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42.6Median age

Who lives here · Scotland’s Census 2022

A higher share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 98% of UK towns, at 63%

Compared with 18% across Scotland’s towns, just over one in ten households live in a detached house here. In 2021, the Census found 42,256 residents in Coatbridge, living in 18,915 households. Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 17% in the town. 31% of households have no car or van, more than in 95% of UK towns.

17%aged 65 or over 4.5%born abroad 18,915households

Ages

Half of Coatbridge is under 42.6, younger than 65% of UK towns

Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2022.

CoatbridgeScotland’s towns

0–410–1420–2430–3440–4450–5460–6470–7480–84

Residents aged 15 to 24: 12%, near enough the figure across Scotland’s towns. No age band is larger than 55–59: 8% of residents.

Median age of UK towns of 2,500+

2535455565

■ Coatbridge, 42.6. The typical town is 44.4.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1516%

15 to 2412%

25 to 4425%

45 to 6429%

65 and over17%

CoatbridgeNorth Lanarkshire’s townsScotland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

Coatbridge

Scotland

WomenMen

About 94 men for every 100 women. Across Scotland, 51% of residents are women.

Students & newcomers

A higher share of full-time students than 89% of UK towns, at 6.7%

What adults did at the 2022 Census (the NS-SEC classes).

Adults by occupation class · residents 16 and over

Full-time students6.7%

Higher managerial and professional7.6%

Lower managerial and professional18%

Intermediate13%

Small employers and self-employed6.5%

Supervisory and technical7.6%

Semi-routine13%

Routine18%

Never worked or long-term unemployed9.2%

CoatbridgeNorth Lanarkshire’s townsScotland’s towns

26% of Coatbridge’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 31% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 25% across Scotland’s towns. For full-time students, the comparison 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.

Households

Households here average 2.2 people, below 71% of UK towns

Household make-up at the 2022 Census. Each square is 1% of households.

Living alone, 66+ 14%Living alone, under 66 23%Families with dependent children 26%Couples and families, no young children 35%Shared houses and other 2.4%

Against North Lanarkshire’s towns and Scotland’s towns

Coatbridge

North Lanarkshire’s towns

Scotland’s towns

People per household

1 person37%

2 people30%

3 people16%

4 people12%

5 or more5.3%

Scotland’s towns.

37% of households are one person living alone; across Scotland’s towns the figure is 38%. In Coatbridge, 26% of households have dependent children.

Homes & cars

Coatbridge sits above 68% of UK towns for households in terraced houses (25%)

Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2022. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.

Type of home

Coatbridge

North Lanarkshire’s towns

Scotland’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van31%

One42%

Two22%

Three or more6.4%

CoatbridgeNorth Lanarkshire’s townsScotland’s towns

Across Scotland’s towns, the share of households in flats is 39%; Coatbridge has 38%. The comparison figure for households in terraced houses is 19% across Scotland’s towns.

Where people were born

Coatbridge ranks below 71% of UK towns on residents born outside the UK: 4.5%

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%

Coatbridge

4.5%

North Lanarkshire’s towns

5.2%

Scotland’s towns

11%

EU countriesRest of EuropeMiddle East and AsiaAfricaAmericas, Oceania, other

When those born abroad arrived

CoatbridgeScotland’s towns

Before 19711971–801981–901991–20002001–102011–132014–162017–192020–21

Main language · residents aged 3 and over

English is main language97%

CoatbridgeNorth Lanarkshire’s townsScotland’s towns

The figure for residents whose main language is English is 97% in Coatbridge and 94% across Scotland’s towns. Residents born outside the UK make up 11% across Scotland’s towns. The largest groups were born in EU countries (2.8%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.9%).

Ethnicity & religion

A smaller share of residents with no religion than 94% of UK towns: 29%

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

CoatbridgeNorth Lanarkshire’s townsScotland’s towns

Other White4.3%

Asian1.8%

Mixed0.7%

Black0.3%

Other0.3%

0%4%8%

White British, not charted: 93% of Coatbridge · North Lanarkshire’s towns 92% · Scotland’s towns 86%.

