Photo: Ian S · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer families than 97% of UK towns: 18% of households have children
Set against 51% across Scotland’s towns, 56% of residents said they have no religion in Kincardine. The census found that 29% of households live in a terraced house locally. Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than in 94% of UK towns: 7.8%. The 2022 Census put the town’s population at 2,887, in 1,409 households.
What the Census says about Kincardine’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Kincardine’s residents are under 52.2 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 27% 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).
Older than 92% of UK towns: half of Kincardine is over 52.2
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2022.
Where 19% of residents are 65 or over across Scotland’s towns, Kincardine has 27%. 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+
■ Kincardine, 52.2. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 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.
In Kincardine, 3.8% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 90% 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, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 25% in routine or semi-routine work; Kincardine has 30% and 30%. For full-time students, the comparison across Scotland’s towns is 9.4%.
Kincardine households average 2 people, smaller than in 98% 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.
Across Scotland’s towns, 3.5% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home; in Kincardine, 2.2%. By contrast, 36% of households are one person living alone, more than in 90% of UK towns.
Kincardine: 17% of households live in a flat or apartment, above 77% 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
The share of households without a car or van is 20%, against 29% across Scotland’s towns. Few places have so few households in detached houses: 21% here, fewer than in 70% of UK towns. For households in flats, the comparison across Scotland’s towns is 39%.
In Kincardine, 99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 89% 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
13% of the town’s residents born abroad came in 2017 or later, set against 34% across Scotland’s towns. Across Scotland’s towns, residents whose main language is English come to 94%. Residents born outside the UK: 3.8% of the total.
96% of residents describe themselves as White British, a share 83% of UK towns don’t reach
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 Kincardine · Fife’s towns 90% · Scotland’s towns 86%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the most common groups are Other White (3%), Mixed or multiple (0.7%) and Pakistani (0.3%). By way of comparison, 86% of residents describe themselves as White British across Scotland’s towns. Compared with other places, residents who describe themselves as Christian are scarce here: 37%, fewer than in 96% of UK towns.
Kincardine ranks above 99% of UK towns on unpaid carers: 13%
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
The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 82. By way of comparison, 12% of residents give unpaid care across Scotland’s towns. Lower than in 57% of UK towns: 31% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership. Compared with 42% across Scotland’s towns, 48% of adults are married or in a civil partnership here.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 23%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2022.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
19% of Kincardine’s adults have no qualification (17% across Scotland’s towns), and 23% have one at degree level (32%).
67th oldest of 515 UK towns of 2,500 to 4,000 people
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 Kincardine in age: Goring (52.2), Istead Rise (52.2), Romanby (52.4) and Rowlands Castle (52.4).
Every neighbour of Kincardine has a younger population
Nearby towns coloured by median age, Census 2022. Tap a town for its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Homes with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kincardine | 2,887 | — | 52.2 | 27% | 18% |
| Clackmannan | 3,282 | 2.9 mi | 47.4 | 22% | 23% |
| Carronshore | 2,880 | 3.8 mi | 41.2 | 15% | 28% |
| Grangemouth | 16,028 | 4.3 mi | 45.3 | 21% | 20% |
| Alloa | 14,689 | 4.5 mi | 42.9 | 18% | 24% |
| Stenhousemuir | 9,566 | 4.6 mi | 47.4 | 23% | 24% |
| Sauchie | 6,357 | 4.7 mi | 44 | 21% | 26% |
| Larbert | 12,688 | 5.1 mi | 39.9 | 14% | 36% |
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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 Kincardine’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 Kincardine’s residents
What is the population of Kincardine?
The 2022 Census counted 2,887 people in Kincardine’s locality.
What is the average age in Kincardine?
The median age was 52.2 at the 2022 Census, older than 92% of UK towns. 7.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Kincardine?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2022, against 86% across Scotland’s towns and 90% across Fife’s towns. 3.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Kincardine?
56% said they had no religion and 37% that they were Christian at the 2022 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 6.7% didn’t answer.
Is Kincardine good for families?
18% of households had dependent children in 2022, against 24% across Scotland’s towns. Schools are on Kincardine’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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