Photo: Richard Webb · CC BY-SA 2.0A town of families: 35% of Bargeddie’s households have children
Set against 39% across Scotland’s towns, nearly a third of households live in a flat or apartment in Bargeddie. This North Lanarkshire town is home to 3,567 residents in 1,420 households, by the 2022 Census. In Bargeddie, 34% of residents said they have no religion. One-person households are rarer here than in 78% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Bargeddie’s people
A town of families
35% of Bargeddie’s 1,420 households had dependent children in 2021, more than in 93% of UK towns. 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of Bargeddie’s residents are under 38.2 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 12% 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).
Below 95% of UK towns: 13% of residents are 65 or over
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2022.
The median age in Bargeddie is 38.2, lower than in 88% of UK towns. On the census count, just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24. For comparison, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Scotland’s towns. In Chryston, the oldest of North Lanarkshire’s towns by this measure, it is 22%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Bargeddie, 38.2. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Across Scotland, 51% of residents are women.
Bargeddie sits above 93% of UK towns for full-time students (7.6%)
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 just over a third of Bargeddie’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 25%, against 33% and 25% across Scotland’s towns. Across Scotland’s towns, nearly one in ten adults are full-time students.
The Census was taken on 20 March 2022, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
2.5 people per household, more than in 91% of UK towns
Household make-up at the 2022 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against North Lanarkshire’s towns and Scotland’s towns
People per household
Scotland’s towns.
Set against 3.5% across Scotland’s towns, 2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home in Bargeddie.
Above 74% 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
The share of households in detached houses tops 67% of UK towns: 35%. Typically, 29% of households have no car or van across Scotland’s towns. In Bargeddie, just over a fifth of households live in a terraced house.
Only 4.7% of Bargeddie’s residents were born outside the UK
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 97% in Bargeddie and 94% across Scotland’s towns. As a yardstick, just over one in ten residents were born outside the UK across Scotland’s towns. The largest groups were born in the Middle East and Asia (2%) and in EU countries (1.5%).
Bargeddie: 57% of residents describe themselves as Christian, above 88% 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: 91% of Bargeddie · North Lanarkshire’s towns 92% · Scotland’s towns 86%.
Religion · all residents
Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Other White (2.8%), Indian (1.7%) and African (1.1%). Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 39% across Scotland’s towns, for comparison. Here just over nine in ten residents describe themselves as White British, where the figure across Scotland’s towns is 86%.
A smaller share of married adults and civil partners than 75% of UK towns: 44%
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
At 12%, the share of unpaid carers is in line with the figure across Scotland’s towns. Compared with other places, adults who have never married are common here: 40%, more than in 90% of UK towns. The usual figure: 42% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across Scotland’s towns. Some 103 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week.
A degree-level qualification for 27% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2022.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Bargeddie’s adults: 27% with a degree-level qualification and 19% with none, against 32% and 17% across Scotland’s towns. Many of the 11% whose highest qualification is Highers are students working towards a degree.
60th youngest of 750 UK towns of 2,500 to 5,000 people
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 Bargeddie in age: Denaby Main (38.1), Papworth Everard (38.1), Bowburn (38.3) and Feltwell (38.5).
6 in 7 nearby towns have a higher median age than Bargeddie
Nearby towns coloured by median age, Census 2022. Tap a town for its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Homes with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bargeddie | 3,567 | — | 38.2 | 13% | 35% |
| Coatbridge | 42,256 | 1.8 mi | 42.6 | 17% | 26% |
| Viewpark | 15,832 | 2 mi | 43 | 18% | 27% |
| Gartcosh | 3,252 | 2.2 mi | 36.2 | 10% | 41% |
| Uddingston | 6,181 | 2.5 mi | 46.3 | 24% | 23% |
| Glenboig | 3,035 | 2.7 mi | 39.5 | 13% | 33% |
| Stepps | 7,643 | 3.3 mi | 42.4 | 17% | 31% |
| Chryston | 3,257 | 3.4 mi | 45.4 | 22% | 28% |
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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.
- “North Lanarkshire’s towns” and “Scotland’s towns” mean their towns. Census comparisons pool every locality in North Lanarkshire (or Scotland), summed the same way as Bargeddie’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 Bargeddie’s residents
What is the population of Bargeddie?
The 2022 Census counted 3,567 people in Bargeddie’s locality.
What is the average age in Bargeddie?
The median age was 38.2 at the 2022 Census, younger than 88% of UK towns. 12% of residents were 15 to 24 and 13% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Bargeddie?
91% of residents described themselves as White British in 2022, against 86% across Scotland’s towns and 92% across North Lanarkshire’s towns. 4.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Bargeddie?
34% said they had no religion and 57% that they were Christian at the 2022 Census; 1.4% were Muslim and 5.8% didn’t answer.
Is Bargeddie good for families?
35% of households had dependent children in 2022, against 24% across Scotland’s towns. Schools are on Bargeddie’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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