ML7
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Shotts, Dykehead and Harthill, in North Lanarkshire.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an ML7 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in ML7 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How ML7 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
What is the population of ML7?
ML7 had 15,247 usual residents at the census.
ML7 is the 1,020th least populated of 2,756 in the UK.
Neighbourhoods in ML7
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allanton - Newmains Rural - 03 | 502 | No figure | No figure | 98.9% |
| Allanton - Newmains Rural - 04 | 541 | No figure | No figure | 98.4% |
| Dalziel and Hartwood - 01 | 1,182 | No figure | No figure | 76.1% |
| Greenrigg East | 402 | No figure | No figure | 98.6% |
| Greenrigg West | 532 | No figure | No figure | 99.6% |
| Harthill and Salsburgh - 01 | 837 | No figure | No figure | 94.7% |
| Harthill and Salsburgh - 02 | 541 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Harthill and Salsburgh - 03 | 745 | No figure | No figure | 97.9% |
| Harthill and Salsburgh - 04 | 761 | No figure | No figure | 99.2% |
| Harthill and Salsburgh - 05 | 580 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Salsburgh - 01 | 720 | No figure | No figure | 90.8% |
| Salsburgh - 02 | 457 | No figure | No figure | 95.4% |
| Shotts - 01 | 934 | No figure | No figure | 99.8% |
| Shotts - 02 | 1,037 | No figure | No figure | 99.8% |
| Shotts - 03 | 1,001 | No figure | No figure | 96.8% |
| Shotts - 04 | 867 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Shotts - 05 | 576 | No figure | No figure | 94.1% |
| Stane - 01 | 686 | No figure | No figure | 95.7% |
| Stane - 02 | 504 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
| Stane - 03 | 670 | No figure | No figure | 92.2% |
| Stane - 04 | 672 | No figure | No figure | 98.4% |
| Stane - 05 | 477 | No figure | No figure | 100.0% |
MPs for ML7
- Kenneth StevensonLabourMP for Airdrie and Shotts95% of ML7’s postcodes
- Kirsteen SullivanLabour (Co-op)MP for Bathgate and Linlithgow4.8% of ML7’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in ML73
Postcode sectors in ML73
Council1
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Postcode districts next to ML77
Nearest rail stations3
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ML7 in brief
ML7 is a postcode district covering Shotts, Dykehead and Harthill, in North Lanarkshire.
About 15,182 people lived in ML7 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from NRS small-area estimates).
ML7 had 15,247 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in ML7 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In ML7, 96.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In ML7, 3.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.