Chryston, Main Street, Chryston Parish Church (Church of Scotland) Including Graveyard, Boundary Walls and Gatepiers · Photo: Richard Sutcliffe · CC BY-SA 2.0Chryston ranks above 91% of UK towns on households in flats: 25%
Here 14% of residents give unpaid care, where the figure across Scotland’s towns is 12%. The 2022 Census put Chryston’s population at 3,257, in 1,436 households. Locally, just over a third of households are one person living alone. Households in terraced houses are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of UK towns.
Above 67% of UK towns: 10% of residents are aged 15 to 24
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2022.
No age band is larger than 55–59: nearly one in ten residents. With a median age of 45.4, Chryston is older than 57% of UK towns. To put it in context, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Scotland’s towns. Set against 19% across Scotland’s towns, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the town.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Chryston, 45.4. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across Scotland, 51% of residents are women.
Full-time students: 6.5%, a higher share than 89% of UK towns
What adults did at the 2022 Census (the NS-SEC classes).
Adults by occupation class · residents 16 and over
In Chryston, 36% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 23% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 25% across Scotland’s towns. Measured more widely, 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.
28% of households have dependent children, more than in 54% 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.
Shared households of unrelated adults make up 2.7%, close to the figure across Scotland’s towns. The comparison figure for households with dependent children is 24% across Scotland’s towns. On average, 2.3 people share a household.
Chryston sits above 60% of UK towns for households without a car or van (17%)
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
25% of households live in a flat, more than in 91% of UK towns; 29% in a detached house, against 18% across Scotland’s towns. In one household in 6 there is no car or van.
A lower share of residents born outside the UK than 77% of UK towns, at 4%
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
Born abroad and arrived since 2017: nearly a quarter of that group, against 34% across Scotland’s towns. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (1.9%), then in the Middle East and Asia (1.2%). As a reference point, 11% of residents were born outside the UK across Scotland’s towns.
More residents who describe themselves as White British than 68% of UK towns: 94%
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 Chryston · North Lanarkshire’s towns 92% · Scotland’s towns 86%.
Religion · all residents
Just over two in five residents said they have no religion, against 51% across Scotland’s towns. Across Scotland’s towns, 86% of residents describe themselves as White British. After White British, the largest groups are Other White (2.9%), Indian (0.7%) and Pakistani (0.7%).
Chryston: 33% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, above 56% 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
For Chryston, the census puts married adults and civil partners at 48%. The benchmark for adults who have never married across Scotland’s towns: 40%.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 29%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2022.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 32% across Scotland’s towns, 29% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 18% hold no qualification (17%). Many of the 12% whose highest qualification is Highers are students working towards a degree.
515 UK towns of 2,500 to 4,000 people: this is the 197th youngest
Median age, Census 2022. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Ages run from 20.6 in Keele to 63.1 in West Chiltington. Nearest to Chryston in age: Cuckfield (45.4), Pwllheli (45.4), East Goscote (45.5) and Pangbourne (45.5).
1 of the 7 nearest towns are older than Chryston
Nearby towns coloured by median age, Census 2022. Tap a town for its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Homes with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chryston | 3,257 | — | 45.4 | 22% | 28% |
| Moodiesburn | 6,706 | 1.2 mi | 43.1 | 18% | 26% |
| Gartcosh | 3,252 | 1.3 mi | 36.2 | 10% | 41% |
| Stepps | 7,643 | 1.7 mi | 42.4 | 17% | 31% |
| Lenzie | 8,278 | 2.3 mi | 47.6 | 25% | 29% |
| Glenboig | 3,035 | 2.4 mi | 39.5 | 13% | 33% |
| Kirkintilloch | 22,013 | 2.7 mi | 43.7 | 20% | 26% |
| Bargeddie | 3,567 | 3.4 mi | 38.2 | 13% | 35% |
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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 Chryston’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 Chryston’s residents
What is the population of Chryston?
The 2022 Census counted 3,257 people in Chryston’s locality.
What is the average age in Chryston?
The median age was 45.4 at the 2022 Census, older than 57% of UK towns. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Chryston?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2022, against 86% across Scotland’s towns and 92% across North Lanarkshire’s towns. 4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Chryston?
42% said they had no religion and 50% that they were Christian at the 2022 Census; 0.8% were Muslim and 6% didn’t answer.
Is Chryston good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2022, against 24% across Scotland’s towns. Schools are on Chryston’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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