the A89 at Coatbridge in North Lanarkshire.[14] The A726 forms the main southern orbital route around Glasgow, starting at Strathaven and ending at Erskine in Renfrewshire.[15] The A749, which ends in the north of the town, is the main road to Glasgow.[16]

[edit] Sport and recreation

[edit] Education

Calderglen High, East Kilbride Duncanrig High School St. Andrew's And St. Brides High School, East Kilbride

New Strathaven Academy opening on new site in EK in 2009

[edit] Media

[edit] Notable people

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ UV02: Population Density. Scotland's Census Results Online website. General Register Office for Scotland (2008). Retrieved on 2008-05-21.
  2. ^ KS20: Household Composition. Scotland's Census Results Online website. General Register Office for Scotland (2008). Retrieved on 2008-05-21.
  3. ^ KS05: Country of birth. Scotland's Census Results Online website. General Register Office for Scotland (2008). Retrieved on 2008-05-21.
  4. ^ UV08: Country of birth, Scotland. Scotland's Census Results Online website. General Register Office for Scotland (2008). Retrieved on 2008-05-21.
  5. ^ Census Results. Scotland's Census Results Online website. General Register Office for Scotland (2008). Retrieved on 2008-05-23.
  6. ^ UV03: Sex. Scotland's Census Results Online website. General Register Office for Scotland (2008). Retrieved on 2008-05-23.
  7. ^ KS02: Age structure. Scotland's Census Results Online website. General Register Office for Scotland (2008). Retrieved on 2008-05-23.
  8. ^ KS09a: Economic Activity. Scotland's Census Results Online website. General Register Office for Scotland (2008). Retrieved on 2008-05-23.
  9. ^ UV25: Qualifications. Scotland's Census Results Online website. General Register Office for Scotland (2008). Retrieved on 2008-05-23.
  10. ^ Table 15D: Number of people who travel to a work or study address in the "city area" of Glasgow (PDF). General Register Office for Scotland website. General Register Office for Scotland (2007-10-02). Retrieved on 2008-05-20.
  11. ^ Strathclyde South train times (PDF). First ScotRail website. FirstGroup (2008). Retrieved on 2008-05-20.
  12. ^ Station Facilities. First ScotRail website. FirstGroup (2000). Retrieved on 2008-05-20.
  13. ^ About East Kilbride bus station. Strathclyde Partnership for Transport website. Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (2007-10-12). Retrieved on 2008-05-20.
  14. ^ A725: East Kilbride (Birniehill)–Coatbridge (A89). SABRE website. The Society for All British Road Enthusiasts (2005). Retrieved on 2008-05-21.
  15. ^ A726: Erskine–Strathaven. SABRE website. The Society for All British Road Enthusiasts (2005). Retrieved on 2008-05-21.
  16. ^ A749: East Kilbride–Glasgow. SABRE website. The Society for All British Road Enthusiasts (2005). Retrieved on 2008-05-21.

[edit] External links

Category:Towns in South Lanarkshire Category:New towns in the United Kingdom Category:Districts of Scotland Category:Large burghs

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