Photo: Leslie Barrie · CC BY-SA 2.0Bonnybridge ranks above 81% of UK towns on households in terraced houses: 29%
Across Scotland’s towns, the share of unpaid carers is 12%; Bonnybridge has 14%. At the 2022 Census Bonnybridge was home to 5,085 people in 2,295 households. Locally, 53% of residents said they have no religion. Higher than in 75% of UK towns: 21% of households have no car or van.
A larger share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 79% of UK towns: 11%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2022.
More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: nearly one in ten residents. Typically, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Scotland’s towns. On residents aged 65 and over, Bonnybridge sits lower than 65% of UK towns: 20%. In Polmont, the oldest of Falkirk’s towns by this measure, it is 29%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Bonnybridge, 44.9. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across Scotland, 51% of residents are women.
More full-time students than 65% of UK towns: 5.2%
What adults did at the 2022 Census (the NS-SEC classes).
Adults by occupation class · residents 16 and over
Across Scotland’s towns, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 25% in routine or semi-routine work; Bonnybridge has 30% and 31%. Typically, nearly one in ten 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.
Bonnybridge households average 2.2 people, smaller than in 81% of UK towns
Household make-up at the 2022 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Falkirk’s towns and Scotland’s towns
People per household
Scotland’s towns.
Nearly a third of households are one person living alone; across Scotland’s towns the figure is 38%. Few places have so few households with dependent children: 24% here, fewer than in 78% of UK towns. Shared households of unrelated adults: 2.1% of the total.
17% of households live in a flat, more than in 78% 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
Set against 18% across Scotland’s towns, 21% of households live in a detached house in Bonnybridge. Elsewhere, 39% of households live in a flat or apartment across Scotland’s towns.
4.3% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 74% 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
Across Scotland’s towns, 94% of residents have English as their main language; in Bonnybridge, 98%. Residents born outside the UK make up 11% across Scotland’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (1.9%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1%).
Bonnybridge: 95% of residents describe themselves as White British, above 73% 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: 95% of Bonnybridge · Falkirk’s towns 92% · Scotland’s towns 86%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 39%, near enough the figure across Scotland’s towns. Elsewhere, 86% of residents describe themselves as White British across Scotland’s towns. Leading the other groups after White British: Other White (2.6%), Pakistani (0.7%) and Mixed or multiple (0.7%).
45% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, below 66% 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 154. For married adults and civil partners, the comparison across Scotland’s towns is 42%. At 34%, the share of adults who have never married is higher than in 61% of UK towns.
21% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2022.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
21% of Bonnybridge’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 32% across Scotland’s towns; 20% have none (17%).
Of 517 UK towns its size (4,000 to 7,000 people), the 221st youngest
Median age, Census 2022. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Bailrigg is the youngest (18.9); Barton on Sea the oldest (65.3). Nearest to Bonnybridge in age: Staplehurst (44.9), Cwmavon (44.9), Sowerby (45) and Whitworth (45).
Of the 7 towns nearest Bonnybridge, 2 are older
Nearby towns coloured by median age, Census 2022. Tap a town for its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Homes with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonnybridge | 5,085 | — | 44.9 | 20% | 24% |
| Denny | 9,390 | 1.3 mi | 40.8 | 17% | 28% |
| Dunipace | 2,563 | 2.1 mi | 45.4 | 22% | 24% |
| Larbert | 12,688 | 3 mi | 39.9 | 14% | 36% |
| Stenhousemuir | 9,566 | 3.5 mi | 47.4 | 23% | 24% |
| Falkirk | 34,637 | 3.7 mi | 44.7 | 20% | 21% |
| Carronshore | 2,880 | 4.5 mi | 41.2 | 15% | 28% |
| Hallglen | 3,158 | 4.6 mi | 38.7 | 16% | 28% |
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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.
- “Falkirk’s towns” and “Scotland’s towns” mean their towns. Census comparisons pool every locality in Falkirk (or Scotland), summed the same way as Bonnybridge’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 Bonnybridge’s residents
What is the population of Bonnybridge?
The 2022 Census counted 5,085 people in Bonnybridge’s locality.
What is the average age in Bonnybridge?
The median age was 44.9 at the 2022 Census, older than 53% of UK towns. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 20% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Bonnybridge?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2022, against 86% across Scotland’s towns and 92% across Falkirk’s towns. 4.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Bonnybridge?
53% said they had no religion and 39% that they were Christian at the 2022 Census; 0.9% were Muslim and 5.5% didn’t answer.
Is Bonnybridge good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2022, against 24% across Scotland’s towns. Schools are on Bonnybridge’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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