Photo: David Bremner · CC BY-SA 2.0Households with dependent children make up 34% in Chapelhall, more than in 91% of UK towns
By its share of residents who describe themselves as Christian (58%), Chapelhall is above 90% of UK towns. For Chapelhall, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 14%. At 29%, the share of households in terraced houses is higher than in 82% of UK towns. 7,061 residents in 2,859 households: that is Chapelhall at the 2022 Census.
What the Census says about Chapelhall’s people
A town of families
34% of Chapelhall’s 2,859 households had dependent children in 2021, more than in 91% of UK towns. 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from the data on this page: Scotland’s Census 2022 (output areas summed to the 2022 locality).
Half of Chapelhall is under 39.9, younger than 81% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2022.
The largest age band is 50–54: nearly one in ten residents. More residents aged 15 to 24 than in 94% of UK towns: 13%. In Chryston, the oldest of North Lanarkshire’s towns by this measure, it is 22%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Chapelhall, 39.9. 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.
More full-time students than 94% of UK towns: 8.1%
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 or semi-routine work; Chapelhall has 31% and 26%. Set beside that, 9.4% of 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.
Bigger households than 87% of UK towns: 2.5 people each on average
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.
38% of households are one person living alone across Scotland’s towns, against 27% in Chapelhall. For Chapelhall, the census puts shared households of unrelated adults at 1.7%.
In Chapelhall, 16% of households live in a flat or apartment, 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
Cars or vans · share of households
In Chapelhall, 14% of households have no car or van, beside 29% across Scotland’s towns. On the census count, 28% of households live in a detached house. The comparison figure for households in flats is 39% across Scotland’s towns.
In Chapelhall, 3.6% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 84% of UK towns
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
Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (1.7%), then in the Middle East and Asia (0.9%). The wider picture: just over one in ten residents were born outside the UK across Scotland’s towns. Compared with 94% across Scotland’s towns, 98% of residents have English as their main language here.
Chapelhall ranks below 83% of UK towns on residents with no religion: 35%
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: 94% of Chapelhall · North Lanarkshire’s towns 92% · Scotland’s towns 86%.
Religion · all residents
The largest groups after White British are Other White (2.8%), Pakistani (2%) and African (0.4%). Set beside that, just over half of residents said they have no religion across Scotland’s towns. Higher than in 63% of UK towns: 94% of residents describe themselves as White British.
Above 99% of UK towns: 14% of residents give unpaid care
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 (37%), Chapelhall is above three quarters of UK towns. 239 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. For comparison, 12% of residents give unpaid care across Scotland’s towns.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 23% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2022.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
23% of Chapelhall’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 32% across Scotland’s towns; 18% have none (17%). A levels top the qualifications of 13%, many of them students on the way to a degree.
81st lowest median age among 539 UK towns of 5,000 to 10,000
Median age, Census 2022. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
The youngest is Red Lodge (30.9) and the oldest Barton on Sea (65.3). Nearest to Chapelhall in age: Shefford (39.9), Arlesey (39.9), Eye (40) and Godmanchester (40).
Chapelhall and its 7 nearest towns: 4 of them are older
Nearby towns coloured by median age, Census 2022. Tap a town for its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Homes with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chapelhall | 7,061 | — | 39.9 | 14% | 34% |
| Holytown | 5,121 | 1.6 mi | 41.4 | 17% | 25% |
| Newarthill | 6,956 | 1.8 mi | 40.9 | 17% | 29% |
| Airdrie | 35,847 | 2.1 mi | 43 | 19% | 26% |
| New Stevenston | 6,298 | 2.2 mi | 38.2 | 10% | 35% |
| Carfin | 4,427 | 2.5 mi | 34.4 | 7.9% | 39% |
| Cleland | 3,043 | 2.9 mi | 43.1 | 19% | 27% |
| Plains | 3,122 | 3 mi | 36.5 | 13% | 32% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Chapelhall’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 Chapelhall’s residents
What is the population of Chapelhall?
The 2022 Census counted 7,061 people in Chapelhall’s locality.
What is the average age in Chapelhall?
The median age was 39.9 at the 2022 Census, younger than 81% of UK towns. 13% of residents were 15 to 24 and 14% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Chapelhall?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2022, against 86% across Scotland’s towns and 92% across North Lanarkshire’s towns. 3.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Chapelhall?
35% said they had no religion and 58% that they were Christian at the 2022 Census; 2% were Muslim and 5.4% didn’t answer.
Is Chapelhall good for families?
34% of households had dependent children in 2022, against 24% across Scotland’s towns. Schools are on Chapelhall’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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