Photo: Chris Upson · CC BY-SA 2.0A lower share of households in terraced houses than 89% of UK towns, at 10%
Households with dependent children: 31% here and 24% across Scotland’s towns. Census figures put married adults and civil partners at 54% in Stepps. The town has more households in flats than just over four fifths of UK towns, at 19%. 7,643 residents in 3,187 households: that is Stepps at the 2022 Census.
17% of residents are 65 or over, below 83% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2022.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 10%, against 12% across Scotland’s towns. On average, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Scotland’s towns. 40–44 is the most common age band: 7.8% of residents. With a median age of 42.4, Stepps is younger than 66% of UK towns.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Stepps, 42.4. 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.
7% of adults are full-time students, more than in 91% of UK towns
What adults did at the 2022 Census (the NS-SEC classes).
Adults by occupation class · residents 16 and over
42% of Stepps’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 18% 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.
Below 93% of UK towns: 1.4% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home
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.
In Stepps the average household is 2.4 people, beside 2.1 across Scotland’s towns. Across Scotland’s towns, 3.5% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. Here, 28% of households are one person living alone.
Stepps ranks above 72% of UK towns on households in detached houses: 38%
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
Compared with 29% across Scotland’s towns, 13% of households have no car or van here. The usual figure: 18% of households live in a detached house across Scotland’s towns.
A smaller share of residents born outside the UK than 58% of UK towns: 5.6%
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
13% of the town’s residents born abroad came in 2017 or later, set against 34% across Scotland’s towns. Measured more widely, just over one in ten residents were born outside the UK across Scotland’s towns. The largest groups were born in the Middle East and Asia (2.9%) and in EU countries (1.5%). Compared with other places, residents whose main language is English are common here: 98%, more than in 54% of UK towns.
A lower White British share than 62% of UK towns: 90% of residents
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: 90% of Stepps · North Lanarkshire’s towns 92% · Scotland’s towns 86%.
Religion · all residents
Beyond White British, the biggest groups are Pakistani (2.6%), Other White (2.5%) and Chinese (1.7%). Stepps has fewer residents who describe themselves as Christian than 57% of UK towns, at 49%. Measured more widely, 86% of residents describe themselves as White British across Scotland’s towns. Across Scotland’s towns, 51% of residents said they have no religion; here, 40%.
Unpaid carers: 13%, a higher share than 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
Unpaid care given · share of residents 3 and over
186 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week. Across Scotland’s towns, just over one in ten residents give unpaid care. At 31%, the share of adults who have never married is lower than in 60% of UK towns.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 35%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2022.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 35% of adults in Stepps (Scotland’s towns: 32%), and no qualification by 14% (Scotland’s towns: 17%). Students still working towards a degree help explain why Highers are the highest qualification of 11%.
Of 539 UK towns its size (5,000 to 10,000 people), the 148th youngest
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 Stepps in age: Pontardawe (42.2), Higham Ferrers (42.4), Hethersett (42.5) and Dursley (42.5).
Around Stepps, 5 of 7 towns have a higher median age
Nearby towns coloured by median age, Census 2022. Tap a town for its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Homes with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stepps | 7,643 | — | 42.4 | 17% | 31% |
| Chryston | 3,257 | 1.7 mi | 45.4 | 22% | 28% |
| Gartcosh | 3,252 | 2.2 mi | 36.2 | 10% | 41% |
| Lenzie | 8,278 | 2.4 mi | 47.6 | 25% | 29% |
| Moodiesburn | 6,706 | 2.9 mi | 43.1 | 18% | 26% |
| Bishopbriggs | 23,759 | 3.1 mi | 45.8 | 23% | 27% |
| Bargeddie | 3,567 | 3.3 mi | 38.2 | 13% | 35% |
| Kirkintilloch | 22,013 | 3.5 mi | 43.7 | 20% | 26% |
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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 Stepps’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 Stepps’s residents
What is the population of Stepps?
The 2022 Census counted 7,643 people in Stepps’s locality.
What is the average age in Stepps?
The median age was 42.4 at the 2022 Census, younger than 66% of UK towns. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 17% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Stepps?
90% of residents described themselves as White British in 2022, against 86% across Scotland’s towns and 92% across North Lanarkshire’s towns. 5.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Stepps?
40% said they had no religion and 49% that they were Christian at the 2022 Census; 2.6% were Muslim and 7% didn’t answer.
Is Stepps good for families?
31% of households had dependent children in 2022, against 24% across Scotland’s towns. Schools are on Stepps’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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