Photo: Lis Burke · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 91% of UK towns: half of Scone is over 51.5
Against a figure of 38% across Scotland’s towns, the share of one-person households in Scone comes in at 35%. Across Scone, just over a fifth of households have dependent children. On households in detached houses, Scone sits higher than 80% of UK towns: 42%. Census day 2021: 5,219 residents and 2,472 households in the town.
What the Census says about Scone’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Scone’s residents are under 51.5 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 32% 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).
32% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 94% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2022.
More residents are 70–74 than any other five-year age: 7.9% of residents, 1.6 times the share across Scotland’s towns. Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than in 91% of UK towns: 8.2%. Typically, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Scotland’s towns.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Scone, 51.5. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 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.
Scone ranks below 72% of UK towns on full-time students: 4.3%
What adults did at the 2022 Census (the NS-SEC classes).
Adults by occupation class · residents 16 and over
Across Scotland’s towns, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 25% in routine or semi-routine work; Scone has 40% and 22%. Elsewhere, 9.4% of adults are full-time students across Scotland’s towns.
Scone households average 2.1 people, smaller than in 91% 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.
Shared households of unrelated adults: 1.2%, below 98% of UK towns.
A lower share of households in terraced houses than 75% of UK towns, at 14%
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
Where 39% of households live in a flat or apartment across Scotland’s towns, Scone has 14%. In Scone, nearly a fifth of households have no car or van.
Scone sits below 79% of UK towns for residents born outside the UK (3.9%)
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
Arrivals from 2017 on account for 15% of residents born abroad, beside 34% across Scotland’s towns. 98% of residents have English as their main language. The share of residents born outside the UK across Scotland’s towns is 11%.
Residents who describe themselves as White British: 96%, a higher share than 83% 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: 96% of Scone · Perth and Kinross’ towns 88% · Scotland’s towns 86%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the largest groups are Other White (2.6%), Mixed or multiple (0.8%) and Arab (0.3%). Just over two in five residents describe themselves as Christian, fewer than in 91% of UK towns. Residents who describe themselves as White British: 86% across Scotland’s towns, for comparison. Across Scotland’s towns, 51% of residents said they have no religion; in Scone, 52%.
Adults who have never married: 27%, a lower share than 86% 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
The share of unpaid carers is 13%, against 12% across Scotland’s towns. Locally, 53% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. By way of comparison, two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across Scotland’s towns.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 35% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2022.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across Scotland’s towns, 32% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Scone, 35%, and 14% have none, against 17%.
Ranked by age, 67th oldest of 517 UK towns this size
Median age, Census 2022. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Ages run from 18.9 in Bailrigg to 65.3 in Barton on Sea. Nearest to Scone in age: Keyworth (51.2), Kingsbridge (51.2), Saltford (51.6) and Brampton (51.8).
The towns around Scone are all younger
Nearby towns coloured by median age, Census 2022. Tap a town for its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Homes with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scone | 5,219 | — | 51.5 | 32% | 22% |
| Perth | 47,885 | 2.4 mi | 42.6 | 20% | 22% |
| Bridge of Earn | 2,917 | 5.3 mi | 46.8 | 26% | 27% |
| Blairgowrie | 9,439 | 11.8 mi | 50.3 | 30% | 21% |
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 Scone’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 Scone’s residents
What is the population of Scone?
The 2022 Census counted 5,219 people in Scone’s locality.
What is the average age in Scone?
The median age was 51.5 at the 2022 Census, older than 91% of UK towns. 8.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 32% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Scone?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2022, against 86% across Scotland’s towns and 88% across Perth and Kinross’ towns. 3.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Scone?
52% said they had no religion and 41% that they were Christian at the 2022 Census; 0.5% were Muslim and 6% didn’t answer.
Is Scone good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2022, against 24% across Scotland’s towns. Schools are on Scone’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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