Photo: M J Richardson · CC BY-SA 2.0In Ballingry, 64% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 99% of UK towns
Here 11% of households live in a detached house, where the figure across Scotland’s towns is 18%. At the 2022 Census Ballingry was home to 5,823 people in 2,576 households. For Ballingry, the census puts unpaid carers at 14%. The median age here is 40.8, lower than in just over three quarters of UK towns.
What the Census says about Ballingry’s people
More with no religion than most
64% 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).
12% of residents are aged 15 to 24, a share 90% of UK towns don’t reach
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 Ballingry, 18%. The largest age band is 50–54: 7.9% of residents.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Ballingry, 40.8. 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.
5.2% of adults are full-time students, more than in 65% of UK towns
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 or semi-routine work; Ballingry has 17% and 38%. Full-time students make up 9.4% across Scotland’s towns.
The Census was taken on 20 March 2022, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
More people live alone than in 79% of UK towns: 34% of households
Household make-up at the 2022 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Fife’s towns and Scotland’s towns
People per household
Scotland’s towns.
Households in Ballingry hold 2.2 people on average (Scotland’s towns: 2.1). 1.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, fewer than in 86% of UK towns. Elsewhere, 38% of households are one person living alone across Scotland’s towns. Locally, 29% of households have dependent children.
Households in terraced houses: 38%, a higher share than 92% of UK towns
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
Set against 39% across Scotland’s towns, 13% of households live in a flat or apartment in Ballingry. As a yardstick, nearly a fifth of households live in a terraced house across Scotland’s towns. Here, 31% of households have no car or van.
3.5% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 84% 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
16% of those born abroad arrived in 2017 or later, against 34% across Scotland’s towns. Residents whose main language is English are more common here than in 57% of UK towns. For residents born outside the UK, the comparison across Scotland’s towns is 11%. The largest groups were born in EU countries (1.7%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.9%).
Ballingry ranks below 99% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as Christian: 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: 96% of Ballingry · Fife’s towns 90% · Scotland’s towns 86%.
Religion · all residents
Here 96% of residents describe themselves as White British, where the figure across Scotland’s towns is 86%. Set beside that, nearly two in five residents describe themselves as Christian across Scotland’s towns. The largest groups after White British are Other White (1.7%), Indian (0.5%) and Chinese (0.4%).
Married adults and civil partners: 40%, a lower share than 92% 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
251 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. Adults who have never married are more common here than in 90% of UK towns. Across the comparison, 42% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across Scotland’s towns.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 13%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2022.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 13% of its adults qualified to degree level, Ballingry compares with 32% across Scotland’s towns; another 31% hold no qualification (17%).
Ranked by age, 119th youngest of 625 UK towns this size
Median age, Census 2022. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Bailrigg is the youngest (18.9); Barton on Sea the oldest (65.3). Nearest to Ballingry in age: Grove (40.8), Abercarn (40.8), Shotton (40.9) and Warton (Fylde) (41.2).
Every neighbour of Ballingry has an older population
Nearby towns coloured by median age, Census 2022. Tap a town for its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Homes with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballingry | 5,823 | — | 40.8 | 18% | 29% |
| Lochgelly | 7,157 | 2.4 mi | 44.4 | 20% | 22% |
| Cardenden and Auchterderran | 5,266 | 2.8 mi | 44.9 | 22% | 27% |
| Kelty | 6,898 | 2.9 mi | 43.1 | 20% | 26% |
| Cowdenbeath and Lumphinnans | 11,979 | 3.7 mi | 43.3 | 20% | 25% |
| Leslie | 2,888 | 5 mi | 47.1 | 23% | 23% |
| Kinross | 5,611 | 5.2 mi | 48.5 | 26% | 26% |
| Crossgates | 2,993 | 5.6 mi | 45 | 20% | 27% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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.
- “Fife’s towns” and “Scotland’s towns” mean their towns. Census comparisons pool every locality in Fife (or Scotland), summed the same way as Ballingry’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 Ballingry’s residents
What is the population of Ballingry?
The 2022 Census counted 5,823 people in Ballingry’s locality.
What is the average age in Ballingry?
The median age was 40.8 at the 2022 Census, younger than 76% of UK towns. 12% of residents were 15 to 24 and 18% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Ballingry?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2022, against 86% across Scotland’s towns and 90% across Fife’s towns. 3.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Ballingry?
64% said they had no religion and 29% that they were Christian at the 2022 Census; 0.5% were Muslim and 5.7% didn’t answer.
Is Ballingry good for families?
29% of households had dependent children in 2022, against 24% across Scotland’s towns. Schools are on Ballingry’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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