Housing in ML4 1LY
What the homes in ML4 1LY are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Bellshill Central
- Council
- North Lanarkshire
- Region
- Scotland
- Neighbourhood population
- 975 (2024)
ML4 1LYNorth Lanarkshire
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are terraced houses (39.2%). Flats make up 38.8%, above the 34.4% across Scotland.
Owning vs renting
47% of households in the ML4 1LY area own their home, below the Scotland average of 62.4%. Private renting makes up 10.6% of households, below the Scotland figure of 12.9%. 24.8% own outright and 22.1% with a mortgage.
- Owned47%62.4%
- Shared ownership0.4%0.9%
- Private rented10.6%12.9%
- Social rented42.2%22.5%
- Lives rent free1.7%1.4%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.0 people living in it. 45.3% of households are one person living alone, against 37.1% across Scotland.
Who lives together
The most common household is one person living alone aged under 66 (31.1%). 19.6% 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 ML4 1LY (Bellshill Central) (about 975 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.