North Blairdardie consists of mostly terraced houses, which were council built and are now a mixture of owner-occupied and rented.

The area is served by Drumchapel railway station, and there is a retail park[6] and a small industrial estate to the west.

South Blairdardie, geographically small but containing housing of higher density than the north part, is made up of mostly council-built low-rise flats of up to five storeys.

There are, four landmark multi-storey flats situated along Great Western Road;[7][8] these towers underwent extensive renovation in 2007.

The Westminster constituency is Glasgow North West and is represented by Carol Monaghan MP.