Photo: BesigedB~commonswiki · CC BY-SA 3.0Half of Kinghorn is over 51.7, older than 91% of UK towns
Where 24% of households have dependent children across Scotland’s towns, Kinghorn has 21%. The town is home to 2,944 residents in 1,457 households, by the 2022 Census. Here, just over a third of households live in a flat or apartment. Residents with no religion are more common here than in 98% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Kinghorn’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Kinghorn’s residents are under 51.7 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 28% 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).
Kinghorn sits below 94% of UK towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (7.9%)
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2022.
More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: 9.1% of residents, 1.3 times the share across Scotland’s towns. Measured more widely, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Scotland’s towns. Locally, 28% of residents are 65 or over.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Kinghorn, 51.7. 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. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Only 4% of adults are full-time students in Kinghorn
What adults did at the 2022 Census (the NS-SEC classes).
Adults by occupation class · residents 16 and over
In Kinghorn, just over two in five adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 23% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 25% across Scotland’s towns. As a reference point, nearly one in ten adults are full-time students across Scotland’s towns.
Smaller households than 96% of UK towns: 2.1 people on average
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.
The share of one-person households tops 97% of UK towns: 39%. Here, 1.5% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
A smaller share of households in terraced houses than 85% of UK towns: 11%
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 without a car or van: 20% here and 29% across Scotland’s towns. The census found that nearly a third of households live in a detached house in Kinghorn. The comparison figure for households in terraced houses is 19% across Scotland’s towns.
In Kinghorn, 5.2% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 62% 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
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (2.5%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1%). The benchmark for residents born outside the UK across Scotland’s towns: 11%. Kinghorn has more residents whose main language is English than 64% of UK towns, at 98%. Among those born abroad, the share arriving in 2017 or later is 17% (Scotland’s towns: 34%).
Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 36% in Kinghorn, less than in 97% 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: 93% of Kinghorn · Fife’s towns 90% · Scotland’s towns 86%.
Religion · all residents
93% of residents describe themselves as White British, against 86% across Scotland’s towns. The share of residents who describe themselves as Christian across Scotland’s towns is 39%. Beyond White British, the biggest groups are Other White (4%), Mixed or multiple (0.7%) and African (0.2%).
In Kinghorn, 28% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 82% 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
50% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, against 42% across Scotland’s towns. Adults who have never married make up 40% across Scotland’s towns. On the census count, just over one in ten residents give unpaid care.
Among adults, 37% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2022.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 37% of its adults qualified to degree level, Kinghorn compares with 32% across Scotland’s towns; another 13% hold no qualification (17%).
78th highest 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.
At the ends of the range sit Keele (20.6), the youngest, and West Chiltington (63.1), the oldest. Nearest to Kinghorn in age: Bottesford (51.6), Lostwithiel (51.6), Endon (51.8) and Pewsey (51.8).
The towns around Kinghorn 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kinghorn | 2,944 | — | 51.7 | 28% | 21% |
| Burntisland | 6,259 | 2.3 mi | 46.9 | 23% | 24% |
| Kirkcaldy and Dysart | 51,135 | 3.7 mi | 43.9 | 21% | 24% |
| Cardenden and Auchterderran | 5,266 | 6 mi | 44.9 | 22% | 27% |
| Lochgelly | 7,157 | 6.5 mi | 44.4 | 20% | 22% |
| Dalgety Bay and Hillend | 9,452 | 7.4 mi | 50.4 | 27% | 24% |
| Cowdenbeath and Lumphinnans | 11,979 | 7.4 mi | 43.3 | 20% | 25% |
| Crossgates | 2,993 | 7.6 mi | 45 | 20% | 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 Kinghorn’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 Kinghorn’s residents
What is the population of Kinghorn?
The 2022 Census counted 2,944 people in Kinghorn’s locality.
What is the average age in Kinghorn?
The median age was 51.7 at the 2022 Census, older than 91% of UK towns. 7.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Kinghorn?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2022, against 86% across Scotland’s towns and 90% across Fife’s towns. 5.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Kinghorn?
57% said they had no religion and 36% that they were Christian at the 2022 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 6.4% didn’t answer.
Is Kinghorn good for families?
21% of households had dependent children in 2022, against 24% across Scotland’s towns. Schools are on Kinghorn’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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