Photo: Richard Webb · CC BY-SA 2.055% of residents said they have no religion, a share 98% of UK towns don’t reach
A household here has 2.1 people on average; across Scotland’s towns, 2.1. Fraserburgh had 12,926 residents and 6,095 households at the 2022 Census, with a median age of 42.8 (younger than 63% of UK towns). Census figures put households in flats at 22% locally. Higher than in 70% of UK towns: 36% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership.
Half of Fraserburgh is under 42.8, younger than 63% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2022.
Against a figure of 19% across Scotland’s towns, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Fraserburgh comes in at 21%. Across Fraserburgh, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Fraserburgh, 42.8. 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.
5.1% of adults are full-time students, more than in 63% of UK towns
What adults did at the 2022 Census (the NS-SEC classes).
Adults by occupation class · residents 16 and over
21% of Fraserburgh’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 39% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 25% across Scotland’s towns. Across Scotland’s towns, full-time students come to 9.4%.
The Census was taken on 20 March 2022, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
One-person homes: 39% of households in Fraserburgh
Household make-up at the 2022 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Aberdeenshire’s towns and Scotland’s towns
People per household
Scotland’s towns.
Households with dependent children make up 25%, against 24% across Scotland’s towns. 2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, fewer than in 72% of UK towns. Against that, 38% of households are one person living alone across Scotland’s towns.
24% of households live in a detached house, below 64% 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
29% of households have no car or van across Scotland’s towns, against 28% in Fraserburgh. Locally, 22% of households live in a terraced house. Measured more widely, 18% of households live in a detached house across Scotland’s towns.
Fraserburgh ranks below 91% of UK towns on residents whose main language is English: 91%
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 15%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
The largest groups were born in EU countries (9.8%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.7%). To put it in context, 94% of residents have English as their main language across Scotland’s towns. On residents born outside the UK, Fraserburgh sits higher than nearly four fifths of UK towns: 12%. Of residents born abroad, 14% arrived in 2017 or later, against 34% across Scotland’s towns.
Fraserburgh ranks below 96% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as Christian: 37%
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: 87% of Fraserburgh · Aberdeenshire’s towns 91% · Scotland’s towns 86%.
Religion · all residents
The largest groups after White British are Other White (11%), Mixed or multiple (0.6%) and Chinese (0.2%). For comparison, nearly two in five residents describe themselves as Christian across Scotland’s towns. 87% of residents describe themselves as White British, fewer than in 75% of UK towns.
Married adults and civil partners make up 43% in Fraserburgh, less than in 80% of UK towns
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
320 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week. Elsewhere, 42% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across Scotland’s towns. Where just over one in ten residents give unpaid care across Scotland’s towns, Fraserburgh has 9.4%.
17% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2022.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Fraserburgh, 17% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 32% across Scotland’s towns, while 24% have no qualification at all (17%).
383 UK towns of 9,000 to 17,000 people: this is the 137th youngest
Median age, Census 2022. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Aberystwyth is the youngest (25); Sidmouth the oldest (60.4). Nearest to Fraserburgh in age: Chatteris (42.8), South Woodham Ferrers (42.8), Shildon (42.9) and Broughton Astley (42.9).
The places around Fraserburgh
Nearby towns coloured by median age, Census 2022. Tap a town for its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Homes with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fraserburgh | 12,926 | — | 42.8 | 21% | 25% |
| Mintlaw | 2,832 | 11.3 mi | 46.1 | 25% | 23% |
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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.
- “Aberdeenshire’s towns” and “Scotland’s towns” mean their towns. Census comparisons pool every locality in Aberdeenshire (or Scotland), summed the same way as Fraserburgh’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 Fraserburgh’s residents
What is the population of Fraserburgh?
The 2022 Census counted 12,926 people in Fraserburgh’s locality.
What is the average age in Fraserburgh?
The median age was 42.8 at the 2022 Census, younger than 63% of UK towns. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 21% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Fraserburgh?
87% of residents described themselves as White British in 2022, against 86% across Scotland’s towns and 91% across Aberdeenshire’s towns. 12% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Fraserburgh?
55% said they had no religion and 37% that they were Christian at the 2022 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 6.5% didn’t answer.
Is Fraserburgh good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2022, against 24% across Scotland’s towns. Schools are on Fraserburgh’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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