Newton Parish Church, Newton Church Road, Newton Village · Photo: Richard Webb · CC BY-SA 2.0

39.6Median age

Who lives here · Scotland’s Census 2022

Residents with no religion make up 61% in Danderhall, more than in 99% of UK towns

Set against 19% across Scotland’s towns, 35% of households live in a terraced house in Danderhall. The census found that 25% of households are one person living alone locally. Half of the town’s residents are under 39.6, younger than in just over four in five UK towns. At the 2022 Census, 3,389 people lived here, in 1,421 households.

18%aged 65 or over 8.3%born abroad 1,421households

Ages

Only 8.7% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Danderhall

Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2022.

DanderhallScotland’s towns

0–410–1420–2430–3440–4450–5460–6470–7480–84

Residents aged 65 and over: 18%, below four fifths of UK towns. As a reference point, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Scotland’s towns.

Median age of UK towns of 2,500+

2535455565

■ Danderhall, 39.6. The typical town is 44.4.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1518%

15 to 248.7%

25 to 4430%

45 to 6425%

65 and over18%

DanderhallMidlothian’s townsScotland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

Danderhall

Scotland

WomenMen

About 92 men for every 100 women. Across Scotland, 51% of residents are women.

Students & newcomers

3.7% of adults are full-time students, below 91% of UK towns

What adults did at the 2022 Census (the NS-SEC classes).

Adults by occupation class · residents 16 and over

Full-time students3.7%

Higher managerial and professional11%

Lower managerial and professional20%

Intermediate16%

Small employers and self-employed7.3%

Supervisory and technical9%

Semi-routine12%

Routine15%

Never worked or long-term unemployed5.8%

DanderhallMidlothian’s townsScotland’s towns

Across Scotland’s towns, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 25% in routine work; in Danderhall, 31% and 27%. Full-time students make up 9.4% across Scotland’s towns.

Households

Bigger households than 73% of UK towns: 2.4 people each on average

Household make-up at the 2022 Census. Each square is 1% of households.

Living alone, 66+ 13%Living alone, under 66 12%Families with dependent children 29%Couples and families, no young children 44%Shared houses and other 2.3%

Against Midlothian’s towns and Scotland’s towns

Danderhall

Midlothian’s towns

Scotland’s towns

People per household

1 person25%

2 people37%

3 people19%

4 people13%

5 or more5%

Scotland’s towns.

Where 24% of households have dependent children across Scotland’s towns, Danderhall has 29%. At the same time, on shared households of unrelated adults, Danderhall sits lower than 50% of UK towns: 2.3%.

Homes & cars

20% of households have no car or van, more than in 73% of UK towns

Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2022. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.

Type of home

Danderhall

Midlothian’s towns

Scotland’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van20%

One45%

Two29%

Three or more7.2%

DanderhallMidlothian’s townsScotland’s towns

21% of households live in a detached house, against 18% across Scotland’s towns. At 14%, the share of households in flats is higher than in 67% of UK towns. Against that, 29% of households have no car or van across Scotland’s towns.

Where people were born

A higher share of residents born outside the UK than 66% of UK towns, at 8.3%

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%

Danderhall

8.6%

Midlothian’s towns

7.8%

Scotland’s towns

11%

EU countriesRest of EuropeMiddle East and AsiaAfricaAmericas, Oceania, other

When those born abroad arrived

DanderhallScotland’s towns

Before 19711971–801981–901991–20002001–102011–132014–162017–192020–21

Main language · residents aged 3 and over

English is main language95%

DanderhallMidlothian’s townsScotland’s towns

Residents whose main language is English: 95%, below nearly four fifths of UK towns. The wider picture: just over one in ten residents were born outside the UK across Scotland’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (3.8%) and in the Middle East and Asia (3%).

Ethnicity & religion

In Danderhall, 31% of residents describe themselves as Christian, fewer than in 99% 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

DanderhallMidlothian’s townsScotland’s towns

Other White5.3%

Asian4.4%

Mixed1.3%

Black0.5%

Other0.9%

0%4%8%

White British, not charted: 88% of Danderhall · Midlothian’s towns 90% · Scotland’s towns 86%.

