Photo: Bill Harrison · CC BY-SA 2.0Dyce: 59% of residents said they have no religion, above 99% of UK towns
Set against 39% across Scotland’s towns, 32% of households live in a flat or apartment in Dyce. The 2022 Census counted 6,998 residents in 3,333 households. Households without a car or van: nearly a fifth of the total. Half of the town’s residents are under 41.9, younger than in 70% of UK towns.
In Dyce, 22% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 54% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2022.
Compared with 12% across Scotland’s towns, 9.7% of residents are aged 15 to 24 here. Across Scotland’s towns, 19% of residents are 65 or over. 30–34 is the most common age band: 8% of residents.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Dyce, 41.9. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across Scotland, 51% of residents are women.
A larger share of full-time students than 73% of UK towns: 5.4%
What adults did at the 2022 Census (the NS-SEC classes).
Adults by occupation class · residents 16 and over
In Dyce, 34% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 25% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 25% across Scotland’s towns. Across Scotland’s towns, the share of full-time students is 9.4%.
The Census was taken on 20 March 2022, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Households here average 2.1 people, below 94% of UK towns
Household make-up at the 2022 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Aberdeen City’s towns and Scotland’s towns
People per household
Scotland’s towns.
Shared households of unrelated adults: 1.9% here and 3.5% across Scotland’s towns. Locally, 37% of households are one person living alone. Households with dependent children are rarer here than in 70% of UK towns.
Fewer households in terraced houses than 66% of UK towns: 16%
Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2022. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
Type of home
Cars or vans · share of households
18% of households live in a detached house across Scotland’s towns, against 19% in Dyce.
Dyce: 12% of residents were born outside the UK, above 79% of UK towns
Country of birth, year of arrival and main language, Census 2022.
Born outside the UK, by region · share of all residents; the bar runs to 25%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
95% of residents have English as their main language (Scotland’s towns: 94%). Across the comparison, 11% of residents were born outside the UK across Scotland’s towns. The largest groups were born in EU countries (5.2%) and in the Middle East and Asia (3.1%).
32% of residents describe themselves as Christian, fewer than in 99% of UK towns
How residents described themselves at the 2022 Census. Lines join the lowest and highest of the three figures.
Ethnic groups other than White British · all residents
White British, not charted: 85% of Dyce · Aberdeen City’s towns 75% · Scotland’s towns 86%.
Religion · all residents
Leading the other groups after White British: Other White (6.6%), African (1.7%) and Mixed or multiple (1.5%). At 85%, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British is lower than in 78% of UK towns. Across Scotland’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is 39%.
More adults who have never married than 65% of UK towns: 35%
Legal partnership status (residents 16 and over) and unpaid care (residents 3 and over), Census 2022.
Partnership status · residents 16 and over
Unpaid care given · share of residents 3 and over
173 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week. Adults who have never married make up 40% across Scotland’s towns. Dyce has more unpaid carers than 69% of UK towns, at 10%. Across Scotland’s towns, just over two in five adults are married or in a civil partnership; locally, 47%.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 28%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2022.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 28% of Dyce’s adults, against 32% across Scotland’s towns; 15% have no qualification (17%).
117th youngest of 474 UK towns of 5,000 to 9,000 people
Median age, Census 2022. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
The youngest is Red Lodge (30.9) and the oldest Barton on Sea (65.3). Nearest to Dyce in age: Wincanton (41.9), Oakdale (41.9), Annfield Plain (42) and Southam (42).
Dyce is younger than 4 of its 7 nearest neighbours
Nearby towns coloured by median age, Census 2022. Tap a town for its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Homes with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dyce | 6,998 | — | 41.9 | 22% | 25% |
| Kingswells | 4,776 | 3.4 mi | 43 | 15% | 34% |
| Blackburn | 2,985 | 3.9 mi | 39.9 | 12% | 40% |
| Aberdeen | 192,968 | 4.1 mi | 38.1 | 17% | 20% |
| Newmachar | 2,527 | 4.4 mi | 43.1 | 20% | 32% |
| Westhill | 11,778 | 5.3 mi | 44.3 | 20% | 30% |
| Kintore | 4,545 | 6.6 mi | 41.9 | 17% | 39% |
| Milltimber | 3,049 | 6.8 mi | 45.1 | 23% | 36% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in term time. 20 March 2022 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “Aberdeen City’s towns” and “Scotland’s towns” mean their towns. Census comparisons pool every locality in Aberdeen City (or Scotland), summed the same way as Dyce’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out.
- Small counts are blurred. National Records of Scotland adjusts small Census counts to protect privacy, so the same total differs a little between tables, and the shares of a small town can move by a point or two.
Questions about Dyce’s residents
What is the population of Dyce?
The 2022 Census counted 6,998 people in Dyce’s locality.
What is the average age in Dyce?
The median age was 41.9 at the 2022 Census, younger than 70% of UK towns. 9.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Dyce?
85% of residents described themselves as White British in 2022, against 86% across Scotland’s towns and 75% across Aberdeen City’s towns. 12% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Dyce?
59% said they had no religion and 32% that they were Christian at the 2022 Census; 1.8% were Muslim and 4.7% didn’t answer.
Is Dyce good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2022, against 24% across Scotland’s towns. Schools are on Dyce’s schools page.
Sources: Scotland’s Census 2022 (National Records of Scotland), output areas summed to the NRS 2022 locality (UV101b, UV103, UV104, UV113, UV201, UV204b, UV205, UV212, UV301, UV402, UV405, UV406, UV501, UV607, UV801). Open Government Licence v3.0.
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