Photo: Jim Smillie · CC BY-SA 2.0In Larbert, 36% of households have dependent children, more than in 95% of UK towns
By its share of residents with no religion (57%), Larbert is above 99% of UK towns. The town’s 5,079 households held 12,688 residents at the 2022 Census. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 14%. At 46%, the share of households in detached houses is higher than in 85% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Larbert’s people
A town of families
36% of Larbert’s 5,079 households had dependent children in 2021, more than in 95% of UK towns. 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from the data on this page: Scotland’s Census 2022 (output areas summed to the 2022 locality).
Larbert is younger than 81% of UK towns: a median age of 39.9
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2022.
Across Scotland’s towns, just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24; in Larbert, 11%. The largest age band is 40–44: nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across Scotland’s towns.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Larbert, 39.9. 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.
Larbert ranks above 90% of UK towns on full-time students: 6.8%
What adults did at the 2022 Census (the NS-SEC classes).
Adults by occupation class · residents 16 and over
Managerial and professional jobs take in 46% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 16% (Scotland’s towns: 33% and 25%). Set beside that, 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.
Only 26% of households are one person living alone in Larbert
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.
A household here has 2.5 people on average; across Scotland’s towns, 2.1. As a yardstick, 38% of households are one person living alone across Scotland’s towns. 1.5% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
Above 80% of UK towns: 19% of households live in a flat or apartment
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
Just over one in ten households have no car or van (Scotland’s towns: 29%). Households in flats make up 39% across Scotland’s towns. The census found that 13% of households live in a terraced house in Larbert.
In Larbert, 4.4% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 73% 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
Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (1.6%), then in the Middle East and Asia (1.6%). To put it in context, just over one in ten residents were born outside the UK across Scotland’s towns. Larbert has more residents whose main language is English than 58% of UK towns, at 98%. Where 34% of those born abroad across Scotland’s towns arrived in 2017 or later, here the share is 23%.
Fewer residents who describe themselves as Christian than 97% of UK towns: 35%
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 Larbert · Falkirk’s towns 92% · Scotland’s towns 86%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 94%, against 86% across Scotland’s towns. For residents who describe themselves as Christian, the comparison across Scotland’s towns is 39%. The next-largest groups, after White British, are Other White (2.2%), Pakistani (1.3%) and Mixed or multiple (0.8%).
Married adults and civil partners: 55%, a higher share than 89% 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
242 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. Married adults and civil partners make up 42% across Scotland’s towns. At 11%, the share of unpaid carers is higher than in 89% of UK towns. Adults who have never married: 30% here and 40% across Scotland’s towns.
A degree-level qualification for 41% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2022.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 41% of Larbert’s adults, against 32% across Scotland’s towns; 9% have no qualification (17%). For 13%, Highers are the highest qualification so far, many of them students still working towards a degree.
Of 383 UK towns its size (9,000 to 17,000 people), the 52nd youngest
Median age, Census 2022. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Ages run from 25 in Aberystwyth to 60.4 in Sidmouth. Nearest to Larbert in age: Featherstone (39.9), Wath upon Dearne (39.9), Kings Hill (40.1) and Pyle (40.2).
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 6 are older than Larbert
Nearby towns coloured by median age, Census 2022. Tap a town for its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Homes with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larbert | 12,688 | — | 39.9 | 14% | 36% |
| Stenhousemuir | 9,566 | 0.7 mi | 47.4 | 23% | 24% |
| Carronshore | 2,880 | 1.8 mi | 41.2 | 15% | 28% |
| Falkirk | 34,637 | 2.3 mi | 44.7 | 20% | 21% |
| Bonnybridge | 5,085 | 3 mi | 44.9 | 20% | 24% |
| Denny | 9,390 | 3.4 mi | 40.8 | 17% | 28% |
| Dunipace | 2,563 | 3.6 mi | 45.4 | 22% | 24% |
| Hallglen | 3,158 | 3.6 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 Larbert’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 Larbert’s residents
What is the population of Larbert?
The 2022 Census counted 12,688 people in Larbert’s locality.
What is the average age in Larbert?
The median age was 39.9 at the 2022 Census, younger than 81% of UK towns. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 14% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Larbert?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2022, against 86% across Scotland’s towns and 92% across Falkirk’s towns. 4.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Larbert?
57% said they had no religion and 35% that they were Christian at the 2022 Census; 1.4% were Muslim and 5% didn’t answer.
Is Larbert good for families?
36% of households had dependent children in 2022, against 24% across Scotland’s towns. Schools are on Larbert’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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