St. Peter's Manse Peterculter. · Photo: OEJUTILA · CC BY-SA 4.036% of households live in a flat or apartment, more than in 98% of UK towns
In Peterculter the average household is 2.1 people, beside 2.1 across Scotland’s towns. Its 2,080 households held 4,359 residents at the 2022 Census. Locally, nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24. More residents with no religion than in 99% of UK towns: 58%.
Older than 68% of UK towns: half of Peterculter is over 46.9
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2022.
The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with nearly one in ten residents. Residents aged 65 and over are more common here than in 64% of UK towns.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Peterculter, 46.9. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Across Scotland, 51% of residents are women.
More students than 75% of UK towns: 5.5% of adults in Peterculter
What adults did at the 2022 Census (the NS-SEC classes).
Adults by occupation class · residents 16 and over
Managerial and professional jobs take in 40% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 21% (Scotland’s towns: 33% and 25%). Set beside that, 9.4% of adults are full-time students across Scotland’s towns.
The Census was taken on 20 March 2022, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Only 1.5% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home in Peterculter
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.
Across Scotland’s towns, nearly a quarter of households have dependent children; in Peterculter, 23%. At 39%, the share of one-person households is higher than in 98% of UK towns. Shared households of unrelated adults: 3.5% across Scotland’s towns, for comparison.
Households in terraced houses make up 15% in Peterculter, less than in 71% of UK towns
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 23% in Peterculter. Households without a car or van are more common here than in 63% of UK towns. Typically, nearly a fifth of households live in a terraced house across Scotland’s towns.
Only 96% of residents have English as their main language in Peterculter
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
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (4.5%) and in the Middle East and Asia (3%). To put it in context, 94% of residents have English as their main language across Scotland’s towns. 12% of residents were born outside the UK, more than in 81% of UK towns. Recent arrivals (2017 or later) make up 20% of those born abroad (Scotland’s towns: 34%).
33% of residents describe themselves as Christian, below 98% 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: 86% of Peterculter · Aberdeen City’s towns 75% · Scotland’s towns 86%.
Religion · all residents
Behind White British, the largest groups are Other White (6.2%), Mixed or multiple (2.5%) and Pakistani (1.2%). 86% of residents describe themselves as White British, fewer than in 75% of UK towns. By way of comparison, 39% of residents describe themselves as Christian across Scotland’s towns.
Peterculter sits above 74% of UK towns for unpaid carers (10%)
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
Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 62. Against that, just over one in ten residents give unpaid care across Scotland’s towns. In Peterculter, 33% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, beside 40% across Scotland’s towns.
Qualified to degree level: 39% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2022.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 39% of Peterculter’s adults, against 32% across Scotland’s towns; 12% have no qualification (17%).
696 UK towns of 3,000 to 6,000 people: this is the 328th oldest
Median age, Census 2022. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Bailrigg is the youngest (18.9); Sutton on Sea and Trusthorpe the oldest (64.7). Nearest to Peterculter in age: Brotton (46.9), Pen-pedair-heol (46.9), Seaton (47) and Marsden (47).
No nearby town is as old as Peterculter
Nearby towns coloured by median age, Census 2022. Tap a town for its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Homes with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peterculter | 4,359 | — | 46.9 | 24% | 23% |
| Milltimber | 3,049 | 1.5 mi | 45.1 | 23% | 36% |
| Westhill | 11,778 | 4 mi | 44.3 | 20% | 30% |
| Kingswells | 4,776 | 4.4 mi | 43 | 15% | 34% |
| Portlethen | 8,965 | 5.6 mi | 40.3 | 14% | 34% |
| Newtonhill | 3,182 | 6.4 mi | 43.5 | 19% | 32% |
| Aberdeen | 192,968 | 6.4 mi | 38.1 | 17% | 20% |
| Cove Bay | 7,926 | 6.7 mi | 40.6 | 15% | 27% |
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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 Peterculter’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 Peterculter’s residents
What is the population of Peterculter?
The 2022 Census counted 4,359 people in Peterculter’s locality.
What is the average age in Peterculter?
The median age was 46.9 at the 2022 Census, older than 68% of UK towns. 8.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Peterculter?
86% 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 Peterculter?
58% said they had no religion and 33% that they were Christian at the 2022 Census; 2.1% were Muslim and 4.8% didn’t answer.
Is Peterculter good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2022, against 24% across Scotland’s towns. Schools are on Peterculter’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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