Photo: Scott Cormie · CC BY-SA 2.0More residents with no religion than 99% of UK towns: 57%
Households in Tayport hold 2.1 people on average (Scotland’s towns: 2.1). The town is home to 3,967 residents in 1,874 households, by the 2022 Census. Census figures put households in flats at 31% here. Fewer households with dependent children than in 89% of UK towns: 22%.
Half of Tayport is over 48, older than 74% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2022.
The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with one in ten residents, 1.4 times the share across Scotland’s towns. For Tayport, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 9.5%. This Fife town has fewer residents aged 65 and over than 53% of UK towns, at 21%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Tayport, 48. 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.
Above 90% of UK towns: 6.7% of adults are full-time students
What adults did at the 2022 Census (the NS-SEC classes).
Adults by occupation class · residents 16 and over
By class, 38% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 23% in routine and semi-routine work (Scotland’s towns: 33% and 25%). Across Scotland’s towns, the share of full-time students is 9.4%.
The Census was taken on 20 March 2022, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
33% of households are one person living alone, a share 78% of UK towns don’t reach
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 figure for shared households of unrelated adults is 2.1% in Tayport and 3.5% across Scotland’s towns. For one-person households, the comparison across Scotland’s towns is 38%.
A smaller share of households in terraced houses than 73% of UK towns: 15%
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
Against a figure of 29% across Scotland’s towns, the share of households without a car or van in Tayport comes in at 19%. Across Tayport, nearly a quarter of households live in a detached house.
Tayport ranks above 66% of UK towns on residents born outside the UK: 8.4%
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
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (3.3%) or in the Middle East and Asia (1.8%). For residents born outside the UK, the comparison across Scotland’s towns is 11%. On residents whose main language is English, Tayport sits lower than 54% of UK towns: 98%. Recent arrivals (2017 or later) make up 26% of those born abroad (Scotland’s towns: 34%).
Below 98% of UK towns: 34% of residents describe themselves as Christian
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: 91% of Tayport · Fife’s towns 90% · Scotland’s towns 86%.
Religion · all residents
Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Other White (4.3%), Mixed or multiple (1.4%) and Chinese (0.9%). Measured more widely, 39% of residents describe themselves as Christian across Scotland’s towns. Just over nine in ten residents describe themselves as White British, fewer than in 57% of UK towns.
Tayport 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
The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 131. For unpaid carers, the comparison across Scotland’s towns is 12%. On adults who have never married, Tayport sits higher than 56% of UK towns: 33%. Compared with 42% across Scotland’s towns, 47% of adults are married or in a civil partnership here.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 38%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2022.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across Scotland’s towns, 32% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Tayport, 38%, and 12% have none, against 17%. Many still at university: 11% list A levels as their highest qualification.
Among 531 UK towns of 3,000 to 5,000 people, the 211th oldest
Median age, Census 2022. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
The youngest is Bailrigg (18.9) and the oldest Milford on Sea (64.6). Nearest to Tayport in age: Harriseahead, Mow Cop and Newchapel (47.9), Irchester (47.9), Makeney (48.1) and Send (48.1).
Older than Tayport: 4 of the 6 towns nearby
Nearby towns coloured by median age, Census 2022. Tap a town for its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Homes with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tayport | 3,967 | — | 48 | 21% | 22% |
| Newport-on-Tay and Wormit | 4,119 | 2.8 mi | 50.7 | 28% | 25% |
| Monifieth | 9,356 | 3.4 mi | 49.8 | 29% | 26% |
| Dundee | 147,365 | 3.7 mi | 38.4 | 18% | 22% |
| Carnoustie | 11,373 | 7.3 mi | 48.7 | 26% | 24% |
| St Andrews | 16,465 | 8.2 mi | 23.9 | 17% | 12% |
| Cupar | 8,835 | 10.2 mi | 48.9 | 27% | 21% |
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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 Tayport’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 Tayport’s residents
What is the population of Tayport?
The 2022 Census counted 3,967 people in Tayport’s locality.
What is the average age in Tayport?
The median age was 48 at the 2022 Census, older than 74% of UK towns. 9.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 21% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Tayport?
91% of residents described themselves as White British in 2022, against 86% across Scotland’s towns and 90% across Fife’s towns. 8.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Tayport?
57% said they had no religion and 34% that they were Christian at the 2022 Census; 1.2% were Muslim and 6.6% didn’t answer.
Is Tayport good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2022, against 24% across Scotland’s towns. Schools are on Tayport’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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