Photo: Leslie Barrie · CC BY-SA 2.0A larger share of residents with no religion than 97% of UK towns: 54%
Across Scotland’s towns, households average 2.1 people; in Stenhousemuir, 2.2. One-person households: a third of the total. Half of the town’s residents are over 47.4, older than in 71% of UK towns. At the 2022 Census, 9,566 people lived locally, in 4,421 households.
A larger share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 61% of UK towns: 10%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2022.
Across Scotland’s towns, nearly a fifth of residents are 65 or over; in Stenhousemuir, 23%. Elsewhere, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Scotland’s towns.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Stenhousemuir, 47.4. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Across Scotland, 51% of residents are women.
Full-time students make up 5% in Stenhousemuir, more than in 60% of UK towns
What adults did at the 2022 Census (the NS-SEC classes).
Adults by occupation class · residents 16 and over
In Stenhousemuir, 31% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 28% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 25% across Scotland’s towns. By way of comparison, 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.
A lower share of shared households of unrelated adults than 82% of UK towns, at 1.7%
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.
Little separates the share of households with dependent children here, 24%, from the figure across Scotland’s towns. Typically, 3.5% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across Scotland’s towns.
A town of flats: 17% of households live in one
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
Households in detached houses: 20%, below 75% of UK towns. Meanwhile, 26% of households live in a terraced house, more than in 72% of UK towns. On average, nearly two in five households live in a flat or apartment across Scotland’s towns.
Fewer residents born outside the UK than 73% of UK towns: 4.3%
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
Arrivals from 2017 on account for 18% of residents born abroad, beside 34% across Scotland’s towns. The comparison figure for residents born outside the UK is 11% across Scotland’s towns. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (1.8%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.4%). More residents whose main language is English than in 51% of UK towns: 98%.
In Stenhousemuir, 95% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 72% 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 Stenhousemuir · Falkirk’s towns 92% · Scotland’s towns 86%.
Religion · all residents
Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (2.4%), Pakistani (1.4%) and Mixed or multiple (0.5%). Against that, 86% of residents describe themselves as White British across Scotland’s towns. 39% of residents describe themselves as Christian, a lower share than in 95% of UK towns.
13% 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
For 355 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. By way of comparison, just over one in ten residents give unpaid care across Scotland’s towns. Adults who have never married are rarer here than in 57% of UK towns. Where 42% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across Scotland’s towns, Stenhousemuir has 49%.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 24%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2022.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Stenhousemuir counts 24% of its adults, against 32% across Scotland’s towns; at the other end, 17% have no qualification (17%).
103rd oldest of 414 UK towns of 7,000 to 13,000 people
Median age, Census 2022. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Ages run from 28.4 in Tidworth to 61 in Seaton. Nearest to Stenhousemuir in age: Whitwick (47.4), Ilfracombe (47.4), Heathfield (47.5) and Holbury (47.5).
The towns around Stenhousemuir are all younger
Nearby towns coloured by median age, Census 2022. Tap a town for its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Homes with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stenhousemuir | 9,566 | — | 47.4 | 23% | 24% |
| Larbert | 12,688 | 0.7 mi | 39.9 | 14% | 36% |
| Carronshore | 2,880 | 1.1 mi | 41.2 | 15% | 28% |
| Falkirk | 34,637 | 1.9 mi | 44.7 | 20% | 21% |
| Hallglen | 3,158 | 3.2 mi | 38.7 | 16% | 28% |
| Bonnybridge | 5,085 | 3.5 mi | 44.9 | 20% | 24% |
| Grangemouth | 16,028 | 3.7 mi | 45.3 | 21% | 20% |
| Redding | 3,812 | 3.8 mi | 37.2 | 14% | 36% |
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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 Stenhousemuir’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 Stenhousemuir’s residents
What is the population of Stenhousemuir?
The 2022 Census counted 9,566 people in Stenhousemuir’s locality.
What is the average age in Stenhousemuir?
The median age was 47.4 at the 2022 Census, older than 71% of UK towns. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Stenhousemuir?
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 Stenhousemuir?
54% said they had no religion and 39% that they were Christian at the 2022 Census; 1.5% were Muslim and 5.4% didn’t answer.
Is Stenhousemuir good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2022, against 24% across Scotland’s towns. Schools are on Stenhousemuir’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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