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G75 8EQ area guide

Who lives in G75 8EQ, what homes sell for, and how it compares on crime, schools and transport.

Neighbourhood: Hairmyres and Westwood West
Council: South Lanarkshire
Region: Scotland
Neighbourhood population: 979 (2024)

G75 8EQSouth Lanarkshire

At a glance

What G75 8EQ is like

G75 8EQ is a postcode in the Hairmyres and Westwood West area of South Lanarkshire. Because census and crime data isn’t published for single postcodes, the figures here cover the surrounding neighbourhood of about 979 people. 65.1% of households own their home, 10.4% rent privately and 23.6% are in social housing. The largest age group is 85+, and 46.5% of adults are in work. On deprivation, it sits near the middle of the scale for Scotland.

Scores

How G75 8EQ compares

Headline figures for G75 8EQ, set against Scotland as a whole.

AffluenceMore

4.0/ 10

Around the middle. Scored from 1 (most deprived in Scotland) to 10 (least deprived).

CrimeMore

50per 1,000

Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents in South Lanarkshire a year, against 57 across Scotland.

TransportMore

5.0/ 10

Good: 1 station within a mile, 34 bus stops within 800m.

SchoolsMore

14 schools within 1 mile. None has a published inspection grade.

What stands out

Worth knowing before you invest

Where G75 8EQ differs most from the national average.

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An older population
30.1% of residents are 65 or over, against 20% across Scotland.

Questions

G75 8EQ FAQs

Is G75 8EQ a good place to live?

Deprivation, crime, schools and transport at a glance.

It scores 4.0 out of 10 on the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020, where 10 is the least deprived in Scotland. Transport connectivity scores 5.0 out of 10 (good).

Is G75 8EQ safe?

How recorded crime here compares with the national average.

Police Scotland publishes crime by council area only. South Lanarkshire recorded 50 crimes per 1,000 residents in 2025-26, against 57 across Scotland.

Who lives in G75 8EQ?

Age, home ownership and housing from the census.

The largest age group is 85+, at 8.7% of residents. 65.1% of households own their home. The most common property type is terraced (39.6%).

Which council covers G75 8EQ?

The local authority for G75 8EQ is South Lanarkshire.

G75 8EQ comes under South Lanarkshire in Scotland. Council tax, planning applications and bin collections are handled there.

How well connected is G75 8EQ?

Connectivity scores 5.0 out of 10.

There are 34 bus stops within 800m and 1 station or tram stop within a mile, scoring 5.0 out of 10 (good). The nearest station is Hairmyres Rail Station, 0.9 miles away.

Sources: Scotland's Census 2022 (NRS); ONS mid-year population estimates; police recorded crime; the English, Welsh and Scottish indices of deprivation; ONS small area income estimates; ONS private rents; DfE, Welsh and Scottish school registers and Ofsted; DfT NaPTAN; ORR estimates of station usage; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right.

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