Photo: M J Richardson · CC BY-SA 2.0More households in flats than 95% of UK towns: 30%
At 2.1 people, the average household compares with 2.1 across Scotland’s towns. There were 3,422 households in Crieff at the 2022 Census, home to 7,136 residents. Shared households of unrelated adults: 1.5% of the total. Fewer residents who describe themselves as Christian than in 90% of UK towns: 41%.
What the Census says about Crieff’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Crieff’s residents are under 50.1 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 27% are 65 or over, against 19% across Scotland’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Scotland’s Census 2022 (output areas summed to the 2022 locality).
A median age of 50.1: Crieff is older than 85% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2022.
Across Scotland’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 12%; Crieff has 8.6%. For Crieff, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 27%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Crieff, 50.1. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Across Scotland, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Full-time students make up 4.9% in Crieff, more than in 55% of UK towns
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 or semi-routine work; Crieff has 35% and 24%. Full-time students make up 9.4% across Scotland’s towns.
22% of households have dependent children, below 88% of UK towns
Household make-up at the 2022 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Perth and Kinross’ towns and Scotland’s towns
People per household
Scotland’s towns.
On one-person households, 38% here is much the same as across Scotland’s towns. The usual figure: nearly a quarter of households have dependent children across Scotland’s towns.
Crieff sits below 79% of UK towns for households in terraced houses (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
Across Scotland’s towns, 18% of households live in a detached house; in Crieff, 36%. By way of comparison, 19% of households live in a terraced house across Scotland’s towns. One household in every 5 has no car or van.
Below 67% of UK towns: 97% of residents have English as their main language
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
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (4.7%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.7%). At 9.7%, the share of residents born outside the UK is higher than in 73% of UK towns. On average, 94% of residents have English as their main language across Scotland’s towns. 20% of those born abroad arrived in 2017 or later, against 34% across Scotland’s towns.
Crieff: 50% of residents said they have no religion, above 93% 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 Crieff · Perth and Kinross’ towns 88% · Scotland’s towns 86%.
Religion · all residents
Behind White British, the largest groups are Other White (6.9%), Mixed or multiple (0.7%) and Pakistani (0.4%). Compared with other places, residents who describe themselves as White British are scarce here: 91%, fewer than in 59% of UK towns. The share of residents with no religion across Scotland’s towns is 51%.
Fewer adults who have never married than 66% of UK towns: 30%
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
Nearly half of adults are married or in a civil partnership (Scotland’s towns: 42%). More unpaid carers than in 97% of UK towns: 12%. Across Scotland’s towns, 40% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 37% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2022.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 37% of Crieff’s adults, against 32% across Scotland’s towns; 14% have no qualification (17%).
83rd highest median age among 539 UK towns of 5,000 to 10,000
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 Crieff in age: Henfield (50), Breaston and Draycott (50.1), Broseley (50.2) and Midhurst (50.2).
The places around Crieff
Nearby towns coloured by median age, Census 2022. Tap a town for its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Homes with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crieff | 7,136 | — | 50.1 | 27% | 22% |
| Auchterarder | 6,058 | 7.3 mi | 47.8 | 26% | 25% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Perth and Kinross’ towns” and “Scotland’s towns” mean their towns. Census comparisons pool every locality in Perth and Kinross (or Scotland), summed the same way as Crieff’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 Crieff’s residents
What is the population of Crieff?
The 2022 Census counted 7,136 people in Crieff’s locality.
What is the average age in Crieff?
The median age was 50.1 at the 2022 Census, older than 85% of UK towns. 8.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Crieff?
91% of residents described themselves as White British in 2022, against 86% across Scotland’s towns and 88% across Perth and Kinross’ towns. 9.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Crieff?
50% said they had no religion and 41% that they were Christian at the 2022 Census; 0.6% were Muslim and 7.5% didn’t answer.
Is Crieff good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2022, against 24% across Scotland’s towns. Schools are on Crieff’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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