key facts october 2010

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Geography and demography Crime Media Employment Education Social work Housing Sport and leisure Health Community Political representation About the council Abbreviations 4 6 6 7 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19

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Geography and demography

North Lanarkshire Council has the fourth largest population of all Scottish councils.
M80 M876

A891

Kilsyth 9,900

M9

A807

Cumbernauld 50,480 Moodiesburn 6,860

A89

Chryston & Muirhead 4,190

M80

A74

Coatbridge 42,000 Bellshill 20,090

Airdrie 35,500
M8

Shotts 8,560 Newmains 5,540 Wishaw 29,040

A73 A71

Motherwell 31,180
M74

A726 A726 A723

A71

Source: GRO(S) mid-year estimates for localities 2008

Land area Population density

47,222 hectares 6.8 people per hectare

Neighbouring authorities East Dunbartonshire, Falkirk, Glasgow City, South Lanarkshire, Stirling, West Lothian Roads and street lighting Trunk (including motorways) A+B class C class and unclassified Number of street lighting units

75km 240km 1,314km 58,000

Park and ride Public parking space in town centres Rail park and ride facilities Bus park and ride facility, at Harthill services Cycle lockers fitted at Harthill services Car-to-Car park and ride facility, at Newhouse
Source: NLC environmental services

11,500 18 1 4 1

Rail 24 stations on 10 local routes, 3 intercity routes Coatbridge container terminal Eurocentral, Mossend, Scotlands rail freight link with Europe via the channel tunnel 17 cycle routes across North Lanarkshire www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/cycleroutes
Source: NLC environmental services

Population 2009 Males 157,088 Females 169,232 Total 326,320 Under 18 years 22% Adults of working age (18-59/64 years) 60% Pensioners (60/65 years+) 18%
Source: GRO(S) mid-year estimates 2009

Ethnic minorities
Source: 2001 census

1.3%

Population projections
Gender 2008 2013 2018 2033 Males 156,520 159,010 160,840 163,030 Females 169,000 170,610 171,800 172,750 NLC total 325,520 329,610 332,640 335,780 Source: GRO(S) projected population for Scotland (2008 based) % change 2008-33 4.2% 2.2% 3.2%

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Household type Scottish household survey 2007

percentage
0 3 6 9 12 15 18 21

NLC 14% 16% 7% 15% 7% 12% 15% 14%

Scotland 16% 17% 6% 13% 7% 9% 16% 16%

Single adult Small adult Single parent Small family Large family Large adult Older smaller Single pensioner
NLC Scotland

Source: SHS 2007 annual report

Crime
Recorded crime statistics 2008-2009 (Rate per 10,000) NLC Scotland Non-sexual violence 23 24 Indecency 10 12 Dishonesty 332 325 Fire raising, vandalism etc 261 212 Others 156 157 All crimes 782 730
Source: Scottish Government recorded crime in Scotland, 2008-2009

Media
Local newspapers and free sheets Airdrie and Coatbridge Advertiser Bellshill Speaker/Motherwell Times Cumbernauld News/Kilsyth Chronicle Hamilton Advertiser Kirkintilloch Herald Lanarkshire Extra Group Lanarkshire World Group West Lothian Courier Wishaw Press

Source: NLC chief executives office Circulation Audit Body - ABC

Circulation 2009 29,122 12,734 25,239 42,005 28,744 35,198 42,162 29,970 17,543

 Forecast by industry 2011 Agriculture 570 Extraction 740 Manufacturing 14,030 Electricity, gas, water 850 Construction 12,390 Retail and catering 28,970 Transport and 13,120 communications Financial and 23,760 business services Public admin and 9,700 defence Education and health 29,050 Other personal services 6,080 All in employment 139,260
Source: SLIMS Business Demography 2010

Employment

2018 change 570 0 700 -5.4% 12,100 -13.8% 880 +3.5% 13,240 +6.9% 30,810 +6.4% 13,340 +1.7% 28,110 9,820 30,770 6,040 146,380 +18.3% +1.2% +5.9% -0.7% +5.1%

By gender and job type 2009 2018 change Male full-time 57,100 56,600 -0.9% Female full-time 32,300 32,800 +1.5% Male part-time 8,000 9,100 +13.8% Female part-time 30,900 34,300 +11.0% All employees 128,300 132,800 +3.5% All self employed 13,800 14,200 +2.9% NLC % Scotland Births of new enterprises in 2008 815 12.2 11.0% Deaths of enterprises in 2008 660 9.9 8.7% Active enterprises in 2008 6,650
Note: Percentages are based on stock (at end of year)

