Housing in ML1 3QS
What the homes in ML1 3QS are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Motherwell North
- Council
- North Lanarkshire
- Region
- Scotland
- Neighbourhood population
- 810 (2024)
ML1 3QSNorth Lanarkshire
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are terraced houses (49.4%). Flats make up 24.8%, below the 34.4% across Scotland.
Owning vs renting
43.6% of households in the ML1 3QS area own their home, well below the Scotland average of 62.4%. Private renting makes up 6.4% of households, well below the Scotland figure of 12.9%. 22.7% own outright and 20.9% with a mortgage.
- Owned43.6%62.4%
- Shared ownership0%0.9%
- Private rented6.4%12.9%
- Social rented50%22.5%
- Lives rent free1.2%1.4%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.5 people living in it. 23.9% of households are one person living alone, against 37.1% across Scotland.
Who lives together
The most common household is a lone parent with dependent children (21.8%). 35% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in Scotland
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in Scotland (August 2026, +1.1% on a year earlier). ONS publishes rent figures at council level rather than by neighbourhood.
Census figures aren’t published for single postcodes, so the neighbourhood figures on this tab cover the area around ML1 3QS (Motherwell North) (about 810 residents).
Source: Scotland's Census 2022, National Records of Scotland. Population: NRS small-area estimates. Open Government Licence v3.0. Rents: ONS Price Index of Private Rents.