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48.5Median age

Who lives here · Scotland’s Census 2022

More one-person households than 99% of UK towns: 45%

35% of residents describe themselves as Christian, against 39% across Scotland’s towns. Households with dependent children: 20% of the total. At 24%, the share of households in flats is higher than in 90% of UK towns. Huntly had 4,628 residents in 2,300 households at the 2022 Census.

28%aged 65 or over 5.3%born abroad 2,300households

Ages

Residents aged 65 and over: 28%, a higher share than 84% of UK towns

Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2022.

HuntlyScotland’s towns

0–410–1420–2430–3440–4450–5460–6470–7480–84

55–59 is the most common age band: 7.1% of residents. With a median age of 48.5, Huntly is older than 77% of UK towns. As a yardstick, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Scotland’s towns. Against a figure of 12% across Scotland’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Huntly comes in at 10%.

Median age of UK towns of 2,500+

2535455565

■ Huntly, 48.5. The typical town is 44.4.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1516%

15 to 2410%

25 to 4420%

45 to 6426%

65 and over28%

HuntlyAberdeenshire’s townsScotland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

53% women, 47% men

Huntly

Scotland

WomenMen

About 89 men for every 100 women. Across Scotland, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.

Students & newcomers

Full-time students: 3.9%, a lower share than 87% of UK towns

What adults did at the 2022 Census (the NS-SEC classes).

Adults by occupation class · residents 16 and over

Full-time students3.9%

Higher managerial and professional7.3%

Lower managerial and professional16%

Intermediate10%

Small employers and self-employed7.5%

Supervisory and technical11%

Semi-routine16%

Routine21%

Never worked or long-term unemployed7.9%

HuntlyAberdeenshire’s townsScotland’s towns

In Huntly, nearly a quarter of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 37% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 25% across Scotland’s towns. Across Scotland’s towns, nearly one in ten adults are full-time students.

Households

2 people per household, fewer than in 99% of UK towns

Household make-up at the 2022 Census. Each square is 1% of households.

Living alone, 66+ 21%Living alone, under 66 24%Families with dependent children 20%Couples and families, no young children 33%Shared houses and other 1.4%

Against Aberdeenshire’s towns and Scotland’s towns

Huntly

Aberdeenshire’s towns

Scotland’s towns

People per household

1 person45%

2 people33%

3 people10%

4 people8.5%

5 or more3.9%

Scotland’s towns.

Here 1.4% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, where the figure across Scotland’s towns is 3.5%.

Homes & cars

28% of households have no car or van, a share 93% of UK towns don’t reach

Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2022. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.

Type of home

Huntly

Aberdeenshire’s towns

Scotland’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van28%

One47%

Two19%

Three or more6.3%

HuntlyAberdeenshire’s townsScotland’s towns

Compared with 18% across Scotland’s towns, 27% of households live in a detached house here. Set beside that, 29% of households have no car or van across Scotland’s towns. On the census count, 20% of households live in a terraced house.

Where people were born

Only 5.3% of residents were born outside the UK in Huntly

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%

Huntly

5.6%

Aberdeenshire’s towns

8.3%

Scotland’s towns

11%

EU countriesRest of EuropeMiddle East and AsiaAfricaAmericas, Oceania, other

When those born abroad arrived

HuntlyScotland’s towns

Before 19711971–801981–901991–20002001–102011–132014–162017–192020–21

Main language · residents aged 3 and over

English is main language98%

HuntlyAberdeenshire’s townsScotland’s towns

The share of residents whose main language is English is 98%, against 94% across Scotland’s towns. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (3.4%), then in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1%). By way of comparison, 11% of residents were born outside the UK across Scotland’s towns.

Ethnicity & religion

Huntly: 58% of residents said they have no religion, above 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

HuntlyAberdeenshire’s townsScotland’s towns

Other White3.6%

Asian1%

Mixed0.5%

Black0.2%

Other0.1%

0%4%8%

White British, not charted: 95% of Huntly · Aberdeenshire’s towns 91% · Scotland’s towns 86%.

Religion · all residents

HuntlyAberdeenshire’s townsScotland’s towns

No religion58%

Christian35%

Muslim0.5%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist0.3%

Other religion0.7%

Didn’t answer6%

0%35%70%

Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Other White (3.6%), Mixed or multiple (0.5%) and Pakistani (0.4%). Compared with other places, residents who describe themselves as White British are common here: 95%, more than in 75% of UK towns. The share of residents with no religion across Scotland’s towns is 51%.

Relationships & caring

Unpaid carers make up 8.6% in Huntly, less than in 70% 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

Never married or in a civil partnership34%

Married or civil partnership43%

Separated2.7%

Divorced11%

Widowed11%

HuntlyAberdeenshire’s townsScotland’s towns

388residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 8.6%, against 12% in Scotland’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 3 and over

Up to 19 hours a week4.8%

20 to 49 hours1.4%

50 hours or more2.4%

Set against 40% across Scotland’s towns, just over a third of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership in Huntly. At 50 hours or more a week, 106 people give unpaid care. Few places have so few married adults and civil partners: 43% here, fewer than in 82% of UK towns.

Qualifications

Adults qualified to degree level or above: 21%

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2022.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications24%

Apprenticeship10%

Highers or similar9.9%

Degree level21%

HuntlyAberdeenshire’s townsScotland’s towns

Across Scotland’s towns, 17% of adults have no qualification; in Huntly, 24%, while 21% hold one at degree level (32%).

Towns its size

244th highest median age among 696 UK towns of 3,000 to 6,000

Median age, Census 2022. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.

Huntly 48.5

BailriggSutton on Sea and TrusthorpeBricket Wood

174266

The youngest is Bailrigg (18.9) and the oldest Sutton on Sea and Trusthorpe (64.7). Nearest to Huntly in age: Hatfield Peverel (48.5), Forest Row (48.5), Howden (48.6) and West Bergholt (48.6).

Neighbours

Every nearby town is younger than Huntly

Nearby towns coloured by median age, Census 2022. Tap a town for its page.

KeithInschHuntly

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Huntly	4,628	—	48.5	28%	20%
Keith	4,554	8.9 mi	48.3	26%	19%
Insch	2,685	9.8 mi	42.2	23%	30%

More about Huntly’s residents

Health, work and homes have their own pages

Health C⁻Life expectancy, early deaths and Census health, adjusted for age Work & commuteIncome, the claimant count, jobs and how people get to work Cost of living A⁺Owners and renters, prices, rents and council tax Schools CEvery primary and secondary, with results and inspections

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

“Aberdeenshire’s towns” and “Scotland’s towns” mean their towns. Census comparisons pool every locality in Aberdeenshire (or Scotland), summed the same way as Huntly’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 Huntly’s residents

What is the population of Huntly?

The 2022 Census counted 4,628 people in Huntly’s locality.

What is the average age in Huntly?

The median age was 48.5 at the 2022 Census, older than 77% of UK towns. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Huntly?

95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2022, against 86% across Scotland’s towns and 91% across Aberdeenshire’s towns. 5.3% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Huntly?

58% said they had no religion and 35% that they were Christian at the 2022 Census; 0.5% were Muslim and 6% didn’t answer.

Is Huntly good for families?

20% of households had dependent children in 2022, against 24% across Scotland’s towns. Schools are on Huntly’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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