Photo: Ian Paterson · CC BY-SA 2.0Cleland ranks below 94% of UK towns on residents with no religion: 30%
One-person households make up 33%, against 38% across Scotland’s towns. Households in terraced houses are more common here than in 83% of UK towns. In 2021, the Census found 3,043 residents in Cleland, living in 1,344 households. The census found that 20% of households have no car or van here.
Half of Cleland is under 43.1, younger than 61% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2022.
The largest age band is 50–54: 8.4% of residents. At 12%, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is higher than in 92% of UK towns. There is little gap on residents aged 65 and over: 19%, about the same as across Scotland’s towns.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Cleland, 43.1. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Across Scotland, 51% of residents are women.
Full-time students: 6%, a higher share than 84% of UK towns
What adults did at the 2022 Census (the NS-SEC classes).
Adults by occupation class · residents 16 and over
Managerial and professional jobs take in 30% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 26% (Scotland’s towns: 33% and 25%). The share of full-time students across Scotland’s towns is 9.4%.
The Census was taken on 20 March 2022, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Shared households of unrelated adults make up 1.6% in Cleland, less than in 87% 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.
Across Scotland’s towns, households average 2.1 people; in Cleland, 2.2. Shared households of unrelated adults: 3.5% across Scotland’s towns, for comparison. The share of households with dependent children stands at 27%.
In Cleland, 17% of households live in a flat or apartment, more than in 75% 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
The census found that 28% of households live in a detached house in Cleland. Across the comparison, nearly two in five households live in a flat or apartment across Scotland’s towns.
Fewer residents born outside the UK than 72% of UK towns: 4.4%
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
Since 2017: 22% of those born abroad, against 34% across Scotland’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in the Middle East and Asia (1.6%) and in EU countries (1.5%). Against that, just over one in ten residents were born outside the UK across Scotland’s towns.
Above 92% of UK towns: 59% of residents describe themselves as Christian
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 Cleland · North Lanarkshire’s towns 92% · Scotland’s towns 86%.
Religion · all residents
91% of residents describe themselves as White British, against 92% across North Lanarkshire’s towns and 86% across Scotland’s towns. After White British, the most common groups are Pakistani (3.8%), Other White (2.6%) and Mixed or multiple (0.5%). The benchmark for residents who describe themselves as Christian across Scotland’s towns: 39%.
More unpaid carers than 99% of UK towns: 14% 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
Some 102 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. Higher than in 73% of UK towns: 36% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership. On average, just over one in ten residents give unpaid care across Scotland’s towns. The figure for married adults and civil partners is 46% in Cleland and 42% across Scotland’s towns.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 23%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2022.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across Scotland’s towns, 32% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Cleland, 23%, and 22% have none, against 17%.
Ranked by age, 114th youngest of 515 UK towns this size
Median age, Census 2022. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Keele is the youngest (20.6); West Chiltington the oldest (63.1). Nearest to Cleland in age: Essington (43.1), Cheswick Green (43.1), Leadgate (43.2) and Godstone (43.2).
A younger town than 1 of the 7 around it: Cleland
Nearby towns coloured by median age, Census 2022. Tap a town for its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Homes with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleland | 3,043 | — | 43.1 | 19% | 27% |
| Newarthill | 6,956 | 1.6 mi | 40.9 | 17% | 29% |
| Newmains | 5,364 | 1.7 mi | 41.5 | 19% | 27% |
| Carfin | 4,427 | 1.7 mi | 34.4 | 7.9% | 39% |
| Wishaw | 30,190 | 1.8 mi | 43.3 | 19% | 25% |
| New Stevenston | 6,298 | 2.5 mi | 38.2 | 10% | 35% |
| Holytown | 5,121 | 2.6 mi | 41.4 | 17% | 25% |
| Chapelhall | 7,061 | 2.9 mi | 39.9 | 14% | 34% |
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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 Cleland’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 Cleland’s residents
What is the population of Cleland?
The 2022 Census counted 3,043 people in Cleland’s locality.
What is the average age in Cleland?
The median age was 43.1 at the 2022 Census, younger than 61% of UK towns. 12% of residents were 15 to 24 and 19% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Cleland?
91% of residents described themselves as White British in 2022, against 86% across Scotland’s towns and 92% across North Lanarkshire’s towns. 4.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Cleland?
30% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2022 Census; 3.8% were Muslim and 6.8% didn’t answer.
Is Cleland good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2022, against 24% across Scotland’s towns. Schools are on Cleland’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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