Religion · all residents

DanderhallMidlothian’s townsScotland’s towns

No religion61%

Christian31%

Muslim2%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist0.7%

Other religion0.3%

Didn’t answer5.4%

0%35%70%

2% of residents said their religion is Muslim. Compared with other places, residents who describe themselves as White British are scarce here: 88%, fewer than in 72% of UK towns. Elsewhere, nearly two in five residents describe themselves as Christian across Scotland’s towns.

Relationships & caring

Above 69% of UK towns: 36% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership

Legal partnership status (residents 16 and over) and unpaid care (residents 3 and over), Census 2022.

Partnership status · residents 16 and over

Never married or in a civil partnership36%

Married or civil partnership48%

Separated1.9%

Divorced7.9%

Widowed6.4%

DanderhallMidlothian’s townsScotland’s towns

403residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 12%, against 12% in Scotland’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 3 and over

Up to 19 hours a week6.2%

20 to 49 hours2.4%

50 hours or more3.2%

Unpaid carers make up 12%, close to the figure across Scotland’s towns. Across Scotland’s towns, adults who have never married come to 40%. 102 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week.

Qualifications

Degree-level qualifications: held by 26% of adults

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2022.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications17%

Apprenticeship11%

Highers or similar10%

Degree level26%

DanderhallMidlothian’s townsScotland’s towns

Degree-level qualifications are held by 26% of Danderhall’s adults, against 32% across Scotland’s towns; 17% have no qualification (17%).

Towns its size

Ranked by age, 81st youngest of 750 UK towns this size

Median age, Census 2022. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.

Danderhall 39.6

BailriggMilford on SeaPenmaenmawr

174266

Bailrigg is the youngest (18.9); Milford on Sea the oldest (64.6). Nearest to Danderhall in age: Treeton (39.6), Tylorstown and Pontygwaith (39.6), Shotton Colliery (39.7) and Tibshelf (39.7).

Neighbours

Older than Danderhall: 5 of the 7 towns nearby

Nearby towns coloured by median age, Census 2022. Tap a town for its page.

DalkeithBonnyriggMusselburghLoanheadMayfieldWallyfordEdinburghDanderhall

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Danderhall	3,389	—	39.6	18%	29%
Dalkeith	15,125	2.4 mi	41.2	19%	28%
Bonnyrigg	18,088	2.9 mi	42.4	19%	31%
Musselburgh	21,476	2.9 mi	41.6	19%	23%
Loanhead	7,007	3.1 mi	46	23%	24%
Mayfield	14,259	3.7 mi	40.4	17%	29%
Wallyford	4,493	4 mi	35.9	13%	34%
Edinburgh	493,794	4.3 mi	37.2	16%	21%

More about Danderhall’s residents

Health, work and homes have their own pages

Health C⁻Life expectancy, early deaths and Census health, adjusted for age Work & commuteIncome, the claimant count, jobs and how people get to work Cost of living BOwners and renters, prices, rents and council tax Schools C⁻Every primary and secondary, with results and inspections

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

“Midlothian’s towns” and “Scotland’s towns” mean their towns. Census comparisons pool every locality in Midlothian (or Scotland), summed the same way as Danderhall’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 Danderhall’s residents

What is the population of Danderhall?

The 2022 Census counted 3,389 people in Danderhall’s locality.

What is the average age in Danderhall?

The median age was 39.6 at the 2022 Census, younger than 82% of UK towns. 8.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 18% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Danderhall?

88% of residents described themselves as White British in 2022, against 86% across Scotland’s towns and 90% across Midlothian’s towns. 8.3% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Danderhall?

61% said they had no religion and 31% that they were Christian at the 2022 Census; 2% were Muslim and 5.4% didn’t answer.

Is Danderhall good for families?

29% of households had dependent children in 2022, against 24% across Scotland’s towns. Schools are on Danderhall’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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