Photo: Thomas Nugent · CC BY-SA 2.041% of households have dependent children, more than in 98% of UK towns
Residents with no religion: 47% here and 51% across Scotland’s towns. The 2022 Census counted 3,252 residents in 1,264 households. Census figures put households without a car or van at 7.9% in Gartcosh. Households in detached houses are more common here than in 90% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Gartcosh’s people
A town of families
41% of Gartcosh’s 1,264 households had dependent children in 2021, more than in 98% of UK towns and the highest share in North Lanarkshire. 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of Gartcosh’s residents are under 36.2 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 9.7% are 15 to 24 and 10% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Scotland’s Census 2022 (output areas summed to the 2022 locality).
A median age of 36.2: Gartcosh is younger than 93% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2022.
10% of residents are 65 or over (Scotland’s towns: 19%). The census found that 9.7% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Gartcosh.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Gartcosh, 36.2. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across Scotland, 51% of residents are women.
A larger share of full-time students than 90% of UK towns: 6.7%
What adults did at the 2022 Census (the NS-SEC classes).
Adults by occupation class · residents 16 and over
Across Scotland’s towns, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 25% in routine work; in Gartcosh, 45% and 16%. The wider picture: 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.
Gartcosh ranks below 98% of UK towns on one-person households: 20%
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.
The typical household size is 2.6 people, against 2.1 across Scotland’s towns. On the census count, 1.9% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. For one-person households, the comparison across Scotland’s towns is 38%.
Gartcosh sits above 61% of UK towns for households in flats (13%)
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
Locally, just over a fifth of households live in a terraced house. Households in flats make up 39% across Scotland’s towns.
Only 3.1% of Gartcosh’s residents were born outside the UK
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
99% of residents have English as their main language, against 94% across Scotland’s towns. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (1.3%) or in the Middle East and Asia (1%). Across Scotland’s towns, the share of residents born outside the UK is 11%.
94% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 70% 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: 94% of Gartcosh · North Lanarkshire’s towns 92% · Scotland’s towns 86%.
Religion · all residents
Christians make up 48% of residents, against 39% across Scotland’s towns. Behind White British, the largest groups are Other White (2.8%), Pakistani (0.9%) and Chinese (0.9%). Across Scotland’s towns, 86% of residents describe themselves as White British.
Married adults and civil partners make up 54% in Gartcosh, more than in 83% 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 66 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. Gartcosh has more adults who have never married than 63% of UK towns, at 34%. Across Scotland’s towns, just over two in five adults are married or in a civil partnership. One in ten residents give unpaid care, against 12% across Scotland’s towns.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 39% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2022.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
9.4% of Gartcosh’s adults have no qualification (17% across Scotland’s towns), and 39% have one at degree level (32%). Many still at university: 11% list A levels as their highest qualification.
Of 515 UK towns its size (2,500 to 4,000 people), the 23rd youngest
Median age, Census 2022. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
The youngest is Keele (20.6) and the oldest West Chiltington (63.1). Nearest to Gartcosh in age: Avonmouth (35.9), Keresley Newlands (36.1), Eastchurch (36.3) and Dunton Green (36.3).
The towns around Gartcosh are all older
Nearby towns coloured by median age, Census 2022. Tap a town for its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Homes with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gartcosh | 3,252 | — | 36.2 | 10% | 41% |
| Chryston | 3,257 | 1.3 mi | 45.4 | 22% | 28% |
| Glenboig | 3,035 | 1.4 mi | 39.5 | 13% | 33% |
| Moodiesburn | 6,706 | 1.6 mi | 43.1 | 18% | 26% |
| Stepps | 7,643 | 2.2 mi | 42.4 | 17% | 31% |
| Bargeddie | 3,567 | 2.2 mi | 38.2 | 13% | 35% |
| Coatbridge | 42,256 | 3.1 mi | 42.6 | 17% | 26% |
| Lenzie | 8,278 | 3.6 mi | 47.6 | 25% | 29% |
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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 Gartcosh’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 Gartcosh’s residents
What is the population of Gartcosh?
The 2022 Census counted 3,252 people in Gartcosh’s locality.
What is the average age in Gartcosh?
The median age was 36.2 at the 2022 Census, younger than 93% of UK towns. 9.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 10% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Gartcosh?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2022, against 86% across Scotland’s towns and 92% across North Lanarkshire’s towns. 3.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Gartcosh?
47% said they had no religion and 48% that they were Christian at the 2022 Census; 1.4% were Muslim and 4.4% didn’t answer.
Is Gartcosh good for families?
41% of households had dependent children in 2022, against 24% across Scotland’s towns. Schools are on Gartcosh’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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