Photo: Callum Black · CC BY-SA 2.0A lower share of households with dependent children than 96% of UK towns, at 19%
By its share of married adults and civil partners (56%), Polmont is above 90% of UK towns. This Falkirk town counted 5,044 residents and 2,391 households at the 2022 Census. Residents aged 15 to 24: nearly a tenth of the total. Compared with other places, shared households of unrelated adults are scarce here: 1.2%, fewer than in 98% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Polmont’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Polmont’s residents are under 51.4 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 29% are 65 or over, against 19% across Scotland’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Scotland’s Census 2022 (output areas summed to the 2022 locality).
Half of Polmont is over 51.4, older than 91% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2022.
Where nearly a fifth of residents are 65 or over across Scotland’s towns, Polmont has 29%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Polmont, 51.4. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Across Scotland, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Fewer full-time students than 75% of UK towns: 4.2%
What adults did at the 2022 Census (the NS-SEC classes).
Adults by occupation class · residents 16 and over
In Polmont, two in five adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 20% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 25% across Scotland’s towns. As a reference point, nearly one in ten adults are full-time students across Scotland’s towns.
Polmont households average 2.1 people, smaller than in 91% 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.
In Polmont, a third of households are one person living alone, beside 38% across Scotland’s towns.
Below 84% of UK towns: 12% of households live in a terraced house
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
11% of households have no car or van (Scotland’s towns: 29%). In Polmont, 18% of households live in a flat or apartment. Higher than in two thirds of UK towns: 36% of households live in a detached house. Households in terraced houses make up 19% across Scotland’s towns.
Only 4% of residents were born outside the UK in Polmont
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 Polmont, 99%. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (2%) or in the Middle East and Asia (0.8%). The usual figure: 11% of residents were born outside the UK across Scotland’s towns.
A higher White British share than 78% of UK towns: 95% of residents
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 Polmont · Falkirk’s towns 92% · Scotland’s towns 86%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the largest groups are Other White (2.4%), African (0.6%) and Pakistani (0.5%). Residents who describe themselves as Christian are rarer here than in 91% of UK towns. For comparison, 86% of residents describe themselves as White British across Scotland’s towns. Here 52% of residents said they have no religion, where the figure across Scotland’s towns is 51%.
A smaller share of adults who have never married than 88% of UK towns: 26%
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 13% of residents give unpaid care, where the figure across Scotland’s towns is 12%. 108 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week. On average, 40% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across Scotland’s towns.
A degree-level qualification for 34% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2022.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across Scotland’s towns, 17% of adults have no qualification; in Polmont, 13%, while 34% hold one at degree level (32%).
Ranked by age, 67th oldest of 517 UK towns this size
Median age, Census 2022. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
The youngest is Bailrigg (18.9) and the oldest Barton on Sea (65.3). Nearest to Polmont in age: Keyworth (51.2), Kingsbridge (51.2), Saltford (51.6) and Brampton (51.8).
Every nearby town is younger than Polmont
Nearby towns coloured by median age, Census 2022. Tap a town for its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Homes with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polmont | 5,044 | — | 51.4 | 29% | 19% |
| Brightons | 4,048 | 0.7 mi | 45.6 | 21% | 28% |
| Maddiston | 3,835 | 1.1 mi | 36.2 | 12% | 38% |
| Redding | 3,812 | 1.3 mi | 37.2 | 14% | 36% |
| Grangemouth | 16,028 | 1.5 mi | 45.3 | 21% | 20% |
| Hallglen | 3,158 | 2.5 mi | 38.7 | 16% | 28% |
| Falkirk | 34,637 | 3.4 mi | 44.7 | 20% | 21% |
| Carronshore | 2,880 | 4 mi | 41.2 | 15% | 28% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Falkirk’s towns” and “Scotland’s towns” mean their towns. Census comparisons pool every locality in Falkirk (or Scotland), summed the same way as Polmont’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 Polmont’s residents
What is the population of Polmont?
The 2022 Census counted 5,044 people in Polmont’s locality.
What is the average age in Polmont?
The median age was 51.4 at the 2022 Census, older than 91% of UK towns. 8.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 29% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Polmont?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2022, against 86% across Scotland’s towns and 92% across Falkirk’s towns. 4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Polmont?
52% said they had no religion and 41% that they were Christian at the 2022 Census; 0.6% were Muslim and 5.1% didn’t answer.
Is Polmont good for families?
19% of households had dependent children in 2022, against 24% across Scotland’s towns. Schools are on Polmont’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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