Menstrie Castle, 1-4 Castle Court · Photo: Kim Traynor · CC BY-SA 3.0In Menstrie, 55% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 98% of UK towns
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (8%), Menstrie is below 93% of UK towns. Households with dependent children account for 30%. Lower than in 83% of UK towns: 27% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership. In 2021, the Census found 2,834 residents in the town, living in 1,238 households.
Menstrie: 23% of residents are 65 or over, above 61% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2022.
10–14 is the most common age band: 8.2% of residents, 1.5 times the share across Scotland’s towns. Measured more widely, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Scotland’s towns. With a median age of 45.5, Menstrie is older than 58% of UK towns.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Menstrie, 45.5. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Across Scotland, 51% of residents are women.
5.7% of adults are full-time students, more than in 79% of UK towns
What adults did at the 2022 Census (the NS-SEC classes).
Adults by occupation class · residents 16 and over
Across Scotland’s towns, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 25% in routine or semi-routine work; Menstrie has 41% and 22%. Measured more widely, 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.
Fewer shared households of unrelated adults than 93% of UK towns: 1.5%
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.
One-person households make up 31%, against 38% across Scotland’s towns. A household here holds 2.2 people on average. The usual figure: 3.5% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across Scotland’s towns.
Households in flats: 16%, a higher share than 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
Here 37% of households live in a detached house, where the figure across Scotland’s towns is 18%. For households in flats, the comparison across Scotland’s towns is 39%. Households without a car or van account for 13%. Higher than in 61% of UK towns: 23% of households live in a terraced house.
Only 4.2% of Menstrie’s residents were 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
Arrivals from 2017 on account for 22% of residents born abroad, beside 34% across Scotland’s towns. Across the comparison, 11% of residents were born outside the UK across Scotland’s towns. Residents whose main language is English: 98% of the total.
Above 66% of UK towns: 94% of residents describe themselves as White British
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: 94% of Menstrie · Clackmannanshire’s towns 93% · Scotland’s towns 86%.
Religion · all residents
Little separates the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian here, 39%, from the figure across Scotland’s towns. The next-largest groups, after White British, are Other White (3.3%), Pakistani (0.5%) and Mixed or multiple (0.5%). Elsewhere, 86% of residents describe themselves as White British across Scotland’s towns.
A higher share of married adults and civil partners than 84% of UK towns, at 54%
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
Where 12% of residents give unpaid care across Scotland’s towns, Menstrie has 13%. Measured more widely, 42% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across Scotland’s towns. 83 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week.
Qualified to degree level: 35% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2022.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 32% across Scotland’s towns, 35% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 14% hold no qualification (17%).
201st 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.
The youngest is Keele (20.6) and the oldest West Chiltington (63.1). Nearest to Menstrie in age: Cliffe Woods (45.5), Buckfastleigh (45.5), Gobowen (45.6) and Welham Green (45.6).
Around Menstrie, 2 of 7 towns have a higher median age
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.
- “Clackmannanshire’s towns” and “Scotland’s towns” mean their towns. Census comparisons pool every locality in Clackmannanshire (or Scotland), summed the same way as Menstrie’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 Menstrie’s residents
What is the population of Menstrie?
The 2022 Census counted 2,834 people in Menstrie’s locality.
What is the average age in Menstrie?
The median age was 45.5 at the 2022 Census, older than 58% of UK towns. 8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Menstrie?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2022, against 86% across Scotland’s towns and 93% across Clackmannanshire’s towns. 4.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Menstrie?
55% said they had no religion and 39% that they were Christian at the 2022 Census; 0.7% were Muslim and 4.3% didn’t answer.
Is Menstrie good for families?
30% of households had dependent children in 2022, against 24% across Scotland’s towns. Schools are on Menstrie’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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