Aviemore Railway Station with Island Platform, Footbridge and Fencing · Photo: Tom Parnell · CC BY-SA 4.0More one-person households than 99% of UK towns: 41%
Across Scotland’s towns, the share of households in flats is 39%; Aviemore has 22%. 2,841 residents in 1,418 households: that is Aviemore at the 2022 Census. The census found that 57% of residents said they have no religion in the town. Households with dependent children are rarer here than in 91% of UK towns.
9% of residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 74% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2022.
A fifth of Aviemore is 65 or over, against 21% across Highland’s towns and 19% across Scotland’s towns. Meanwhile, the median age locally is 46.4, higher than in 64% of UK towns. Elsewhere, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Scotland’s towns. The largest age band is 50–54: 8.7% of residents.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Aviemore, 46.4. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across Scotland, 51% of residents are women.
A lower share of full-time students than 88% of UK towns, at 3.9%
What adults did at the 2022 Census (the NS-SEC classes).
Adults by occupation class · residents 16 and over
In Aviemore, 30% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 29% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 25% across Scotland’s towns. Against that, 9.4% of adults are full-time students across Scotland’s towns.
Smaller households than 98% of UK towns: 2 people on average
Household make-up at the 2022 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Highland’s towns and Scotland’s towns
People per household
Scotland’s towns.
At 3.1%, the share of shared households of unrelated adults is in line with the figure across Scotland’s towns.
Above 72% of UK towns: 20% of households have no car or van
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
17% of households live in a terraced house; across Scotland’s towns the figure is 19%. On the census count, 23% of households live in a detached house. As a reference point, 29% of households have no car or van across Scotland’s towns.
Residents whose main language is English make up 96% in Aviemore, less than in 75% 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
At 11%, residents born outside the UK sit close to the figure across Scotland’s towns. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (5.8%) or in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.2%). As a reference point, 94% of residents have English as their main language across Scotland’s towns.
A smaller share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 97% of UK towns: 35%
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: 90% of Aviemore · Highland’s towns 90% · Scotland’s towns 86%.
Religion · all residents
Nine in ten residents describe themselves as White British, against 86% across Scotland’s towns. To put it in context, nearly two in five residents describe themselves as Christian across Scotland’s towns. The next-largest groups, after White British, are Other White (7.9%), Mixed or multiple (0.7%) and Indian (0.4%).
Adults who have never married: 38%, a higher share than 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
Set against 12% across Scotland’s towns, one in ten residents give unpaid care in Aviemore. In Aviemore, just over two in five adults are married or in a civil partnership. The benchmark for adults who have never married across Scotland’s towns: 40%.
Degree-level qualifications reach 30% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2022.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 30% of adults in Aviemore, 32% across Scotland’s towns; 16% have no qualification, against 17%.
Among 515 UK towns of 2,500 to 4,000 people, the 235th youngest
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 Aviemore in age: Shepley (46.4), Tuxford (46.4), Alford (46.5) and Upper Tean (46.5).
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Highland’s towns” and “Scotland’s towns” mean their towns. Census comparisons pool every locality in Highland (or Scotland), summed the same way as Aviemore’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 Aviemore’s residents
What is the population of Aviemore?
The 2022 Census counted 2,841 people in Aviemore’s locality.
What is the average age in Aviemore?
The median age was 46.4 at the 2022 Census, older than 64% of UK towns. 9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 20% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Aviemore?
90% of residents described themselves as White British in 2022, against 86% across Scotland’s towns and 90% across Highland’s towns. 11% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Aviemore?
57% said they had no religion and 35% that they were Christian at the 2022 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 7.2% didn’t answer.
Is Aviemore good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2022, against 24% across Scotland’s towns. Schools are on Aviemore’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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