Photo: Mike Pennington · CC BY-SA 2.0Above 98% of UK towns: 55% of residents said they have no religion
Set against 24% across Scotland’s towns, just over a fifth of households have dependent children in Culloden. Compared with other places, households in flats are common here: 17%, more than in just over three quarters of UK towns. Census day 2021: 3,699 residents and 1,801 households here. For Culloden, the census puts one-person households at 40%.
Culloden: 10% of residents are aged 15 to 24, above 64% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2022.
The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with 7.9% of residents. 20% of residents are 65 or over, a lower share than in 66% of UK towns. Across Scotland’s towns, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24. In Nairn, the oldest of Highland’s towns by this measure, it is 28%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Culloden, 44.8. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across Scotland, 51% of residents are women.
A smaller share of full-time students than 81% of UK towns: 4.1%
What adults did at the 2022 Census (the NS-SEC classes).
Adults by occupation class · residents 16 and over
Across Scotland’s towns, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 25% in routine work; in Culloden, 32% and 29%. Full-time students: 9.4% across Scotland’s towns, for comparison.
Smaller households than 97% 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.
Shared households of unrelated adults are about as common here as across Scotland’s towns, at 2.6%.
A town of detached houses: 32% of households live in one
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
Across Scotland’s towns, the share of households without a car or van is 29%; Culloden has 17%. Against that, 18% of households live in a detached house across Scotland’s towns. In Culloden, 21% of households live in a terraced house.
7.8% of residents were born outside the UK, a share 63% of UK towns don’t reach
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
The figure for residents whose main language is English is 96% in Culloden and 94% across Scotland’s towns. Residents born outside the UK make up 11% across Scotland’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (4.7%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.8%).
Culloden ranks below 97% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as Christian: 36%
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 Culloden · Highland’s towns 90% · Scotland’s towns 86%.
Religion · all residents
Here nine in ten residents describe themselves as White British, where the figure across Scotland’s towns is 86%. To put it in context, nearly two in five residents describe themselves as Christian across Scotland’s towns. Beyond White British, the biggest groups are Other White (6.2%), Indian (1.1%) and Mixed or multiple (0.7%).
Culloden: 36% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, above 73% 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
Married adults and civil partners make up 45%, against 42% across Scotland’s towns. By contrast, on unpaid carers, Culloden sits higher than 71% of UK towns: 10%. Set beside that, two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across Scotland’s towns. Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 81 residents.
28% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2022.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Culloden’s adults: 28% with a degree-level qualification and 15% with none, against 32% and 17% across Scotland’s towns.
Ranked by age, 183rd youngest of 531 UK towns this size
Median age, Census 2022. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Bailrigg is the youngest (18.9); Milford on Sea the oldest (64.6). Nearest to Culloden in age: Crowland (44.8), Chudleigh (44.8), Earby (44.9) and Pilsley and Lower Pilsley (44.9).
Among its 5 nearest neighbours, 1 are older than Culloden
Nearby towns coloured by median age, Census 2022. Tap a town for its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Homes with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Culloden | 3,699 | — | 44.8 | 20% | 22% |
| Smithton | 2,905 | 0.8 mi | 35.1 | 12% | 29% |
| Westhill | 5,681 | 1.3 mi | 44.6 | 22% | 27% |
| Milton of Leys | 3,168 | 3 mi | 33.7 | 7.3% | 37% |
| Inverness | 48,257 | 3.6 mi | 43 | 20% | 23% |
| Nairn | 9,576 | 11.9 mi | 52 | 28% | 19% |
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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 Culloden’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 Culloden’s residents
What is the population of Culloden?
The 2022 Census counted 3,699 people in Culloden’s locality.
What is the average age in Culloden?
The median age was 44.8 at the 2022 Census, older than 52% of UK towns. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 20% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Culloden?
90% of residents described themselves as White British in 2022, against 86% across Scotland’s towns and 90% across Highland’s towns. 7.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Culloden?
55% said they had no religion and 36% that they were Christian at the 2022 Census; 0.8% were Muslim and 6.5% didn’t answer.
Is Culloden good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2022, against 24% across Scotland’s towns. Schools are on Culloden’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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