Photo: Gordon Hatton · CC BY-SA 2.0More households in flats than 98% of UK towns: 36%
Here 56% of residents said they have no religion, where the figure across Scotland’s towns is 51%. For Jedburgh, the census puts households without a car or van at 25%. The median age here is 48.4, higher than in 77% of UK towns. The town’s 1,981 households held 4,131 residents at the 2022 Census.
Jedburgh: 25% of residents are 65 or over, above 75% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2022.
More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: 7.6% of residents. Jedburgh has fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 72% of UK towns, at 9.1%. On average, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Scotland’s towns. In Kelso, the oldest of Scottish Borders’ towns by this measure, it is 33%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Jedburgh, 48.4. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 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.
Fewer full-time students than 96% of UK towns: 3.4%
What adults did at the 2022 Census (the NS-SEC classes).
Adults by occupation class · residents 16 and over
23% of Jedburgh’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 36% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 25% across Scotland’s towns. The share of full-time students across Scotland’s towns is 9.4%.
A smaller share of shared households of unrelated adults than 99% of UK towns: 0.9%
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.
Households with dependent children make up 22%, against 24% across Scotland’s towns. On average, 2.1 people share a household. Higher than in 98% of UK towns: 39% of households are one person living alone. Across Scotland’s towns, 3.5% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
Households in detached houses: 18%, a lower share than 80% 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
Compared with other places, households in terraced houses are scarce here: 19%, fewer than in 55% of UK towns. 36% of households live in a flat, more than in 98% of UK towns; 18% in a detached house, against 18% across Scotland’s towns.
Jedburgh ranks above 74% of UK towns on residents whose main language is English: 99%
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
4.7% of residents were born outside the UK (Scotland’s towns: 11%). Set beside that, 94% of residents have English as their main language across Scotland’s towns. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (2.4%) or in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.7%).
Jedburgh: 94% of residents describe themselves as White British, above 70% 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: 94% of Jedburgh · Scottish Borders’ towns 93% · Scotland’s towns 86%.
Religion · all residents
Against a figure of 39% across Scotland’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian in Jedburgh comes in at 38%. Across Scotland’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British is 86%. Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (2.9%), Mixed or multiple (0.9%) and Chinese (0.3%).
Above 78% of UK towns: 10% of residents give unpaid care
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
108 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week. Fewer married adults and civil partners than in 58% of UK towns: 47%. On average, 12% of residents give unpaid care across Scotland’s towns. Here 32% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, where the figure across Scotland’s towns is 40%.
23% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2022.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across Scotland’s towns, 17% of adults have no qualification; in Jedburgh, 22%, while 23% hold one at degree level (32%).
250th oldest of 696 UK towns of 3,000 to 6,000 people
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 Sutton on Sea and Trusthorpe (64.7). Nearest to Jedburgh in age: Mayland (48.4), Windlesham (48.4), Bishopthorpe (48.5) and Gilberdyke (48.5).
Jedburgh sits below 2 of its 3 closest neighbours on median age
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
- “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 Jedburgh’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 Jedburgh’s residents
What is the population of Jedburgh?
The 2022 Census counted 4,131 people in Jedburgh’s locality.
What is the average age in Jedburgh?
The median age was 48.4 at the 2022 Census, older than 77% of UK towns. 9.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Jedburgh?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2022, against 86% across Scotland’s towns and 93% across Scottish Borders’ towns. 4.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Jedburgh?
56% said they had no religion and 38% that they were Christian at the 2022 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 5.4% didn’t answer.
Is Jedburgh good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2022, against 24% across Scotland’s towns. Schools are on Jedburgh’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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