Photo: G Laird · CC BY-SA 2.0Above 99% of UK towns: 15% of residents give unpaid care
Households in flats: 17%, above just over three quarters of UK towns. At the 2022 Census Newarthill was home to 6,956 people in 2,954 households. The census found that 32% of households live in a terraced house in the town. Residents who describe themselves as Christian are more common here than in 83% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Newarthill’s people
Many carers
990 residents gave unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age in 2021, 15% of those 5 and over: more than in 99% of UK towns. Relationships & caring ↓
Written from the data on this page: Scotland’s Census 2022 (output areas summed to the 2022 locality).
A median age of 40.9: Newarthill is younger than 76% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2022.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 17%, against 19% across Scotland’s towns. 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Newarthill, 40.9. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across Scotland, 51% of residents are women.
Above 87% of UK towns: 6.3% of adults are full-time students
What adults did at the 2022 Census (the NS-SEC classes).
Adults by occupation class · residents 16 and over
Managerial and professional jobs account for 29% of Newarthill’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 29%, against 33% and 25% across Scotland’s towns. 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.
In Newarthill, 29% of households have dependent children, more than in 63% 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.
The typical household size is 2.3 people, against 2.1 across Scotland’s towns. On average, nearly a quarter of households have dependent children across Scotland’s towns. Across Newarthill, 1.9% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
More car-free households than 80% of UK towns: 22% in Newarthill
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 share of households in detached houses is 23%, against 18% across Scotland’s towns. To put it in context, 29% of households have no car or van across Scotland’s towns.
Newarthill sits below 66% of UK towns for residents born outside the UK (4.8%)
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
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (2.3%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.9%). 97% of residents have English as their main language, fewer than in 66% of UK towns. Elsewhere, just over one in ten residents were born outside the UK across Scotland’s towns. Across Scotland’s towns, just over a third of those born abroad arrived in 2017 or later; here, 13%.
No religion: 36% of residents, a lower share than 80% 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: 91% of Newarthill · North Lanarkshire’s towns 92% · Scotland’s towns 86%.
Religion · all residents
Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (3.8%), Pakistani (3.3%) and Mixed or multiple (0.7%). For comparison, 51% of residents said they have no religion across Scotland’s towns. Residents who describe themselves as White British: 91% here and 86% across Scotland’s towns.
More adults who have never married than 82% of UK towns: 38%
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
By its share of married adults and civil partners (45%), Newarthill is below 69% of UK towns. Adults who have never married make up 40% across Scotland’s towns. 289 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week.
Degree-level qualifications: 22% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2022.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
22% of Newarthill’s adults have no qualification (17% across Scotland’s towns), and 22% have one at degree level (32%). A levels top the qualifications of 11%, many of them students on the way to a degree.
94th lowest median age among 474 UK towns of 5,000 to 9,000
Median age, Census 2022. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Ages run from 30.9 in Red Lodge to 65.3 in Barton on Sea. Nearest to Newarthill in age: Whitnash (40.9), Shotton (40.9), East Leake (41) and Hawkinge (41.1).
Nearby, 4 of 7 towns have older populations than Newarthill
Nearby towns coloured by median age, Census 2022. Tap a town for its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Homes with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newarthill | 6,956 | — | 40.9 | 17% | 29% |
| Carfin | 4,427 | 0.8 mi | 34.4 | 7.9% | 39% |
| New Stevenston | 6,298 | 1 mi | 38.2 | 10% | 35% |
| Holytown | 5,121 | 1 mi | 41.4 | 17% | 25% |
| Cleland | 3,043 | 1.6 mi | 43.1 | 19% | 27% |
| Chapelhall | 7,061 | 1.8 mi | 39.9 | 14% | 34% |
| Motherwell | 33,021 | 2.4 mi | 42 | 18% | 26% |
| Bellshill | 19,488 | 2.6 mi | 43.9 | 19% | 24% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Newarthill’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 Newarthill’s residents
What is the population of Newarthill?
The 2022 Census counted 6,956 people in Newarthill’s locality.
What is the average age in Newarthill?
The median age was 40.9 at the 2022 Census, younger than 76% of UK towns. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 17% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Newarthill?
91% of residents described themselves as White British in 2022, against 86% across Scotland’s towns and 92% across North Lanarkshire’s towns. 4.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Newarthill?
36% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2022 Census; 3% were Muslim and 5.7% didn’t answer.
Is Newarthill good for families?
29% of households had dependent children in 2022, against 24% across Scotland’s towns. Schools are on Newarthill’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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