Photo: Michael Hanselmann · CC BY-SA 3.0Pitlochry is older than 97% of UK towns: a median age of 56.2
Across Scotland’s towns, nearly a quarter of households have dependent children; in Pitlochry, 17%. 6.5% of households live in a terraced house. Households in flats are more common here than in 92% of UK towns. The 2022 Census counted 2,694 residents in 1,344 households.
What the Census says about Pitlochry’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Pitlochry’s residents are under 56.2 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 35% are 65 or over, against 19% across Scotland’s towns. Ages ↓
More born abroad than anywhere else in Perth and Kinross
15% of residents were born outside the UK, against 10% across Perth and Kinross’ towns and 11% across Scotland’s towns. The largest groups were born in EU countries (10%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (2%). Where people were born ↓
Written from the data on this page: Scotland’s Census 2022 (output areas summed to the 2022 locality).
Residents aged 15 to 24: 5.9%, a lower share than 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2022.
The biggest five-year age group is 70–74, with 8.4% of residents, 1.7 times the share across Scotland’s towns. Few places have as many residents aged 65 and over: 35% here, more than in 97% of UK towns. As a reference point, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Scotland’s towns.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Pitlochry, 56.2. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 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.
A lower share of full-time students than 99% of UK towns, at 3%
What adults did at the 2022 Census (the NS-SEC classes).
Adults by occupation class · residents 16 and over
34% of Pitlochry’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 28% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 25% across Scotland’s towns. By way of comparison, 9.4% of adults are full-time students across Scotland’s towns.
Smaller households than 99% of UK towns: 1.9 people on average
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.
Two in five households are one person living alone; across Scotland’s towns the figure is 38%. Shared households of unrelated adults: 2.2% of the total.
In Pitlochry, 22% of households have no car or van, more than in 79% 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
Across Scotland’s towns, the share of households in detached houses is 18%; Pitlochry has 38%. What’s more, in one household in 5 there is no car or van, the 2nd highest share in Perth and Kinross.
Pitlochry ranks above 86% of UK towns on residents born outside the UK: 15%
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 20%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Of residents born abroad, 28% arrived in 2017 or later, against 34% across Scotland’s towns. 92% of residents have English as their main language. Across Scotland’s towns, the share of residents born outside the UK is 11%.
In Pitlochry, 47% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 86% 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: 86% of Pitlochry · Perth and Kinross’ towns 88% · Scotland’s towns 86%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents who describe themselves as Christian trails 83% of UK towns: 44%. Elsewhere, just over half of residents said they have no religion across Scotland’s towns. Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (11%), Mixed or multiple (1%) and Indian (0.2%). On residents who describe themselves as White British, Pitlochry sits lower than 77% of UK towns: 86%.
27% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, below 85% 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
Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 54. Married adults and civil partners are more common here than in 61% of UK towns. Set beside that, two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across Scotland’s towns. One in ten residents give unpaid care, against 12% across Scotland’s towns.
A degree-level qualification for 38% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2022.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
38% of Pitlochry’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 32% across Scotland’s towns; 14% have none (17%).
Of 515 UK towns its size (2,500 to 4,000 people), the 23rd oldest
Median age, Census 2022. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Keele (20.6), the youngest, and West Chiltington (63.1), the oldest. Nearest to Pitlochry in age: Tywyn (55.9), Hunmanby (56.2), Hoveton and Wroxham (56.4) and Broadway (56.5).
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Pitlochry’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 Pitlochry’s residents
What is the population of Pitlochry?
The 2022 Census counted 2,694 people in Pitlochry’s locality.
What is the average age in Pitlochry?
The median age was 56.2 at the 2022 Census, older than 97% of UK towns. 5.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 35% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Pitlochry?
86% of residents described themselves as White British in 2022, against 86% across Scotland’s towns and 88% across Perth and Kinross’ towns. 15% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Pitlochry?
47% said they had no religion and 44% that they were Christian at the 2022 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 8.1% didn’t answer.
Is Pitlochry good for families?
17% of households had dependent children in 2022, against 24% across Scotland’s towns. Schools are on Pitlochry’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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