Religion · all residents

CoatbridgeNorth Lanarkshire’s townsScotland’s towns

No religion29%

Christian63%

Muslim1%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist0.4%

Other religion0.3%

Didn’t answer5.8%

0%35%70%

The groups that follow White British are Other White (4.3%), Pakistani (1%) and Mixed or multiple (0.7%). Residents with no religion make up 51% across Scotland’s towns. Where 86% of residents describe themselves as White British across Scotland’s towns, Coatbridge has 93%.

Relationships & caring

13% of residents give unpaid care, more than in 99% 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

Never married or in a civil partnership41%

Married or civil partnership41%

Separated2.9%

Divorced8.3%

Widowed7.4%

CoatbridgeNorth Lanarkshire’s townsScotland’s towns

5,380residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 13%, against 12% in Scotland’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 3 and over

Up to 19 hours a week6.3%

20 to 49 hours3.1%

50 hours or more3.8%

The share of adults who have never married is 41%, against 40% across Scotland’s towns. The wider picture: just over one in ten residents give unpaid care across Scotland’s towns. 1,554 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week. Married adults and civil partners are rarer here than in 88% of UK towns.

Qualifications

20% of adults hold a degree-level qualification

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2022.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications24%

Apprenticeship8.3%

Highers or similar10%

Degree level20%

CoatbridgeNorth Lanarkshire’s townsScotland’s towns

At degree level, Coatbridge counts 20% of its adults, against 32% across Scotland’s towns; at the other end, 24% have no qualification (17%). Many still at university: 10% list A levels as their highest qualification.

Towns its size

Among 164 UK towns of 30,000 to 57,000 people, the 59th oldest

Median age, Census 2022. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.

Coatbridge 42.6

CanterburyRustingtonHaywards Heath

264258

At the ends of the range sit Canterbury (27.5), the youngest, and Rustington (56.2), the oldest. Nearest to Coatbridge in age: Long Eaton (42.6), Bedworth (42.6), Leyland (42.7) and Camberley (42.7).

Neighbours

4 of the 7 nearest towns are older than Coatbridge

Nearby towns coloured by median age, Census 2022. Tap a town for its page.

BargeddieAirdrieViewparkGlenboigBellshillGartcoshUddingstonCoatbridge

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Coatbridge	42,256	—	42.6	17%	26%
Bargeddie	3,567	1.8 mi	38.2	13%	35%
Airdrie	35,847	2.3 mi	43	19%	26%
Viewpark	15,832	2.4 mi	43	18%	27%
Glenboig	3,035	2.6 mi	39.5	13%	33%
Bellshill	19,488	2.8 mi	43.9	19%	24%
Gartcosh	3,252	3.1 mi	36.2	10%	41%
Uddingston	6,181	3.2 mi	46.3	24%	23%

More about Coatbridge’s residents

Health, work and homes have their own pages

Health D⁻Life expectancy, early deaths and Census health, adjusted for age Work & commuteIncome, the claimant count, jobs and how people get to work Cost of living A⁺Owners and renters, prices, rents and council tax Schools B⁻Every primary and secondary, with results and inspections

How to read these numbers

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 Coatbridge’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 Coatbridge’s residents

What is the population of Coatbridge?

The 2022 Census counted 42,256 people in Coatbridge’s locality.

What is the average age in Coatbridge?

The median age was 42.6 at the 2022 Census, younger than 65% of UK towns. 12% of residents were 15 to 24 and 17% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Coatbridge?

93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2022, against 86% across Scotland’s towns and 92% across North Lanarkshire’s towns. 4.5% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Coatbridge?

29% said they had no religion and 63% that they were Christian at the 2022 Census; 1% were Muslim and 5.8% didn’t answer.

Is Coatbridge good for families?

26% of households had dependent children in 2022, against 24% across Scotland’s towns. Schools are on Coatbridge’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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