Photo: Paul McIlroy · CC BY-SA 2.0Residents with no religion make up 64% in Crossgates, more than in 99% of UK towns
Here 12% of households live in a terraced house, where the figure across Scotland’s towns is 19%. 1.1% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, fewer than in 98% of UK towns. Census day 2021: 2,993 residents and 1,312 households in Crossgates. Locally, 43% of households live in a detached house.
What the Census says about Crossgates’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).
Residents aged 15 to 24: 10%, a higher share than 57% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2022.
55–59 is the most common age band: 7.8% of residents. The median age in Crossgates is 45, higher than in 54% of UK towns. Typically, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Scotland’s towns. In Newport-on-Tay and Wormit, the oldest of Fife’s towns by this measure, it is 28%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Crossgates, 45. 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.
More full-time students than 52% of UK towns: 4.9%
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; Crossgates has 34% and 23%. Set beside that, 9.4% of adults are full-time students across Scotland’s towns.
2.2 people per household, fewer than in 66% of UK towns
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.
Families with dependent children are 27% of households (Scotland’s towns 24%), and 13% are someone 66 or over living alone (Fife’s towns 15%). At 29%, the share of one-person households is lower than in 59% of UK towns.
More households in flats than 76% of UK towns: 17%
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
29% of households have no car or van across Scotland’s towns, against 13% in Crossgates. On average, 39% of households live in a flat or apartment across Scotland’s towns.
Residents born outside the UK make up 4.5% in Crossgates, less than in 70% 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 whose main language is English: 98%, above 69% of UK towns. Across Scotland’s towns, the share of residents born outside the UK is 11%.
Crossgates sits below 99% of UK towns for 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: 95% of Crossgates · Fife’s towns 90% · Scotland’s towns 86%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 95%, against 86% across Scotland’s towns. Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (2.2%), Pakistani (0.9%) and Mixed or multiple (0.4%). The wider picture: 39% of residents describe themselves as Christian across Scotland’s towns.
A higher share of married adults and civil partners than 74% of UK towns, at 52%
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
Adults who have never married: 31% here and 40% across Scotland’s towns. 12% of residents give unpaid care. Typically, just over two in five adults are married or in a civil partnership across Scotland’s towns.
28% of adults are qualified to degree level
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 Crossgates, 14%, while 28% hold one at degree level (32%).
169th lowest median age among 515 UK towns of 2,500 to 4,000
Median age, Census 2022. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Keele is the youngest (20.6); West Chiltington the oldest (63.1). Nearest to Crossgates in age: Cullingworth (45), Glanaman (45), Sunniside (45.1) and Thornley (45.1).
Crossgates is younger than 1 of its 7 nearest neighbours
Nearby towns coloured by median age, Census 2022. Tap a town for its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Homes with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crossgates | 2,993 | — | 45 | 20% | 27% |
| Cowdenbeath and Lumphinnans | 11,979 | 1.9 mi | 43.3 | 20% | 25% |
| Dunfermline | 56,053 | 2.6 mi | 41.3 | 17% | 28% |
| Dalgety Bay and Hillend | 9,452 | 3.4 mi | 50.4 | 27% | 24% |
| Kelty | 6,898 | 3.6 mi | 43.1 | 20% | 26% |
| Inverkeithing | 5,273 | 3.7 mi | 42.3 | 18% | 23% |
| Lochgelly | 7,157 | 3.8 mi | 44.4 | 20% | 22% |
| Rosyth | 13,309 | 3.8 mi | 41.5 | 17% | 27% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Fife’s towns” and “Scotland’s towns” mean their towns. Census comparisons pool every locality in Fife (or Scotland), summed the same way as Crossgates’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 Crossgates’s residents
What is the population of Crossgates?
The 2022 Census counted 2,993 people in Crossgates’s locality.
What is the average age in Crossgates?
The median age was 45 at the 2022 Census, older than 54% of UK towns. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 20% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Crossgates?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2022, against 86% across Scotland’s towns and 90% across Fife’s towns. 4.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Crossgates?
64% said they had no religion and 29% that they were Christian at the 2022 Census; 0.7% were Muslim and 5.2% didn’t answer.
Is Crossgates good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2022, against 24% across Scotland’s towns. Schools are on Crossgates’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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