Photo: Richard Law · CC BY-SA 2.0A higher share of residents with no religion than 99% of UK towns, at 62%
Where just over one in ten residents give unpaid care across Scotland’s towns, Kennoway has 14%. The 2022 Census counted 4,665 residents in 2,099 households. The census found that 25% of households have no car or van locally. Households in terraced houses are more common here than in 69% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Kennoway’s people
More with no religion than most
62% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 30% 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).
Kennoway: 10% of residents are aged 15 to 24, above 72% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2022.
The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with nearly one in ten residents. The median age in Kennoway is 45.6, higher than in 58% of UK towns. As a yardstick, 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+
■ Kennoway, 45.6. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across Scotland, 51% of residents are women.
Full-time students: 4.5%, a lower share than 64% of UK towns
What adults did at the 2022 Census (the NS-SEC classes).
Adults by occupation class · residents 16 and over
Managerial and professional jobs take in just over a fifth of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 38% (Scotland’s towns: 33% and 25%). To put it in context, nearly one in ten adults are full-time students across Scotland’s towns.
2.2 people per household, fewer than in 69% 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.
Shared households of unrelated adults are about as common here as across Scotland’s towns: 2.6%. Across Kennoway, 31% of households are one person living alone. At 25%, the share of households with dependent children is lower than in three quarters of UK towns.
Kennoway: 14% of households live in a flat or apartment, above 66% 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
In Kennoway, a fifth of households live in a detached house, beside 18% across Scotland’s towns. Against that, nearly two in five households live in a flat or apartment across Scotland’s towns.
A lower share of residents born outside the UK than 90% of UK towns, at 3.1%
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
The largest groups were born in EU countries (1.7%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.9%). Higher than in 87% of UK towns: 99% of residents have English as their main language. Against that, 11% of residents were born outside the UK across Scotland’s towns. Arrivals from 2017 on account for 10% of residents born abroad, beside 34% across Scotland’s towns.
Fewer residents who describe themselves as Christian than 99% of UK towns: 30%
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 Kennoway · Fife’s towns 90% · Scotland’s towns 86%.
Religion · all residents
The next-largest groups, after White British, are Other White (1.6%), Pakistani (1.1%) and Mixed or multiple (0.4%). As a yardstick, 39% of residents describe themselves as Christian across Scotland’s towns. On residents who describe themselves as White British, Kennoway sits higher than 93% of UK towns: 96%.
34% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, a share 58% of UK towns don’t reach
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
204 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week. Compared with other places, married adults and civil partners are scarce here: 48%, fewer than in 52% of UK towns. For comparison, 40% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across Scotland’s towns.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 15%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2022.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 15% of adults in Kennoway, 32% across Scotland’s towns; 26% have no qualification, against 17%.
696 UK towns of 3,000 to 6,000 people: this is the 294th youngest
Median age, Census 2022. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Bailrigg (18.9), the youngest, and Sutton on Sea and Trusthorpe (64.7), the oldest. Nearest to Kennoway in age: Pinchbeck (45.6), Kings Worthy (45.6), Winterton (45.7) and Moira (45.7).
A younger town than 2 of the 7 around it: Kennoway
Nearby towns coloured by median age, Census 2022. Tap a town for its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Homes with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kennoway | 4,665 | — | 45.6 | 22% | 25% |
| Leven | 10,088 | 1.8 mi | 44 | 22% | 23% |
| Methil | 10,712 | 1.9 mi | 40.9 | 19% | 23% |
| Buckhaven | 4,413 | 2.6 mi | 44.4 | 22% | 23% |
| Glenrothes | 37,466 | 5.2 mi | 44.6 | 21% | 25% |
| Leslie | 2,888 | 6.6 mi | 47.1 | 23% | 23% |
| Cupar | 8,835 | 7.4 mi | 48.9 | 27% | 21% |
| Kirkcaldy and Dysart | 51,135 | 7.7 mi | 43.9 | 21% | 24% |
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 Kennoway’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 Kennoway’s residents
What is the population of Kennoway?
The 2022 Census counted 4,665 people in Kennoway’s locality.
What is the average age in Kennoway?
The median age was 45.6 at the 2022 Census, older than 58% of UK towns. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Kennoway?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2022, against 86% across Scotland’s towns and 90% across Fife’s towns. 3.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Kennoway?
62% said they had no religion and 30% that they were Christian at the 2022 Census; 1.1% were Muslim and 5.7% didn’t answer.
Is Kennoway good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2022, against 24% across Scotland’s towns. Schools are on Kennoway’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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