Photo: Anne Burgess · CC BY-SA 2.0Younger than 94% of UK towns: half of Gorebridge is under 36.1
The average household has 2.5 people, against 2.1 across Scotland’s towns. Gorebridge has more households in flats than 91% of UK towns, at 25%. 8,900 residents in 3,557 households: that is Gorebridge at the 2022 Census. On the census count, 19% of households have no car or van.
What the Census says about Gorebridge’s people
More with no religion than most
65% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 28% Christian, against 51% and 39% across Scotland’s towns. Ethnicity & religion ↓
A town of families
35% of Gorebridge’s 3,557 households had dependent children in 2021, more than in 93% of UK towns and the highest share in Midlothian. 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of Gorebridge’s residents are under 36.1 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 11% are 15 to 24 and 13% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Scotland’s Census 2022 (output areas summed to the 2022 locality).
Gorebridge ranks below 94% of UK towns on residents aged 65 and over: 13%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2022.
11% of residents are aged 15 to 24, against 12% across Scotland’s towns. By way of comparison, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Scotland’s towns. The largest age band is 30–34: nearly one in ten residents.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Gorebridge, 36.1. 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 smaller share of full-time students than 52% of UK towns: 4.8%
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 30% of Gorebridge’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 29%, against 33% and 25% across Scotland’s towns. Across Scotland’s towns, full-time students come to 9.4%.
Gorebridge sits above 93% of UK towns for households with dependent children (35%)
Household make-up at the 2022 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Midlothian’s towns and Scotland’s towns
People per household
Scotland’s towns.
At 2.7%, the share of shared households of unrelated adults is in line with the figure across Scotland’s towns. Measured more widely, nearly a quarter of households have dependent children across Scotland’s towns. For Gorebridge, the census puts one-person households at 28%.
24% of households live in a detached house, below 65% of UK towns
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
Locally, 20% of households live in a terraced house. 25% of households live in a flat, more than in 91% of UK towns; 24% in a detached house, against 18% across Scotland’s towns.
Only 97% of residents have English as their main language in Gorebridge
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
Compared with 11% across Scotland’s towns, 5.9% of residents were born outside the UK here. The share of residents whose main language is English across Scotland’s towns is 94%. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (3.7%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.9%).
In Gorebridge, 65% of residents said they have no religion, more 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
White British, not charted: 92% of Gorebridge · Midlothian’s towns 90% · Scotland’s towns 86%.
Religion · all residents
The figure for residents who describe themselves as Christian is 28% in Gorebridge and 39% across Scotland’s towns. Behind White British, the largest groups are Other White (4.2%), Mixed or multiple (1.2%) and Pakistani (0.4%). On residents who describe themselves as White British, Gorebridge sits lower than just over half of UK towns: 92%.
More unpaid carers than 99% of UK towns: 13% of residents
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
By its share of adults who have never married (39%), Gorebridge is above 88% of UK towns. Measured more widely, 12% of residents give unpaid care across Scotland’s towns. Locally, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership.
Among adults, 25% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2022.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Gorebridge’s adults: 25% with a degree-level qualification and 17% with none, against 32% and 17% across Scotland’s towns.
Among 483 UK towns of 6,000 to 12,000 people, the 16th youngest
Median age, Census 2022. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Tidworth (28.4), the youngest, and Barton on Sea (65.3), the oldest. Nearest to Gorebridge in age: Brierfield (35.8), Aveley (35.9), Broadbridge Heath (36.2) and Waltham Cross (36.4).
6 in 7 nearby towns have a higher median age than Gorebridge
Nearby towns coloured by median age, Census 2022. Tap a town for its page.
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Gorebridge’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 Gorebridge’s residents
What is the population of Gorebridge?
The 2022 Census counted 8,900 people in Gorebridge’s locality.
What is the average age in Gorebridge?
The median age was 36.1 at the 2022 Census, younger than 94% of UK towns. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 13% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Gorebridge?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2022, against 86% across Scotland’s towns and 90% across Midlothian’s towns. 5.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Gorebridge?
65% said they had no religion and 28% that they were Christian at the 2022 Census; 0.8% were Muslim and 4.9% didn’t answer.
Is Gorebridge good for families?
35% of households had dependent children in 2022, against 24% across Scotland’s towns. Schools are on Gorebridge’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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