Photo: Richard Webb · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 36.2: Maddiston is younger than 93% of UK towns
Against a figure of 39% across Scotland’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian in Maddiston comes in at 32%. On unpaid carers, Maddiston sits higher than 99% of UK towns: 14%. The town counted 3,835 residents and 1,510 households at the 2022 Census. The share of households in terraced houses stands at 26%.
What the Census says about Maddiston’s people
A town of families
38% of Maddiston’s 1,510 households had dependent children in 2021, more than in 97% of UK towns and the highest share in Falkirk. 23% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of Maddiston’s residents are under 36.2 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 12% are 15 to 24 and 12% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Scotland’s Census 2022 (output areas summed to the 2022 locality).
Only 12% of residents are 65 or over in Maddiston
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2022.
On residents aged 15 to 24, 12% here is much the same as across Scotland’s towns. As a yardstick, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Scotland’s towns.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Maddiston, 36.2. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Across Scotland, 51% of residents are women.
A higher share of full-time students than 92% of UK towns, at 7.3%
What adults did at the 2022 Census (the NS-SEC classes).
Adults by occupation class · residents 16 and over
By class, just over a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 25% in routine and semi-routine work (Scotland’s towns: 33% and 25%). The wider picture: 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.
Households with dependent children: 38%, a higher share than 97% 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.
At 2.5 people, the average household compares with 2.1 across Scotland’s towns. Few places have so few one-person households: 24% here, fewer than in 89% of UK towns. Across Maddiston, 1.6% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
34% of households live in a detached house, a share 63% of UK towns don’t reach
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, 39% of households live in a flat or apartment; in Maddiston, 12%. For households in detached houses, the comparison across Scotland’s towns is 18%. Census figures put households without a car or van at 13% locally.
Fewer residents born abroad than 61% of UK towns: 5.3%
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
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (2.2%) or in the Middle East and Asia (1.7%). Across Scotland’s towns, just over one in ten residents were born outside the UK. Residents whose main language is English are rarer here than in 56% of UK towns. Among those born abroad, the share arriving in 2017 or later is 10% (Scotland’s towns: 34%).
61% said they have no religion, more than in 99% 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: 92% of Maddiston · Falkirk’s towns 92% · Scotland’s towns 86%.
Religion · all residents
Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Other White (3.4%), Pakistani (1.8%) and Mixed or multiple (1%). As a yardstick, 51% of residents said they have no religion across Scotland’s towns. Maddiston has fewer residents who describe themselves as White British than 52% of UK towns, at 92%.
36% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, more than in 73% 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
Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 126 residents. Across Scotland’s towns, adults who have never married come to 40%. Married adults and civil partners are more common here than in 63% of UK towns.
28% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2022.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 28% of adults in Maddiston (Scotland’s towns: 32%), and no qualification by 15% (Scotland’s towns: 17%). A levels top the qualifications of 11%, many of them students on the way to a degree.
531 UK towns of 3,000 to 5,000 people: this is the 28th 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); Milford on Sea the oldest (64.6). Nearest to Maddiston in age: Iwade (36.1), Fitzwilliam and Kinsley (36.2), Eastchurch (36.3) and Dunton Green (36.3).
Maddiston is younger than every town around it
Nearby towns coloured by median age, Census 2022. Tap a town for its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Homes with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maddiston | 3,835 | — | 36.2 | 12% | 38% |
| Brightons | 4,048 | 1 mi | 45.6 | 21% | 28% |
| Polmont | 5,044 | 1.1 mi | 51.4 | 29% | 19% |
| Redding | 3,812 | 2 mi | 37.2 | 14% | 36% |
| Grangemouth | 16,028 | 2.6 mi | 45.3 | 21% | 20% |
| Hallglen | 3,158 | 3.1 mi | 38.7 | 16% | 28% |
| Linlithgow | 12,522 | 3.6 mi | 48.3 | 24% | 27% |
| Falkirk | 34,637 | 4.2 mi | 44.7 | 20% | 21% |
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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 Maddiston’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 Maddiston’s residents
What is the population of Maddiston?
The 2022 Census counted 3,835 people in Maddiston’s locality.
What is the average age in Maddiston?
The median age was 36.2 at the 2022 Census, younger than 93% of UK towns. 12% of residents were 15 to 24 and 12% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Maddiston?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2022, against 86% across Scotland’s towns and 92% across Falkirk’s towns. 5.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Maddiston?
61% said they had no religion and 32% that they were Christian at the 2022 Census; 1.8% were Muslim and 4.3% didn’t answer.
Is Maddiston good for families?
38% of households had dependent children in 2022, against 24% across Scotland’s towns. Schools are on Maddiston’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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