Photo: Jim Smillie · CC BY-SA 2.062% of residents said they have no religion, a share 99% of UK towns don’t reach
Here 13% of households live in a detached house, where the figure across Scotland’s towns is 18%. Carronshore is home to 2,880 residents in 1,244 households, by the 2022 Census. On the census count, 15% of residents are 65 or over. Few places have as many adults who have never married: 37% here, more than in 77% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Carronshore’s people
More with no religion than most
62% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 29% Christian, against 51% and 39% across Scotland’s towns. Ethnicity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: Scotland’s Census 2022 (output areas summed to the 2022 locality).
Half of Carronshore is under 41.2, younger than 74% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2022.
Residents aged 15 to 24 are about as common here as across Scotland’s towns: 12%. The largest age band is 50–54: 8.7% of residents.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Carronshore, 41.2. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across Scotland, 51% of residents are women.
More students than 82% of UK towns: 5.9% of adults in Carronshore
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 work; in Carronshore, 27% and 33%. On average, 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.
2.4 people per household, more than in 67% 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.
The figure for households with dependent children is 28% in Carronshore and 24% across Scotland’s towns. For Carronshore, the census puts one-person households at 30%. The town has more shared households of unrelated adults than 54% of UK towns, at 2.4%.
More households in terraced houses than 81% of UK towns: 29%
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
Across Scotland’s towns, the share of households in flats is 39%; Carronshore has 17%. Households without a car or van: 18% of the total. To put it in context, 19% of households live in a terraced house across Scotland’s towns.
Carronshore sits below 69% of UK towns for residents born outside the UK (4.6%)
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
13% of those born abroad arrived in 2017 or later, against 34% across Scotland’s towns. Across Scotland’s towns, residents born outside the UK come to 11%. Locally, 97% of residents have English as their main language.
A lower share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 99% of UK towns, at 29%
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 Carronshore · Falkirk’s towns 92% · Scotland’s towns 86%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents who describe themselves as White British is 93%, against 86% across Scotland’s towns. Islam is the religion of 1.6% of residents. Set beside that, 39% of residents describe themselves as Christian across Scotland’s towns.
In Carronshore, 14% of residents give unpaid care, more than in 99% 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
Here 46% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, where the figure across Scotland’s towns is 42%. The comparison figure for unpaid carers is 12% across Scotland’s towns. Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 98.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 21% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2022.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 32% across Scotland’s towns, 21% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 18% hold no qualification (17%).
Ranked by age, 76th youngest of 515 UK towns this size
Median age, Census 2022. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Ages run from 20.6 in Keele to 63.1 in West Chiltington. Nearest to Carronshore in age: Bloxham (41.1), Brierley (41.2), Walter's Ash and Naphill (41.4) and Cholsey (41.4).
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 4 are older than Carronshore
Nearby towns coloured by median age, Census 2022. Tap a town for its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Homes with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carronshore | 2,880 | — | 41.2 | 15% | 28% |
| Stenhousemuir | 9,566 | 1.1 mi | 47.4 | 23% | 24% |
| Larbert | 12,688 | 1.8 mi | 39.9 | 14% | 36% |
| Falkirk | 34,637 | 2 mi | 44.7 | 20% | 21% |
| Grangemouth | 16,028 | 2.7 mi | 45.3 | 21% | 20% |
| Hallglen | 3,158 | 3 mi | 38.7 | 16% | 28% |
| Redding | 3,812 | 3.3 mi | 37.2 | 14% | 36% |
| Kincardine | 2,887 | 3.8 mi | 52.2 | 27% | 18% |
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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 Carronshore’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 Carronshore’s residents
What is the population of Carronshore?
The 2022 Census counted 2,880 people in Carronshore’s locality.
What is the average age in Carronshore?
The median age was 41.2 at the 2022 Census, younger than 74% of UK towns. 12% of residents were 15 to 24 and 15% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Carronshore?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2022, against 86% across Scotland’s towns and 92% across Falkirk’s towns. 4.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Carronshore?
62% said they had no religion and 29% that they were Christian at the 2022 Census; 1.6% were Muslim and 6.6% didn’t answer.
Is Carronshore good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2022, against 24% across Scotland’s towns. Schools are on Carronshore’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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