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46.4Median age

Who lives here · Scotland’s Census 2022

Annan ranks above 98% of UK towns on residents with no religion: 55%

Across Scotland’s towns, 29% of households have no car or van; in Annan, 26%. More households in terraced houses than in 83% of UK towns: 30%. At the 2022 Census, 8,697 people lived here, in 4,198 households. Locally, 1.5% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.

24%aged 65 or over 4%born abroad 4,198households

Ages

Older than 64% of UK towns: half of Annan is over 46.4

Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2022.

AnnanScotland’s towns

0–410–1420–2430–3440–4450–5460–6470–7480–84

Just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 (Scotland’s towns: 12%). On top of that, residents aged 65 and over are more common here than in 64% of UK towns. No age band is larger than 55–59: 7.8% of residents.

Median age of UK towns of 2,500+

2535455565

■ Annan, 46.4. The typical town is 44.4.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1517%

15 to 2411%

25 to 4422%

45 to 6428%

65 and over24%

AnnanDumfries and Galloway’s townsScotland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

Annan

Scotland

WomenMen

About 92 men for every 100 women. Across Scotland, 51% of residents are women.

Students & newcomers

A smaller share of full-time students than 89% of UK towns: 3.8%

What adults did at the 2022 Census (the NS-SEC classes).

Adults by occupation class · residents 16 and over

Full-time students3.8%

Higher managerial and professional6.6%

Lower managerial and professional17%

Intermediate12%

Small employers and self-employed7%

Supervisory and technical9.2%

Semi-routine15%

Routine21%

Never worked or long-term unemployed8.7%

AnnanDumfries and Galloway’s townsScotland’s towns

By class, nearly a quarter of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 36% in routine and semi-routine work (Scotland’s towns: 33% and 25%). The benchmark for full-time students across Scotland’s towns: 9.4%.

Households

Smaller households than 95% of UK towns: 2.1 people on average

Household make-up at the 2022 Census. Each square is 1% of households.

Living alone, 66+ 16%Living alone, under 66 22%Families with dependent children 24%Couples and families, no young children 36%Shared houses and other 1.5%

Against Dumfries and Galloway’s towns and Scotland’s towns

Annan

Dumfries and Galloway’s towns

Scotland’s towns

People per household

1 person38%

2 people36%

3 people13%

4 people10%

5 or more3.6%

Scotland’s towns.

At 38%, one-person households sit close to the figure across Scotland’s towns. Households with dependent children: nearly a quarter of the total.

Homes & cars

Households in detached houses: 24%, a lower share than 65% of UK towns

Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2022. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.

Type of home

Annan

Dumfries and Galloway’s towns

Scotland’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van26%

One45%

Two22%

Three or more6.6%

AnnanDumfries and Galloway’s townsScotland’s towns

Just over one in ten households live in a flat or apartment (Scotland’s towns: 39%). Elsewhere, 18% of households live in a detached house across Scotland’s towns.

Where people were born

Only 4% of residents were born outside the UK in Annan

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%

Annan

Dumfries and Galloway’s towns

4.3%

Scotland’s towns

11%

EU countriesRest of EuropeMiddle East and AsiaAfricaAmericas, Oceania, other

When those born abroad arrived

AnnanScotland’s towns

Before 19711971–801981–901991–20002001–102011–132014–162017–192020–21

Main language · residents aged 3 and over

English is main language98%

AnnanDumfries and Galloway’s townsScotland’s towns

Compared with 94% across Scotland’s towns, 98% of residents have English as their main language here. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (2.9%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.4%). As a reference point, 11% of residents were born outside the UK across Scotland’s towns.

Ethnicity & religion

Annan ranks above 82% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as White British: 95%

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

AnnanDumfries and Galloway’s townsScotland’s towns

Other White3.3%

Asian0.4%

Mixed0.4%

Black0.2%

Other0.2%

0%4%8%

White British, not charted: 95% of Annan · Dumfries and Galloway’s towns 95% · Scotland’s towns 86%.

Religion · all residents

AnnanDumfries and Galloway’s townsScotland’s towns

No religion55%

Christian39%

Muslim0.2%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist0.3%

Other religion0.3%

Didn’t answer5.2%

0%35%70%

Annan sits close to the norm on residents who describe themselves as Christian: 39%, about the same as across Scotland’s towns. The wider picture: 86% of residents describe themselves as White British across Scotland’s towns. The groups that follow White British are Other White (3.3%), Mixed or multiple (0.4%) and Pakistani (0.2%).

Relationships & caring

A smaller share of married adults and civil partners than 69% of UK towns: 45%

Legal partnership status (residents 16 and over) and unpaid care (residents 3 and over), Census 2022.

Partnership status · residents 16 and over

Never married or in a civil partnership35%

Married or civil partnership45%

Separated2.4%

Divorced10%

Widowed8.2%

AnnanDumfries and Galloway’s townsScotland’s towns

1,011residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 12%, against 12% in Scotland’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 3 and over

Up to 19 hours a week6%

20 to 49 hours2.5%

50 hours or more3.5%

In Annan, just over a third of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, beside 40% across Scotland’s towns. On the census count, just over one in ten residents give unpaid care. Across Scotland’s towns, the share of married adults and civil partners is 42%.

Qualifications

The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 20%

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2022.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications24%

Apprenticeship10%

Highers or similar9.9%

Degree level20%

AnnanDumfries and Galloway’s townsScotland’s towns

Degree-level qualifications cover 20% of adults in Annan, 32% across Scotland’s towns; 24% have no qualification, against 17%.

Towns its size

Among 483 UK towns of 6,000 to 12,000 people, the 171st oldest

Median age, Census 2022. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.

Annan 46.4

TidworthBarton on SeaEast Cowes

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At the ends of the range sit Tidworth (28.4), the youngest, and Barton on Sea (65.3), the oldest. Nearest to Annan in age: Otford and Kemsing (46.4), Pembroke (46.4), Seaton Delaval (46.5) and Pelton and Ouston (46.5).

Neighbours

A younger town than 4 of the 5 around it: Annan

Nearby towns coloured by median age, Census 2022. Tap a town for its page.

GretnaSillothLockerbieLongtownWigtonAnnan

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Annan	8,697	—	46.4	24%	24%
Gretna	3,435	7.6 mi	50.6	28%	22%
Silloth	2,542	9.8 mi	53.1	31%	21%
Lockerbie	4,411	10.1 mi	47.9	26%	22%
Longtown	2,176	11.6 mi	45.6	24%	22%
Wigton	5,396	12 mi	48.4	26%	22%

More about Annan’s residents

Health, work and homes have their own pages

Health DLife expectancy, early deaths and Census health, adjusted for age Work & commuteIncome, the claimant count, jobs and how people get to work Cost of living A⁺Owners and renters, prices, rents and council tax Schools D⁻Every primary and secondary, with results and inspections

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

“Dumfries and Galloway’s towns” and “Scotland’s towns” mean their towns. Census comparisons pool every locality in Dumfries and Galloway (or Scotland), summed the same way as Annan’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 Annan’s residents

What is the population of Annan?

The 2022 Census counted 8,697 people in Annan’s locality.

What is the average age in Annan?

The median age was 46.4 at the 2022 Census, older than 64% of UK towns. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Annan?

95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2022, against 86% across Scotland’s towns and 95% across Dumfries and Galloway’s towns. 4% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Annan?

55% said they had no religion and 39% that they were Christian at the 2022 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 5.2% didn’t answer.

Is Annan good for families?

24% of households had dependent children in 2022, against 24% across Scotland’s towns. Schools are on Annan’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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