Editing Gorbals (section)

{{short description|Area in the city of Glasgow, Scotland}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country                          = Scotland
| official_name                    = Gorbals 
| gaelic_name                      = Gort a' bhaile
| area_total_km2                   = 0.83
| area_footnotes                   = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://statistics.gov.scot/data/land-area-2011-data-zone-based|title=Land Area (based on 2011 Data Zones)|website=Statistics.gov.scot|access-date=11 November 2017}}</ref>
| population                       = 6030
| population_ref                   = (2015)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://statistics.gov.scot/data/population-estimates-current-geographic-boundaries|title=Population Estimates (Current Geographic Boundaries)|website=Statistics.gov.scot|access-date=11 November 2017|archive-date=25 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170425030444/http://statistics.gov.scot/data/population-estimates-current-geographic-boundaries|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| population_density_km2           =
| os_grid_reference                = NS 59100 64000
| coordinates                      = {{coord|55.84861|-4.25222|display=inline,title}}
| unitary_scotland                 = [[Politics of Glasgow|Glasgow City Council]]
| lieutenancy_scotland             = Glasgow
| constituency_westminster         = [[Glasgow Central (UK Parliament constituency)|Glasgow Central]]
| constituency_scottish_parliament = [[Glasgow Shettleston (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Glasgow Shettleston]]
| post_town                        = GLASGOW
| postcode_district                = G5
| postcode_area                    = G
| dial_code                        = 0141 
}}

The '''Gorbals''' is an area in the city of [[Glasgow]], Scotland, and former [[List of burghs in Scotland|burgh]], on the south bank of the [[River Clyde]]. By the late 19th century, it had become densely populated; rural migrants and immigrants were attracted by the new industries and employment opportunities of Glasgow. At its peak during the 1930s, the wider Gorbals district (which includes the directly adjoined localities of [[Laurieston, Glasgow|Laurieston]] and [[Hutchesontown]]) had swollen in population to an estimated 90,000<ref>{{cite web|url=http://glasgowpunter.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/a-gorbals-tour-glasgow.html|title=A Gorbals Tour, Glasgow|website=GlasgowPunter.Blogspot.co.uk|date=15 March 2015 |access-date=12 July 2017}}</ref> residents, giving the area a very high population density of around 40,000/km<sup>2</sup>. 

Redevelopment after the [[World War II|Second World War]] has taken many turns, and the area's population is substantially smaller in the 21st century. The wider Gorbals area was once home to 16 high-rise public housing apartment blocks built in the 1960s and 1970s; nowadays only six are still standing, with two more preparing for demolition around summer 2025.<ref name="cali2025"/>