Photo: Richard Webb · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer households in terraced houses than 98% of UK towns: 5.4%
One-person households make up 25%, against 38% across Scotland’s towns. Census day 2021: 3,181 residents and 1,306 households in Oldmeldrum. Locally, 59% of households live in a detached house. Compared with other places, adults who have never married are scarce here: 26%, fewer than in 90% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Oldmeldrum’s people
More with no religion than most
62% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 31% Christian, against 51% and 39% across Scotland’s towns. Ethnicity & religion ↓
A town of families
33% of Oldmeldrum’s 1,306 households had dependent children in 2021, more than in 88% of UK towns. 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from the data on this page: Scotland’s Census 2022 (output areas summed to the 2022 locality).
Younger than 66% of UK towns: half of Oldmeldrum is under 42.4
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2022.
Oldmeldrum sits close to the norm on residents aged 65 and over: 19%, about the same as across Scotland’s towns. For Oldmeldrum, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 9.7%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Oldmeldrum, 42.4. 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.
5.7% of adults are full-time students, more than in 78% of UK towns
What adults did at the 2022 Census (the NS-SEC classes).
Adults by occupation class · residents 16 and over
By class, 39% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 23% in routine and semi-routine work (Scotland’s towns: 33% and 25%). On average, 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.
More family households than 88% of UK towns: 33% in Oldmeldrum
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.
At 2.4 people, the average household compares with 2.1 across Scotland’s towns. Across Scotland’s towns, the share of households with dependent children is 24%. The census found that 1.4% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home in Oldmeldrum.
6.6% of households live in a flat or apartment, below 74% 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
The figure for households without a car or van is 11% in Oldmeldrum and 29% across Scotland’s towns. For households in flats, the comparison across Scotland’s towns is 39%.
Oldmeldrum: 6.8% of residents born outside the UK
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
Recent arrivals (2017 or later) make up 16% of those born abroad (Scotland’s towns: 34%). The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (3.3%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.3%). The share of residents born outside the UK across Scotland’s towns is 11%.
Oldmeldrum ranks above 99% of UK towns on residents with no religion: 62%
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 Oldmeldrum · Aberdeenshire’s towns 91% · Scotland’s towns 86%.
Religion · all residents
Leading the other groups after White British: Other White (4.5%), Mixed or multiple (0.9%) and African (0.3%). Few places have so few residents who describe themselves as Christian: 31% here, fewer than in 99% of UK towns. Across the comparison, 51% of residents said they have no religion across Scotland’s towns. 92% of residents describe themselves as White British (Scotland’s towns: 86%).
Married adults and civil partners make up 56% in Oldmeldrum, more than in 91% 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
The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 75. At 11%, the share of unpaid carers is higher than in 88% of UK towns. The share of married adults and civil partners across Scotland’s towns is 42%.
35% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2022.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 35% of adults in Oldmeldrum, 32% across Scotland’s towns; 12% have no qualification, against 17%.
Among 515 UK towns of 2,500 to 4,000 people, the 99th youngest
Median age, Census 2022. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Ages run from 20.6 in Keele to 63.1 in West Chiltington. Nearest to Oldmeldrum in age: Bruton (42.3), Shenley (42.4), Bishop's Itchington (42.6) and Yarnton (42.6).
Oldmeldrum and its 7 nearest towns: 3 of them 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 Oldmeldrum’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 Oldmeldrum’s residents
What is the population of Oldmeldrum?
The 2022 Census counted 3,181 people in Oldmeldrum’s locality.
What is the average age in Oldmeldrum?
The median age was 42.4 at the 2022 Census, younger than 66% of UK towns. 9.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 19% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Oldmeldrum?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2022, against 86% across Scotland’s towns and 91% across Aberdeenshire’s towns. 6.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Oldmeldrum?
62% said they had no religion and 31% that they were Christian at the 2022 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 4.7% didn’t answer.
Is Oldmeldrum good for families?
33% of households had dependent children in 2022, against 24% across Scotland’s towns. Schools are on Oldmeldrum’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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