Photo: Mike Quinn · CC BY-SA 2.0Unpaid carers make up 15% in Viewpark, more than in 99% of UK towns
Households in terraced houses make up 34%, against 19% across Scotland’s towns. At 56%, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is higher than in 84% of UK towns. Viewpark is home to 15,832 residents in 6,825 households, by the 2022 Census. Here, 24% of households have no car or van.
Viewpark is younger than 62% of UK towns: a median age of 43
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2022.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 18% in Viewpark and 19% across Scotland’s towns. Across Viewpark, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Viewpark, 43. 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.
In Viewpark, 7.3% of adults are full-time students, more than in 92% of UK towns
What adults did at the 2022 Census (the NS-SEC classes).
Adults by occupation class · residents 16 and over
Managerial and professional jobs take in 30% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 29% (Scotland’s towns: 33% and 25%). The wider picture: 9.4% of 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.
A higher share of one-person households than 67% of UK towns, at 32%
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.
Across Scotland’s towns, households average 2.1 people; in Viewpark, 2.3. The wider picture: 38% of households are one person living alone across Scotland’s towns. Here, 1.8% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. Households with dependent children are rarer here than in just over half of UK towns.
Viewpark: 14% of households live in a flat or apartment, above 67% of UK towns
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
Here 19% of households live in a detached house, where the figure across Scotland’s towns is 18%. The comparison figure for households in flats is 39% across Scotland’s towns.
3.9% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 79% of UK towns
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
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (1.7%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.2%). Viewpark has more residents whose main language is English than 55% of UK towns, at 98%. Across Scotland’s towns, just over one in ten residents were born outside the UK.
Viewpark sits below 78% of UK towns for residents with no religion (36%)
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 Viewpark · North Lanarkshire’s towns 92% · Scotland’s towns 86%.
Religion · all residents
1.4% of residents are Muslim. Few places have as many residents who describe themselves as White British: 94% here, more than in 64% of UK towns. As a reference point, 51% of residents said they have no religion across Scotland’s towns.
In Viewpark, 38% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, more than in 84% 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
557 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week. At 44%, the share of married adults and civil partners is lower than in 73% of UK towns. Adults who have never married make up 40% across Scotland’s towns.
24% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2022.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
24% of Viewpark’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 32% across Scotland’s towns; 22% have none (17%). Highers are as far as 11% have gone so far, many of them students midway to a degree.
Of 355 UK towns its size (11,000 to 21,000 people), the 140th youngest
Median age, Census 2022. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Ages run from 25 in Aberystwyth to 60.4 in Sidmouth. Nearest to Viewpark in age: Bredbury and Woodley (43), Wymondham (43), Watton (43.1) and Abbots Langley and Kings Langley (43.1).
Viewpark sits below 4 of its 7 closest neighbours on 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viewpark | 15,832 | — | 43 | 18% | 27% |
| Uddingston | 6,181 | 0.9 mi | 46.3 | 24% | 23% |
| Bothwell | 7,002 | 1.6 mi | 48 | 25% | 24% |
| Bellshill | 19,488 | 2 mi | 43.9 | 19% | 24% |
| Bargeddie | 3,567 | 2 mi | 38.2 | 13% | 35% |
| Coatbridge | 42,256 | 2.4 mi | 42.6 | 17% | 26% |
| Blantyre | 16,534 | 2.8 mi | 45 | 21% | 24% |
| Holytown | 5,121 | 3.6 mi | 41.4 | 17% | 25% |
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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 Viewpark’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 Viewpark’s residents
What is the population of Viewpark?
The 2022 Census counted 15,832 people in Viewpark’s locality.
What is the average age in Viewpark?
The median age was 43 at the 2022 Census, younger than 62% of UK towns. 12% of residents were 15 to 24 and 18% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Viewpark?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2022, against 86% across Scotland’s towns and 92% across North Lanarkshire’s towns. 3.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Viewpark?
36% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2022 Census; 1.4% were Muslim and 5.5% didn’t answer.
Is Viewpark good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2022, against 24% across Scotland’s towns. Schools are on Viewpark’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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