Survival of newly born enterprises NLC Births 920 I year survival 870 Survival % 94.6%

Source: ONS Business Demography; births, deaths and active businesses 2007

Scotland 18,165 17,460 96.1%

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 Gross disposable household income per head 2007

NLC 12,253

Scotland 13,587 Scotland

Earnings 2009 NLC Gross weekly pay Full-time workers 430.10 Male full-time workers 478.60 Female full-time workers 388.90 Hourly pay Full-time workers 11.11 Male full-time workers 11.66 Female full-time workers 10.58

472.20 510.20 419.90 12.04 12.56 11.31

Source: ONS annual survey of hours and earnings - resident analysis 2009 Median earnings in pounds for employees living in the area.

Resident employment 2000 2009 North Lanarkshire 131,000 147,400 Scotland 2,220,000 2,418,200
Source: SLIMS Business Demography 2010

Change 00-09 +13% +9%

Unemployment NLC % Unemployment* 13,900 8.2% Claimant count** 11,610 5.4%

*Annual population survey, January 2009 - December 2009 **Jobseekers Allowance claimants, July 2010 Note: % is a proportion of resident working age people

Scotland 7.1% 4.0%

NLC % Claimant count change*** +599 +5.4%

***Change in Jobseekers Allowance claimants, July 2009 - 2010 Rates now calculated using 16-64 population rather than 16-59/64 population

Scotland +3.4%

Occupations 2009 NLC Managers and senior officials 16,700 Professional 16,100 Associate professional 25,100 and technical Administrative and secretarial 18,000 Skilled trades 21,100 Personal service 14,900 Sales and customer service 12,500 Process plant and machine 12,600 operatives Elementary 19,600 Total in employment 156,600

% 10.6 10.2 15.9 11.4 13.4 9.5 8 8 12.4 100

Scotland % 13.3 13.2 14.6 11.4 11 9.3 8.1 7.1 11.9 100

Source: ONS annual population survey. % is a proportion of all persons (aged 16+) in employment

Largest limited company employers 2009 Name Location Number employed Farmfoods Ltd Cumbernauld 2,781 Morrison Facilities Services Ltd Uddingston 2,469 Devro PLC Moodiesburn 2,143 The Richmond Fellowship Cumbernauld 1,952 Scotland Ltd Albert Bartlett and Sons Ltd Airdrie 959
Source: Business Gateway 2010

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Education
Type of facility 2008-2009 Number Council nurseries* 85 Private/Independent nurseries** 38 Childminders*** 546 Total 669 Places (FTE) 3,160 814 3,974

School rolls 2009-2010 Type of school Number NLC primary schools 127 NLC secondary schools 24 NLC special schools 11 Total 162
At September 2009

* places for children aged 3 - 5 including special nurseries ** independent and voluntary sector nurseries in partnership for 3-5 statutory funded provision *** Source: Care commission (services registered)

Roll 26,478 21,491 788 48,757

Teacher pupil ratios Ratio Average 2009-2010 class size Primary 1:16 23.27 Secondary 1:12 N/A Pupils receiving assistance 2009-2010 Primary Secondary Free school meals 20.8% 16.1% Clothing and footwear grants 21.9% 17.5% Qualifications attained - North Lanarkshire 3 year averages 2007-2009 % of S4 pupils gaining by end of S6: NLC Scotland 5+ Standard grades at level 1-2 42% 48% 5+ Standard grades at level 1-4 76% 78% 1+ Higher grades at level A-C 38% 43% 3+ Higher grades at level A-C 25% 30% 5+ Higher grades at level A-C 15% 20%

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First destination of school leavers 2008-2009

percentage
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35

NLC 18.3% 34.2% 24.2% 14.1% 8.8% 0.4%

Scotland 18.4% 34.9% 27% 13.3% 5.1% 1.2%

Employment Full time higher education Full time further education Other known Training Not known
NLC Scotland

Community education 2009-2010 Number School lets per week 1,049 Duke of Edinburgh award scheme 511 Adult courses (certificated classes) 152 Locations for youth work and adult education 218 Young Scot card holders 28,526 Young people completing an accredited 795 programme Adults involved in parenting or family learning 1,495 programmes Young people involved in youth provision 6,331
Source (all above): NLC learning and leisure services

