Photo: Bill Harrison · CC BY-SA 2.0Residents aged 15 to 24: 7.1%, a lower share than 99% of UK towns
Here 36% of residents describe themselves as Christian, where the figure across Scotland’s towns is 39%. The 2022 Census counted 2,685 residents in 1,171 households. Across Insch, 56% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. On households in detached houses, Insch sits higher than 89% of UK towns: 50%.
Half of Insch is under 42.2, younger than 68% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2022.
The biggest five-year age group is 5–9, with 8.6% of residents, 1.6 times the share across Scotland’s towns. The census found that 23% of residents are 65 or over in Insch.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Insch, 42.2. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Across Scotland, 51% of residents are women.
In Insch, 3.3% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 96% of UK towns
What adults did at the 2022 Census (the NS-SEC classes).
Adults by occupation class · residents 16 and over
In Insch, 37% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 25% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 25% across Scotland’s towns. Against that, 9.4% of adults are full-time students across Scotland’s towns.
A lower share of shared households of unrelated adults than 99% of UK towns, at 0.7%
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.
Across Scotland’s towns, nearly a quarter of households have dependent children; in Insch, 30%. The usual figure: 3.5% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across Scotland’s towns. Locally, 33% of households are one person living alone.
Households in terraced houses make up 14% in Insch, less than in 77% 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
Nearly one in ten households live in a flat or apartment, against 39% across Scotland’s towns. In Insch, 13% of households have no car or van. Against that, 19% of households live in a terraced house across Scotland’s towns.
In Insch, 3.6% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 83% 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 15%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Across Scotland’s towns, 94% of residents have English as their main language; in Insch, 99%. As a reference point, 11% of residents were born outside the UK across Scotland’s towns. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (2.2%) and in Africa (0.6%).
A higher share of residents with no religion than 99% of UK towns, at 58%
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: 96% of Insch · Aberdeenshire’s towns 91% · Scotland’s towns 86%.
Religion · all residents
Across Scotland’s towns, 86% of residents describe themselves as White British; in Insch, 96%. The next-largest groups, after White British, are Other White (2.6%), Mixed or multiple (0.3%) and Pakistani (0.3%). To put it in context, 51% of residents said they have no religion across Scotland’s towns.
In Insch, 27% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 86% 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
65 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. More unpaid carers than in 66% of UK towns: 10%. Across Scotland’s towns, two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership.
Qualified to degree level: 31% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2022.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 31% of its adults qualified to degree level, Insch compares with 32% across Scotland’s towns; another 15% hold no qualification (17%).
93rd youngest of 515 UK towns of 2,500 to 4,000 people
Median age, Census 2022. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Keele (20.6), the youngest, and West Chiltington (63.1), the oldest. Nearest to Insch in age: Honeybourne (42.2), Boreham (42.2), South Hetton (42.3) and Charfield (42.3).
Insch and its 5 nearest towns: 4 of them are older
Nearby towns coloured by median age, Census 2022. Tap a town for its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Homes with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Insch | 2,685 | — | 42.2 | 23% | 30% |
| Alford | 2,792 | 8.3 mi | 43.7 | 22% | 30% |
| Inverurie | 15,115 | 9.4 mi | 42.1 | 20% | 26% |
| Kemnay | 3,864 | 9.7 mi | 43.5 | 21% | 30% |
| Huntly | 4,628 | 9.8 mi | 48.5 | 28% | 20% |
| Oldmeldrum | 3,181 | 10.9 mi | 42.4 | 19% | 33% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Insch’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 Insch’s residents
What is the population of Insch?
The 2022 Census counted 2,685 people in Insch’s locality.
What is the average age in Insch?
The median age was 42.2 at the 2022 Census, younger than 68% of UK towns. 7.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Insch?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2022, against 86% across Scotland’s towns and 91% across Aberdeenshire’s towns. 3.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Insch?
58% said they had no religion and 36% that they were Christian at the 2022 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 5.7% didn’t answer.
Is Insch good for families?
30% of households had dependent children in 2022, against 24% across Scotland’s towns. Schools are on Insch’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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