Photo: Richard Webb · CC BY-SA 2.0Younger than 96% of UK towns: half of Carfin is under 34.4
Just over a third of residents said they have no religion, against 51% across Scotland’s towns. At the 2022 Census, 4,427 people lived in Carfin, in 1,731 households. Across Carfin, 19% of households live in a flat or apartment. On one-person households, Carfin sits lower than 77% of UK towns: 27%.
What the Census says about Carfin’s people
A town of families
39% of Carfin’s 1,731 households had dependent children in 2021, more than in 97% of UK towns. 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of Carfin’s residents are under 34.4 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 12% are 15 to 24 and 7.9% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Scotland’s Census 2022 (output areas summed to the 2022 locality).
Residents aged 65 and over: 7.9%, a lower share than 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2022.
At 12%, residents aged 15 to 24 sit close to the figure across Scotland’s towns. Across Scotland’s towns, 19% of residents are 65 or over.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Carfin, 34.4. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Across Scotland, 51% of residents are women.
A higher share of full-time students than 94% of UK towns, at 8%
What adults did at the 2022 Census (the NS-SEC classes).
Adults by occupation class · residents 16 and over
37% of Carfin’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 22% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 25% across Scotland’s towns. The usual figure: nearly one in ten adults are full-time students across Scotland’s towns.
The Census was taken on 20 March 2022, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
In Carfin, 39% of households have dependent children, more than in 97% 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.
3.5% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across Scotland’s towns, against 1.7% in Carfin. To put it in context, 24% of households have dependent children across Scotland’s towns. Households here average 2.5 people each.
Carfin sits above 59% of UK towns for households in terraced houses (22%)
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
In Carfin, 16% of households have no car or van, beside 29% across Scotland’s towns. Add to that, 19% of households live in a flat, more than in 82% of UK towns; 31% in a detached house, against 18% across Scotland’s towns.
Carfin ranks above 68% of UK towns on residents born outside the UK: 8.7%
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
Among those born abroad, the share arriving in 2017 or later is 25% (Scotland’s towns: 34%). To put it in context, 11% of residents were born outside the UK across Scotland’s towns. In Carfin, 95% of residents have English as their main language.
51% describe themselves as Christian, more than in 61% 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: 85% of Carfin · North Lanarkshire’s towns 92% · Scotland’s towns 86%.
Religion · all residents
5.6% of residents are Muslim. Across Scotland’s towns, 39% of residents describe themselves as Christian. Fewer residents who describe themselves as White British than in nearly four fifths of UK towns: 85%.
Carfin: 11% of residents give unpaid care, above 92% 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
49% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, against 42% across Scotland’s towns. Across the comparison, 12% of residents give unpaid care across Scotland’s towns. Adults who have never married account for 39%.
32% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2022.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Carfin counts 32% of its adults, against 32% across Scotland’s towns; at the other end, 13% have no qualification (17%). Highers are the highest qualification of 13%, many of them students still working towards a degree.
Of 696 UK towns its size (3,000 to 6,000 people), the 21st 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 Bailrigg (18.9), the youngest, and Sutton on Sea and Trusthorpe (64.7), the oldest. Nearest to Carfin in age: East Tilbury (33.8), Monkton Heathfield (34.2), Kegworth (34.7) and Coningsby and Tattershall (35.1).
Every nearby town is older than Carfin
Nearby towns coloured by median age, Census 2022. Tap a town for its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Homes with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carfin | 4,427 | — | 34.4 | 7.9% | 39% |
| Newarthill | 6,956 | 0.8 mi | 40.9 | 17% | 29% |
| New Stevenston | 6,298 | 0.9 mi | 38.2 | 10% | 35% |
| Holytown | 5,121 | 1.3 mi | 41.4 | 17% | 25% |
| Motherwell | 33,021 | 1.7 mi | 42 | 18% | 26% |
| Cleland | 3,043 | 1.7 mi | 43.1 | 19% | 27% |
| Wishaw | 30,190 | 2.3 mi | 43.3 | 19% | 25% |
| Bellshill | 19,488 | 2.5 mi | 43.9 | 19% | 24% |
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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 Carfin’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 Carfin’s residents
What is the population of Carfin?
The 2022 Census counted 4,427 people in Carfin’s locality.
What is the average age in Carfin?
The median age was 34.4 at the 2022 Census, younger than 96% of UK towns. 12% of residents were 15 to 24 and 7.9% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Carfin?
85% of residents described themselves as White British in 2022, against 86% across Scotland’s towns and 92% across North Lanarkshire’s towns. 8.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Carfin?
35% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2022 Census; 5.6% were Muslim and 6% didn’t answer.
Is Carfin good for families?
39% of households had dependent children in 2022, against 24% across Scotland’s towns. Schools are on Carfin’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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