Further education August 2010 Establishment Coatbridge College Cumbernauld College Motherwell College
Source: colleges

Full-time students 1,344 1,435 2,992

Part-time students 4,726 5,357 15,557

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Social work
Residential and supported accommodation services 2010 Older people Adults under 65 Supported living and self-directed services March 2010 Supported living Supported employment Day opportunities Direct payments Client referrals 2009-2010 People referred Children and families services March 2010 Children accommodated Children looked after in the community Children looked after at home Community care services 2010 Clients receiving a weekly home care service Clients with community alarms Equipment deliveries during the year Criminal justice services 2009-2010 New community service orders supervised Social enquiry reports provided New probation orders 1,433 110

656 138 309 73 28,066 34 133 696 3,690 11,802 43,353 730 3,380 802

Assisted additional benefit take-up 2009-2010 Amount of new benefits claimed 12,557,730
Source (all above): NLC housing and social work services

Welfare rights Income Support Incapacity Benefit and SDA Retirement Pension Disability Living Allowance Pension Credit

Source: Department for work and pensions February 2010 Rounded to the nearest five

Numbers claiming 16,230 24,820 55,420 26,200 21,365

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Housing
Local authority housing Housing stock at April 2010 House sales completed in 2009-2010 Total sales since 1979 Total stock sold under Right to Buy since 1979 Construction of new dwellings 2009-2010 Private Local authority Housing association Total 37,269 199 36,701 49.6% 1,182 20 224 1,426

Homelessness 2009-2010 Homelessness applications 3,037 Households in temporary accommodation 1,771 Rent and housing benefit 2009-2010 NLC tenants receiving housing benefit at April 2009 61% Average NLC weekly rent 59.59 Housing tenure estimates as at April 2010 All tenures 148,001 Owner occupied 64.6% Local authority 25.2% Housing association 5.7% Private rented 4.5%

House prices 2009 Average house price

107,609

Scottish Housing Quality Standard 2009-2010 NLC houses improved towards meeting the SHQS 7.9% NLC houses meeting SHQS 49.3%
Source: NLC housing and social work services

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Sport and leisure

Sport and recreation 2009-2010 Type of facility No. of users Sport and leisure facilities 3,342,148 Outdoor sports pitches 260,855 Golf facilities 57,747 Total 3,660,750 Sport and leisure facilities 2009-2010 No. of users Wishaw sports centre 631,861 Time Capsule 596,414 Tryst sports centre 488,935 Aquatec 329,791 Sir Matt Busby sports complex 292,104 Airdrie leisure centre 262,002 Broadwood stadium 150,797 John Smith pool 136,806 Shotts leisure centre 122,788 Kilsyth pool 95,499 Keir Hardie centre 95,022 Iain Nicolson centre 79,191 Kirkwood sports barn 38,874 Coatbridge outdoor sports centre 12,110 Birkenshaw sports hall 9,954 Total 3,342,148
Note: Figures do not always sum to totals due to rounding

% 91 7 2 100 % 19 18 15 10 9 8 5 4 4 3 3 2 1 0 0 100

Access NL 2009 Number of members 21,068

Source: North Lanarkshire leisure ltd

Horticulture and planting 2009-2010 Summer flower festival attendees 10,300 Wildlife places 2010 Local nature reserves at Drumbreck Marsh, Kilsyth and Perchy Pond, Wishaw Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation 300 To find other places to spot wildlife www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/countryside
Source: NLC environmental services

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Health
Health provision 2009 North Lanarkshire General practitioners Dentists Health centres Hospitals Available staffed beds in the hospitals
Source: NHS Lanarkshire

197 141 17 9 1,424

Births and deaths 2008 NLC Total live births 4,182 Birth rate (rate per 1,000 population) 12.5 Total deaths 3,434
Source: GRO(S) annual report 2009

Scotland 60,041 11.6 55,700

Standardised mortality NLC Scotland % of Scottish total Deaths from all causes 3,306 53,856 6.1 Ischaemic heart disease 489 8,274 5.9 Pneumonia 179 2,348 7.6 Malignant neoplasms 939 15,187 6.2 Breast cancer 67 1,010 6.6 Stomach cancer 35 535 6.5 Bowel/colon cancer 97 1,578 6.1 Lung, throat, mouth cancer 305 4,530 6.7 Stroke 474 4,906 9.7
Source: GRO(S) annual report 2009 Note: For comparison purposes, NLC has 6% of the Scottish population.

