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45.4Median age

Who lives here · Scotland’s Census 2022

Households in terraced houses: 30%, a higher share than 82% of UK towns

34% of households are one person living alone, against 38% across Scotland’s towns. More households without a car or van than in 75% of UK towns: 21%. Harthill’s 1,202 households held 2,613 residents at the 2022 Census. The share of unpaid carers stands at 14%.

20%aged 65 or over 5.1%born abroad 1,202households

Ages

Fewer young people than 77% of UK towns: 8.9% are 15 to 24

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

HarthillScotland’s towns

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

Compared with 19% across Scotland’s towns, a fifth of residents are 65 or over here. By contrast, the median age in Harthill is 45.4, higher than in 57% of UK towns. To put it in context, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Scotland’s towns.

Median age of UK towns of 2,500+

2535455565

■ Harthill, 45.4. The typical town is 44.4.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1516%

15 to 248.9%

25 to 4425%

45 to 6430%

65 and over20%

HarthillNorth Lanarkshire’s townsScotland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

Harthill

Scotland

WomenMen

About an even split. Across Scotland, 51% of residents are women.

Students & newcomers

Full-time students make up 4.2% in Harthill, less than in 76% of UK towns

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

Adults by occupation class · residents 16 and over

Full-time students4.2%

Higher managerial and professional6.8%

Lower managerial and professional16%

Intermediate12%

Small employers and self-employed7.5%

Supervisory and technical8.3%

Semi-routine13%

Routine24%

Never worked or long-term unemployed8.8%

HarthillNorth Lanarkshire’s townsScotland’s towns

Nearly a quarter of Harthill’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 37% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 25% across Scotland’s towns. By way of comparison, nearly one in ten adults are full-time students across Scotland’s towns.

Households

1.6% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, fewer than in 89% of UK towns

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

Living alone, 66+ 14%Living alone, under 66 20%Families with dependent children 24%Couples and families, no young children 40%Shared houses and other 1.6%

Against North Lanarkshire’s towns and Scotland’s towns

Harthill

North Lanarkshire’s towns

Scotland’s towns

People per household

1 person34%

2 people34%

3 people18%

4 people9.7%

5 or more4.7%

Scotland’s towns.

There is little gap on households with dependent children: 24%, about the same as across Scotland’s towns. By way of comparison, 3.5% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across Scotland’s towns. A household here holds 2.2 people on average.

Homes & cars

Harthill sits below 82% of UK towns for households in detached houses (16%)

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

Type of home

Harthill

North Lanarkshire’s towns

Scotland’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van21%

One43%

Two28%

Three or more8.5%

HarthillNorth Lanarkshire’s townsScotland’s towns

Flats are home to 15% of households, against 39% across Scotland’s towns. Set beside that, 18% of households live in a detached house across Scotland’s towns.

Where people were born

A smaller share of residents born outside the UK than 63% of UK towns: 5.1%

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%

Harthill

5.2%

North Lanarkshire’s towns

5.2%

Scotland’s towns

11%

EU countriesRest of EuropeMiddle East and AsiaAfricaAmericas, Oceania, other

When those born abroad arrived

HarthillScotland’s towns

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

Main language · residents aged 3 and over

English is main language97%

HarthillNorth Lanarkshire’s townsScotland’s towns

The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (2.5%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.5%). 97% of residents have English as their main language, a lower share than in 60% of UK towns. Residents born outside the UK make up 11% across Scotland’s towns.

Ethnicity & religion

More residents with no religion than 72% of UK towns: 44%

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

HarthillNorth Lanarkshire’s townsScotland’s towns

Other White2.9%

Asian2.7%

Mixed0.4%

Black0%

Other0.7%

0%4%8%

White British, not charted: 94% of Harthill · North Lanarkshire’s towns 92% · Scotland’s towns 86%.

Religion · all residents

HarthillNorth Lanarkshire’s townsScotland’s towns

No religion44%

Christian48%

Muslim1.9%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist0.5%

Other religion0.5%

Didn’t answer5.1%

0%30%60%

1.9% of residents are Muslim. Harthill has more residents who describe themselves as White British than 62% of UK towns, at 94%. To put it in context, just over half of residents said they have no religion across Scotland’s towns. Across Scotland’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is 39%; Harthill has 48%.

Relationships & caring

Harthill sits above 69% of UK towns for adults who have never married (35%)

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 partnership35%

Married or civil partnership42%

Separated2.7%

Divorced10%

Widowed8.6%

HarthillNorth Lanarkshire’s townsScotland’s towns

348residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 14%, against 12% in Scotland’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 3 and over

Up to 19 hours a week7.1%

20 to 49 hours3%

50 hours or more4.2%

At 42%, married adults and civil partners sit close to the figure across Scotland’s towns. Across Scotland’s towns, two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership. 105 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week.

Qualifications

The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 15%

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2022.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications27%

Apprenticeship8.6%

Highers or similar9.7%

Degree level15%

HarthillNorth Lanarkshire’s townsScotland’s towns

In Harthill, 15% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 32% across Scotland’s towns, while 27% have no qualification at all (17%).

Towns its size

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.

Harthill 45.4

KeeleWest ChiltingtonPen-pedair-heol

194265

At the ends of the range sit Keele (20.6), the youngest, and West Chiltington (63.1), the oldest. Nearest to Harthill in age: Cuckfield (45.4), Pwllheli (45.4), East Goscote (45.5) and Pangbourne (45.5).

Neighbours

The towns around Harthill are all younger

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

WhitburnFauldhouseArmadaleShottsBlackburnBathgateNewmainsHarthill

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Harthill	2,613	—	45.4	20%	24%
Whitburn	11,772	2.4 mi	40.7	18%	26%
Fauldhouse	4,587	2.9 mi	44.6	19%	25%
Armadale	12,590	3.2 mi	40.4	16%	32%
Shotts	8,794	3.3 mi	41.8	18%	26%
Blackburn	5,263	5.1 mi	42.4	19%	24%
Bathgate	22,229	5.2 mi	40.4	15%	29%
Newmains	5,364	6.9 mi	41.5	19%	27%

More about Harthill’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 AEvery primary and secondary, with results and inspections

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

“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 Harthill’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 Harthill’s residents

What is the population of Harthill?

The 2022 Census counted 2,613 people in Harthill’s locality.

What is the average age in Harthill?

The median age was 45.4 at the 2022 Census, older than 57% of UK towns. 8.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 20% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Harthill?

94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2022, against 86% across Scotland’s towns and 92% across North Lanarkshire’s towns. 5.1% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Harthill?

44% said they had no religion and 48% that they were Christian at the 2022 Census; 1.9% were Muslim and 5.1% didn’t answer.

Is Harthill good for families?

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