North Lanarkshire · Scotland
Overtown population
2,110people · latest estimate
Overtown has a population of 2,110, making it the 28th largest place in North Lanarkshire. In 2005 the World Gazetteer recorded 2,519, a fall of 16.2% since.
The other populations of Overtown
The same name covers more than one area, and each has its own figure.
| What you mean | Population | Source |
|---|---|---|
| The place itself The populated settlement, roughly the built-up core. |
2,110 | GeoNames |
| The place in 2005 The same settlement twenty years earlier. |
2,519 | World Gazetteer (2005) |
Why these differ: which population figure is right? · compare with another place
The 2005 figure is from the World Gazetteer archive and may draw its boundary differently from the current source, so treat the change as indicative. Sources: method.
Year-by-year official estimates for the wider area: North Lanarkshire population trends, 2001–2024.
Overtown in context
1 km
north to Wishaw, the nearest larger town
305,795
people live within 10 km
#2,884
largest of 6,358 UK places
Distances are straight-line from the settlement's recorded coordinates. The 10 km figure sums the recorded places within that radius, so it describes how built-up the surroundings are rather than people per square kilometre.
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Nearby in North Lanarkshire
| # | Place | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caldercruix | 2,440 |
| 2 | Glenmavis | 2,290 |
| 3 | Gartcosh | 2,130 |
| 4 | Calderbank | 1,610 |
| 5 | Salsburgh | 1,540 |
| 6 | Muirhead | 1,390 |