Catchment population - Over 937,000 people live within a 35 minute Journey To Work Area (JTWA) of Eurocentral - timed during the peak rush hour.
Over two thirds of the population are of working age, amounting to 67.3% of total, standing above the Scottish average of 65.2%
The catchment is one third larger than a 40 minute JTWA serving Edinburgh city centre (696,600 people).
The area has a notably younger profile than the Scottish average, largely driven by the catchment incorporating areas of Glasgow whose profile is exceptionally young.
All information taken from the independent East West Locations Eurocentral Review 2008
The latest Labour Force information for the North Lanarkshire area is available through the Scottish Government website: Scotland.gov.uk
By occupation - over one in eight people living in the catchment are fully qualified professional staff, amounting to 12.8% of total employees and closely matching 12.9% nationally.
A further 13.2% of employed residents are newly or semi-qualified professionals.
Those working in process and machine operator activities account for 8.4% of the workforce, notably above 6.6% in Glasgow and 7.8% in Scotland.
3.2% of employees work as engineers, fitters or in the machine trades, equivalent to 29.9% of all manufacturing employees. This stands slightly higher than Scottish average of 3.0%.
Drivers of plant and other non-HGV vehicles represent 4.4% of all jobs, well above the national profile of 3.8%.
Clerical occupations employ 14.1% of residents, slightly above 13.9% in Glasgow and considerably above 12.3% nationally.