Photo: Colin Smith · CC BY-SA 2.039% of households have dependent children, a share 97% of UK towns don’t reach
Across Scotland’s towns, households average 2.1 people; in Kintore, 2.5. At the 2022 Census Kintore was home to 4,545 people in 1,826 households. 5.6% of households live in a terraced house. Lower than in 89% of UK towns: 8.7% of households have no car or van.
What the Census says about Kintore’s people
A town of families
39% of Kintore’s 1,826 households had dependent children in 2021, more than in 97% of UK towns. 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
More with no religion than most
62% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 32% Christian, against 51% and 39% across Scotland’s towns. Ethnicity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: Scotland’s Census 2022 (output areas summed to the 2022 locality).
A median age of 41.9: Kintore is younger than 70% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2022.
In Kintore, 10% of residents are aged 15 to 24, beside 12% across Scotland’s towns. Still, 17% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 81% of UK towns.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Kintore, 41.9. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across Scotland, 51% of residents are women.
More students than 91% of UK towns: 6.9% of adults in Kintore
What adults did at the 2022 Census (the NS-SEC classes).
Adults by occupation class · residents 16 and over
By class, 43% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 18% in routine and semi-routine work (Scotland’s towns: 33% and 25%). The comparison figure for full-time students is 9.4% across Scotland’s towns.
The Census was taken on 20 March 2022, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Shared households of unrelated adults make up 0.9% in Kintore, less than in 99% of UK towns
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.
25% of households are one person living alone, against 38% across Scotland’s towns. Typically, 3.5% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across Scotland’s towns.
61% of households live in a detached house, more than in 97% 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
Just over one in ten households live in a flat or apartment, against 39% across Scotland’s towns. Typically, 18% of households live in a detached house across Scotland’s towns.
Below 62% of UK towns: 97% of residents have English as their main language
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
7.3% of residents were born outside the UK, against 8.3% across Aberdeenshire’s towns and 11% across Scotland’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (3.9%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.6%). Typically, 94% of residents have English as their main language across Scotland’s towns.
Residents with no religion make up 62% in Kintore, more 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: 92% of Kintore · Aberdeenshire’s towns 91% · Scotland’s towns 86%.
Religion · all residents
In Kintore, 32% of residents describe themselves as Christian, beside 39% across Scotland’s towns. Beyond White British, the biggest groups are Other White (4.2%), Mixed or multiple (1%) and Arab (0.6%). Across the comparison, just over half of residents said they have no religion across Scotland’s towns.
Kintore ranks above 97% of UK towns on married adults and civil partners: 59%
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
The share of adults who have never married is 27%, against 40% across Scotland’s towns. At 50 hours or more a week, 71 people give unpaid care. Against that, just over two in five adults are married or in a civil partnership across Scotland’s towns.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 36%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2022.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across Scotland’s towns, 17% of adults have no qualification; in Kintore, 9.4%, while 36% hold one at degree level (32%). Many still at university: 13% list A levels as their highest qualification.
131st lowest 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.
Ages run from 18.9 in Bailrigg to 64.7 in Sutton on Sea and Trusthorpe. Nearest to Kintore in age: Binfield (41.9), South Darenth and Sutton at Hone (41.9), Highbridge (42) and Ynysybwl (42).
Median age: 5 of the 7 towns around Kintore are older
Nearby towns coloured by median age, Census 2022. Tap a town for its page.
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Kintore’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 Kintore’s residents
What is the population of Kintore?
The 2022 Census counted 4,545 people in Kintore’s locality.
What is the average age in Kintore?
The median age was 41.9 at the 2022 Census, younger than 70% of UK towns. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 17% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Kintore?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2022, against 86% across Scotland’s towns and 91% across Aberdeenshire’s towns. 7.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Kintore?
62% said they had no religion and 32% that they were Christian at the 2022 Census; 0.9% were Muslim and 4% didn’t answer.
Is Kintore good for families?
39% of households had dependent children in 2022, against 24% across Scotland’s towns. Schools are on Kintore’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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