Photo: Kim Traynor · CC BY-SA 3.0A higher share of residents with no religion than 98% of UK towns, at 56%
38% of households are one person living alone across Scotland’s towns, against 35% in Clackmannan. With a median age of 47.4, Clackmannan is older than 71% of UK towns. In 2021, the Census found 3,282 residents here, living in 1,579 households. Census figures put married adults and civil partners at 45% in the town.
What the Census says about Clackmannan’s people
Many carers
482 residents gave unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age in 2021, 15% of those 5 and over: more than in 99% of UK towns. Relationships & caring ↓
Written from the data on this page: Scotland’s Census 2022 (output areas summed to the 2022 locality).
Below 65% of UK towns: 9.3% of residents are aged 15 to 24
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2022.
22% of residents are 65 or over; across Scotland’s towns the figure is 19%. For comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Scotland’s towns.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Clackmannan, 47.4. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Across Scotland, 51% of residents are women.
Clackmannan ranks below 65% of UK towns on full-time students: 4.5%
What adults did at the 2022 Census (the NS-SEC classes).
Adults by occupation class · residents 16 and over
Just over a quarter of Clackmannan’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 33% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 25% across Scotland’s towns. The benchmark for full-time students across Scotland’s towns: 9.4%.
Clackmannan households average 2.1 people, smaller than in 94% of UK towns
Household make-up at the 2022 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Clackmannanshire’s towns and Scotland’s towns
People per household
Scotland’s towns.
The figure for shared households of unrelated adults is 1.6% in Clackmannan and 3.5% across Scotland’s towns. Compared with other places, households with dependent children are scarce here: 23%, fewer than in 86% of UK towns.
A larger share of households in flats than 69% of UK towns: 15%
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
Set against 19% across Scotland’s towns, 24% of households live in a terraced house in Clackmannan. As a yardstick, 39% of households live in a flat or apartment across Scotland’s towns. One household in every 5 has no car or van. On households in detached houses, Clackmannan sits lower than 56% of UK towns: 27%.
A smaller share of residents whose main language is English than 69% of UK towns: 96%
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
Arrivals from 2017 on account for 19% of residents born abroad, beside 34% across Scotland’s towns. Residents born outside the UK are rarer here than in 58% of UK towns. The wider picture: 94% of residents have English as their main language across Scotland’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (2.3%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.7%).
Clackmannan sits below 96% of UK towns for 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: 93% of Clackmannan · Clackmannanshire’s towns 93% · Scotland’s towns 86%.
Religion · all residents
Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Other White (3.1%), Pakistani (0.9%) and Arab (0.6%). To put it in context, 39% of residents describe themselves as Christian across Scotland’s towns. Clackmannan has more residents who describe themselves as White British than three fifths of UK towns, at 93%.
A higher share of unpaid carers than 99% of UK towns, at 15%
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
Here 35% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, where the figure across Scotland’s towns is 40%. By way of comparison, 12% of residents give unpaid care across Scotland’s towns. The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 120.
Qualified to degree level: 22% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2022.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 22% of adults in Clackmannan (Scotland’s towns: 32%), and no qualification by 22% (Scotland’s towns: 17%).
515 UK towns of 2,500 to 4,000 people: this is the 237th oldest
Median age, Census 2022. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Keele is the youngest (20.6); West Chiltington the oldest (63.1). Nearest to Clackmannan in age: Denby Dale (47.4), Chalgrove (47.4), Belton (47.5) and Water Orton (47.5).
3 in 7 nearby towns have a higher median age than Clackmannan
Nearby towns coloured by median age, Census 2022. Tap a town for its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Homes with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clackmannan | 3,282 | — | 47.4 | 22% | 23% |
| Sauchie | 6,357 | 1.9 mi | 44 | 21% | 26% |
| Alloa | 14,689 | 2 mi | 42.9 | 18% | 24% |
| Kincardine | 2,887 | 2.9 mi | 52.2 | 27% | 18% |
| Tillicoultry | 4,482 | 3.2 mi | 51 | 27% | 18% |
| Alva | 4,820 | 3.7 mi | 48.9 | 24% | 20% |
| Tullibody | 8,515 | 3.8 mi | 41 | 17% | 32% |
| Fallin | 2,769 | 4.8 mi | 39.4 | 14% | 29% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Clackmannanshire’s towns” and “Scotland’s towns” mean their towns. Census comparisons pool every locality in Clackmannanshire (or Scotland), summed the same way as Clackmannan’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 Clackmannan’s residents
What is the population of Clackmannan?
The 2022 Census counted 3,282 people in Clackmannan’s locality.
What is the average age in Clackmannan?
The median age was 47.4 at the 2022 Census, older than 71% of UK towns. 9.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Clackmannan?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2022, against 86% across Scotland’s towns and 93% across Clackmannanshire’s towns. 5.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Clackmannan?
56% said they had no religion and 37% that they were Christian at the 2022 Census; 1.7% were Muslim and 4.5% didn’t answer.
Is Clackmannan good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2022, against 24% across Scotland’s towns. Schools are on Clackmannan’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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