Life expectancy 2007-2009 Male Female All

Source: GRO(S) 2010 - Life expectancy for administrative areas within Scotland, 2007 - 2009

NLC 73.7 78.5 76.2

Scotland 75.4 80.1 77.8

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Community
Creative services Community arts attendees Attendances at concert halls and theatres Lets at concert halls and theatres Libraries and information Libraries Mobile libraries Museums and heritage Registered museums Attendances, local studies, curatorial enquiries Community centres Community facilities Lets Catering services 2009-2010 Primary schools Secondary schools Meals on wheels Lunch clubs Day centres Total Cleansing services 2010 Special uplifts Special uplifts - approx 40% recycled Electrical items recycled Christmas trees composted
Source: NLC learning and leisure services

Number 39,744 175,161 2,322

24 5

6 188,445

87 78,855 Number of meals provided 2,476,890 1,200,308 24,437 47,088 7,084 3,755,807

90,311 61,149 28,487 675

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Political representation
Composition of North Lanarkshire Council Provost: Councillor Tom Curley Leader: Councillor James McCabe JP Depute provost: Councillor James Robertson Depute leader: Councillor James Smith JP Elected members Scottish Labour Party Scottish National Party Independent Scottish Liberal Democrats Scottish Conservative and Unionists Total Males Females % of total 59 31 7 1 1 100 86 14 Scotland % 63.8 28.6 60.8 60.8

No. 41 22 5 1 1 70 60 10

Election turnout NLC % General election 2010 60.0 European election 2009 22.5 Council election 2007 49.4 Scottish parliamentary elections 2007 49.0

Full details about the council are available in other publications or from our website www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk

To find more information about councillors, and members of the Westminster, Scottish and European parliaments www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/politicians

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About the council

Council workforce June 2010 Chief executives office 137 Corporate services 420 Environmental services 4,219 Finance and customer 592 services Housing and social 4,294 work services Learning and leisure 4,220 services - teachers Learning and leisure 3,614 services - other staff
Source: Staffing watch return June 2010

(Total number of employees: 17,496, FTE 14,443) Council tax 2010-2011 NLC Disabled Band Z 610 Band A 732 Band B 854 Band C 976 Band D 1,098 Band E 1,342 Band F 1,586 Band G 1,830 Band H 2,196

Figures do not include water charges Source: NLC finance and customer services

Scottish Average 638 766 894 1,021 1,149 1,404 1,660 1,915 2,298

Council budget 2010-2011 (net revenue expenditure) Environmental services Learning and leisure services Housing and social work services Joint boards Other services* Total

* Other services includes net costs of finance and customer services, corporate services and chief executives office Source: NLC finance and customer services

000 100,026 388,089 178,878 84,115 38,132 789,240

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Abbreviations
ABC FTE GRO(S) NHS NLC ONS SDA SHQS SHS SLIMS Audit Bureau of Circulations Ltd. Full time equivalent General Register Office for Scotland National Health Service North Lanarkshire Council Office for National Statistics Severe Disablement Allowance Scottish Housing Quality Standards Scottish Household Survey Strathclyde Labour Market Intelligence and Monitoring Service (now trading as SLIMS Consulting Ltd.)

Household type definitions Single adult 1 adult of non-pensionable age and no children Small adult 2 adults of non-pensionable age and no children Single parent 1 adult of any age and 1 or more children Small family 2 adults of any age and 1 or 2 children Large family 2 adults of any age and 3 or more children, or 3 adults of any age and 1 or more children Large adult 3 or more adults and no children Older smaller 1 adult of non-pensionable age and 1 of pensionable age and no children, or 2 adults of pensionable age and no children Single pensioner 1 adult of pensionable age and no children

The existence of a particular piece of information does not imply that the council provides a particular service. All Census of Population and Census of Employment figures are subject to Crown Copyright.

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Compiled by Corporate Information and Research, Chief Executives Office, North Lanarkshire Council, Civic Centre, Windmillhill Street, Motherwell ML1 1AB www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/keyfacts Issue 13 - October 2010