Photo: Mainlymazza · CC BY-SA 4.0More car-free households than 98% of UK towns: 35% in Burnfoot
Shared households of unrelated adults: 1.1%, below 99% of UK towns. Burnfoot’s 1,229 households held 2,797 residents at the 2022 Census. Households in detached houses account for 7.2%. Just over two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, a higher share than in 94% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Burnfoot’s people
More with no religion than most
65% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 27% Christian, against 51% and 39% across Scotland’s towns. Ethnicity & religion ↓
A town of families
35% of Burnfoot’s 1,229 households had dependent children in 2021, more than in 93% of UK towns and the highest share in Scottish Borders. 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of Burnfoot’s residents are under 38.5 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 13% are 15 to 24 and 16% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Scotland’s Census 2022 (output areas summed to the 2022 locality).
Burnfoot is younger than 87% of UK towns: a median age of 38.5
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2022.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 13% in Burnfoot and 12% across Scotland’s towns. 16% of residents are 65 or over.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Burnfoot, 38.5. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Across Scotland, 51% of residents are women.
A larger share of full-time students than 75% of UK towns: 5.5%
What adults did at the 2022 Census (the NS-SEC classes).
Adults by occupation class · residents 16 and over
By class, 13% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 45% in routine and semi-routine work (Scotland’s towns: 33% and 25%). Full-time students make up 9.4% across Scotland’s towns.
The Census was taken on 20 March 2022, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Burnfoot ranks above 93% of UK towns on households with dependent children: 35%
Household make-up at the 2022 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Scottish Borders’ towns and Scotland’s towns
People per household
Scotland’s towns.
A household here has 2.3 people on average; across Scotland’s towns, 2.1. As a yardstick, nearly a quarter of households have dependent children across Scotland’s towns. Census figures put one-person households at 36% in Burnfoot.
Households in flats make up 14% in Burnfoot, more than in 65% 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, 20% of households live in a terraced house. By way of comparison, 39% of households live in a flat or apartment across Scotland’s towns.
8.7% of residents were born outside the UK, a share 68% of UK towns don’t reach
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
Among those born abroad, the share arriving in 2017 or later is 16% (Scotland’s towns: 34%). Burnfoot has fewer residents whose main language is English than 78% of UK towns, at 95%. As a yardstick, 11% of residents were born outside the UK across Scotland’s towns. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (6.9%) and in Africa (0.8%).
Burnfoot sits above 99% of UK towns for residents with no religion (65%)
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 Burnfoot · Scottish Borders’ towns 93% · Scotland’s towns 86%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 27%, below 99% of UK towns. As a reference point, 51% of residents said they have no religion across Scotland’s towns. On the census count, nine in ten residents describe themselves as White British.
Below 96% of UK towns: 37% of adults are married or in a civil partnership
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
Nothing unusual on unpaid carers: 12%, close to the figure across Scotland’s towns. As a reference point, just over two in five adults are married or in a civil partnership across Scotland’s towns. The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 121.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 12%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2022.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 12% of adults in Burnfoot (Scotland’s towns: 32%), and no qualification by 32% (Scotland’s towns: 17%).
Of 515 UK towns its size (2,500 to 4,000 people), the 39th youngest
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 Burnfoot in age: Feltwell (38.5), Marden (38.5), Elsenham (38.6) and Locking (38.7).
Burnfoot is younger than every town around it
Nearby towns coloured by median age, Census 2022. Tap a town for its page.
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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.
- “Scottish Borders’ towns” and “Scotland’s towns” mean their towns. Census comparisons pool every locality in Scottish Borders (or Scotland), summed the same way as Burnfoot’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 Burnfoot’s residents
What is the population of Burnfoot?
The 2022 Census counted 2,797 people in Burnfoot’s locality.
What is the average age in Burnfoot?
The median age was 38.5 at the 2022 Census, younger than 87% of UK towns. 13% of residents were 15 to 24 and 16% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Burnfoot?
90% of residents described themselves as White British in 2022, against 86% across Scotland’s towns and 93% across Scottish Borders’ towns. 8.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Burnfoot?
65% said they had no religion and 27% that they were Christian at the 2022 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 6.4% didn’t answer.
Is Burnfoot good for families?
35% of households had dependent children in 2022, against 24% across Scotland’s towns. Schools are on Burnfoot’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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