Photo: Leslie Barrie · CC BY-SA 2.0Only 18% of households have dependent children in Tillicoultry
The figure for one-person households is 41% in Tillicoultry and 38% across Scotland’s towns. There were 2,327 households locally at the 2022 Census, home to 4,482 residents. The census found that nearly a quarter of households have no car or van locally. At 32%, the share of households in flats is higher than in 96% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Tillicoultry’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Tillicoultry’s residents are under 51 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 27% are 65 or over, against 19% across Scotland’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Scotland’s Census 2022 (output areas summed to the 2022 locality).
Tillicoultry is older than 89% of UK towns: a median age of 51
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2022.
The largest age band is 55–59: nearly one in ten residents. Tillicoultry has more residents aged 65 and over than just over four fifths of UK towns, at 27%. 9.4% of residents are aged 15 to 24, against 12% across Scotland’s towns.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Tillicoultry, 51. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across Scotland, 51% of residents are women.
4.9% of adults are full-time students, more than in 53% of UK towns
What adults did at the 2022 Census (the NS-SEC classes).
Adults by occupation class · residents 16 and over
Managerial and professional jobs account for 30% of Tillicoultry’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 29%, against 33% and 25% across Scotland’s towns. The wider picture: 9.4% of adults are full-time students across Scotland’s towns.
1.9 people per household, fewer than in 99% 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.
Across Scotland’s towns, 3.5% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home; in Tillicoultry, 1.6%.
A smaller share of households in detached houses than 61% of UK towns: 25%
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
Locally, a fifth of households live in a terraced house. Nearly a third of households live in a flat, more than in 96% of UK towns; 25% in a detached house, against 18% across Scotland’s towns.
6.1% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 52% 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
The largest groups were born in EU countries (3%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.3%). To put it in context, just over one in ten residents were born outside the UK across Scotland’s towns. 20% of those born abroad arrived in 2017 or later, against 34% across Scotland’s towns.
Residents with no religion: 55%, a higher share than 98% 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: 93% of Tillicoultry · Clackmannanshire’s towns 93% · Scotland’s towns 86%.
Religion · all residents
Against a figure of 86% across Scotland’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British in Tillicoultry comes in at 93%. For comparison, just over half of residents said they have no religion across Scotland’s towns. In Tillicoultry, 37% of residents describe themselves as Christian.
Married adults and civil partners make up 45% in Tillicoultry, less than in 68% 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 share of unpaid carers tops 99% of UK towns: 13%. Married adults and civil partners make up 42% across Scotland’s towns. Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 127.
26% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2022.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 26% of Tillicoultry’s adults, against 32% across Scotland’s towns; 20% have no qualification (17%).
118th highest 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.
The youngest is Bailrigg (18.9) and the oldest Sutton on Sea and Trusthorpe (64.7). Nearest to Tillicoultry in age: Old Basing (51), Burry Port (51), Amble (51.1) and Appleby-in-Westmorland (51.1).
No nearby town is as old as Tillicoultry
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
- “Clackmannanshire’s towns” and “Scotland’s towns” mean their towns. Census comparisons pool every locality in Clackmannanshire (or Scotland), summed the same way as Tillicoultry’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 Tillicoultry’s residents
What is the population of Tillicoultry?
The 2022 Census counted 4,482 people in Tillicoultry’s locality.
What is the average age in Tillicoultry?
The median age was 51 at the 2022 Census, older than 89% of UK towns. 9.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Tillicoultry?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2022, against 86% across Scotland’s towns and 93% across Clackmannanshire’s towns. 6.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Tillicoultry?
55% said they had no religion and 37% that they were Christian at the 2022 Census; 1.8% were Muslim and 5.9% didn’t answer.
Is Tillicoultry good for families?
18% of households had dependent children in 2022, against 24% across Scotland’s towns. Schools are on Tillicoultry’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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