Photo: Richard Law · CC BY-SA 2.0Above 99% of UK towns: 62% of residents said they have no religion
Where 39% of households live in a flat or apartment across Scotland’s towns, Leven has 32%. Census day 2021: 10,088 residents and 4,790 households in the town. Nearly a quarter of households have no car or van. Compared with other places, adults who have never married are common here: 36%, more than in 73% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Leven’s people
More with no religion than most
62% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 31% 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 92% of UK towns don’t reach
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2022.
With a median age of 44, Leven is younger than 54% of UK towns. The largest age band is 55–59: nearly one in ten residents. 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+
■ Leven, 44. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across Scotland, 51% of residents are women.
7.1% of adults are full-time students, more than in 92% 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 account for 27% of Leven’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 31%, 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.
The Census was taken on 20 March 2022, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Leven households average 2.1 people, smaller than in 95% 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.
Nearly a quarter of households have dependent children (Scotland’s towns: 24%). One-person households account for 38%. On shared households of unrelated adults, Leven sits higher than 80% of UK towns: 3.2%.
A lower share of households in terraced houses than 70% of UK towns, at 16%
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
Here just over a fifth of households live in a detached house, where the figure across Scotland’s towns is 18%. Households in terraced houses make up 19% across Scotland’s towns.
4.8% born outside the UK, fewer than in 66% 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
Of residents born abroad, 35% arrived in 2017 or later, against 34% across Scotland’s towns. Across Scotland’s towns, just over one in ten residents were born outside the UK. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (2.2%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1%). 98% of residents have English as their main language, a lower share than in 51% of UK towns.
Leven sits below 99% of UK towns for residents who describe themselves as Christian (31%)
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 Leven · Fife’s towns 90% · Scotland’s towns 86%.
Religion · all residents
95% of residents describe themselves as White British, against 86% across Scotland’s towns. As a yardstick, 39% of residents describe themselves as Christian across Scotland’s towns. The groups that follow White British are Other White (3.1%), Mixed or multiple (0.7%) and Arab (0.3%).
Leven sits above 99% of UK towns for 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
Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 334. Typically, just over one in ten residents give unpaid care across Scotland’s towns. 43% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, fewer than in 78% of UK towns.
22% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2022.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 32% across Scotland’s towns, 22% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 20% hold no qualification (17%). For 11%, Highers are the highest qualification so far, many of them students still working towards a degree.
217th youngest of 456 UK towns of 7,000 to 14,000 people
Median age, Census 2022. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Ages run from 27.8 in Stoke Gifford to 61 in Seaton. Nearest to Leven in age: Lydney (44), Flackwell Heath and Wooburn Green (44), Corsham (44.1) and Blackwater (44.1).
5 in 7 nearby towns have a higher median age than Leven
Nearby towns coloured by median age, Census 2022. Tap a town for its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Homes with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leven | 10,088 | — | 44 | 22% | 23% |
| Methil | 10,712 | 1.1 mi | 40.9 | 19% | 23% |
| Kennoway | 4,665 | 1.8 mi | 45.6 | 22% | 25% |
| Buckhaven | 4,413 | 2.1 mi | 44.4 | 22% | 23% |
| Glenrothes | 37,466 | 6.7 mi | 44.6 | 21% | 25% |
| Leslie | 2,888 | 8.1 mi | 47.1 | 23% | 23% |
| Cupar | 8,835 | 8.1 mi | 48.9 | 27% | 21% |
| Kirkcaldy and Dysart | 51,135 | 8.2 mi | 43.9 | 21% | 24% |
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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 Leven’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 Leven’s residents
What is the population of Leven?
The 2022 Census counted 10,088 people in Leven’s locality.
What is the average age in Leven?
The median age was 44 at the 2022 Census, younger than 54% of UK towns. 12% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Leven?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2022, against 86% across Scotland’s towns and 90% across Fife’s towns. 4.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Leven?
62% said they had no religion and 31% that they were Christian at the 2022 Census; 0.8% were Muslim and 5.8% didn’t answer.
Is Leven good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2022, against 24% across Scotland’s towns. Schools are on Leven’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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