Photo: Andrew Curtis · CC BY-SA 2.0Eyemouth: 56% of residents said they have no religion, above 98% of UK towns
Flats are home to 20% of households, against 39% across Scotland’s towns. Eyemouth’s 1,684 households held 3,698 residents at the 2022 Census. For Eyemouth, the census puts households in terraced houses at 30%. On one-person households, Eyemouth sits higher than 78% of UK towns: 33%.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 66% of UK towns: 24%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2022.
Half of Eyemouth’s residents are over 45, older than in 54% of UK towns. Typically, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Scotland’s towns. Locally, 10% of residents are aged 15 to 24. In Kelso, the oldest of Scottish Borders’ towns by this measure, it is 33%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Eyemouth, 45. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 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 smaller share of full-time students than 81% of UK towns: 4.1%
What adults did at the 2022 Census (the NS-SEC classes).
Adults by occupation class · residents 16 and over
In Eyemouth, just over a fifth of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 38% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 25% across Scotland’s towns. Set beside that, nearly one in ten adults are full-time students across Scotland’s towns.
Smaller households than 84% of UK towns: 2.2 people on average
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.
Shared households of unrelated adults make up 2%, against 3.5% across Scotland’s towns. 27% of households have dependent children.
24% of households have no car or van, more than in 84% 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
Households in detached houses: 22% here and 18% across Scotland’s towns. Across Scotland’s towns, the share of households without a car or van is 29%.
A larger share of residents born outside the UK than 60% of UK towns: 7.5%
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
95% of residents have English as their main language (Scotland’s towns: 94%). By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (5.6%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.7%). Across Scotland’s towns, the share of residents born outside the UK is 11%.
Only 35% of residents describe themselves as Christian in Eyemouth
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: 93% of Eyemouth · Scottish Borders’ towns 93% · Scotland’s towns 86%.
Religion · all residents
In Eyemouth, 93% of residents describe themselves as White British, beside 86% across Scotland’s towns. The usual figure: 39% of residents describe themselves as Christian across Scotland’s towns. Besides White British, the main groups are Other White (6.1%), Mixed or multiple (0.7%) and Pakistani (0.2%).
Eyemouth sits above 99% of UK towns for unpaid carers (13%)
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
A third of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, against 40% across Scotland’s towns. In Eyemouth, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. Across the comparison, 12% of residents give unpaid care across Scotland’s towns.
Qualified to degree level: 19% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2022.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 19% of Eyemouth’s adults, against 32% across Scotland’s towns; 24% have no qualification (17%).
192nd lowest median age among 531 UK towns of 3,000 to 5,000
Median age, Census 2022. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
The youngest is Bailrigg (18.9) and the oldest Milford on Sea (64.6). Nearest to Eyemouth in age: Brookmans Park (45), Glanaman (45), Sunniside (45.1) and Whittle-le-Woods (45.1).
Every neighbour of Eyemouth has an older population
Nearby towns coloured by median age, Census 2022. Tap a town for its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Homes with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eyemouth | 3,698 | — | 45 | 24% | 27% |
| Berwick-upon-Tweed | 13,181 | 8.1 mi | 49 | 27% | 23% |
| Duns | 3,117 | 11.7 mi | 49.9 | 27% | 22% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “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 Eyemouth’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 Eyemouth’s residents
What is the population of Eyemouth?
The 2022 Census counted 3,698 people in Eyemouth’s locality.
What is the average age in Eyemouth?
The median age was 45 at the 2022 Census, older than 54% of UK towns. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Eyemouth?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2022, against 86% across Scotland’s towns and 93% across Scottish Borders’ towns. 7.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Eyemouth?
56% said they had no religion and 35% that they were Christian at the 2022 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 7.6% didn’t answer.
Is Eyemouth good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2022, against 24% across Scotland’s towns. Schools are on Eyemouth’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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