Photo: Jim Barton · CC BY-SA 2.0Langlee ranks above 99% of UK towns on residents with no religion: 64%
Households in flats: 30%, above 95% of UK towns. Compared with other places, households in terraced houses are common here: 35%, more than in 90% of UK towns. Langlee had 3,530 residents and 1,679 households at the 2022 Census, with a median age of 39 (younger than 85% of UK towns). In Langlee, 38% of adults are married or in a civil partnership.
What the Census says about Langlee’s people
More with no religion than most
64% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 28% Christian, against 51% and 39% across Scotland’s towns. Ethnicity & religion ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of Langlee’s residents are under 39 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 10% 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).
Younger than 85% of UK towns: half of Langlee is under 39
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2022.
With residents aged 65 and over at 16%, Langlee is behind 86% of UK towns on that count. On the census count, 10% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Langlee, 39. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across Scotland, 51% of residents are women.
Langlee sits above 88% of UK towns for full-time students (6.4%)
What adults did at the 2022 Census (the NS-SEC classes).
Adults by occupation class · residents 16 and over
Managerial and professional jobs take in a quarter of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 34% (Scotland’s towns: 33% and 25%). Across Scotland’s towns, the share of full-time students is 9.4%.
The Census was taken on 20 March 2022, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Langlee 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 Scottish Borders’ towns and Scotland’s towns
People per household
Scotland’s towns.
Against a figure of 3.5% across Scotland’s towns, the share of shared households of unrelated adults in Langlee comes in at 1.9%. Higher than in 99% of UK towns: 40% of households are one person living alone. The share of households with dependent children stands at 28%.
Fewer households in detached houses than 85% of UK towns: 15%
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
Against a figure of 29% across Scotland’s towns, the share of households without a car or van in Langlee comes in at 31%. 30% of households live in a flat, more than in 95% of UK towns; 15% in a detached house, against 18% across Scotland’s towns.
8.9% of residents were born outside the UK, a share 69% 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
Of residents born abroad, 8.6% arrived in 2017 or later, against 34% across Scotland’s towns. The wider picture: 11% of residents were born outside the UK across Scotland’s towns. Residents whose main language is English: 95% of the total.
Below 99% of UK towns: 28% of residents describe themselves as Christian
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 Langlee · Scottish Borders’ towns 93% · Scotland’s towns 86%.
Religion · all residents
Set against 86% across Scotland’s towns, 90% of residents describe themselves as White British in Langlee. Leading the other groups after White British: Other White (7.5%), Mixed or multiple (1.3%) and Indian (0.4%). As a yardstick, nearly two in five residents describe themselves as Christian across Scotland’s towns.
Langlee: 41% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, above 92% 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
For 107 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. The share of adults who have never married across Scotland’s towns is 40%. On unpaid carers, Langlee sits higher than 96% of UK towns: 12%.
A degree-level qualification for 21% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2022.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Langlee, 21% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 32% across Scotland’s towns, while 21% have no qualification at all (17%). For 11%, Highers are the highest qualification so far, many of them students still working towards a degree.
Ranked by age, 71st youngest of 750 UK towns this size
Median age, Census 2022. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Bailrigg is the youngest (18.9); Milford on Sea the oldest (64.6). Nearest to Langlee in age: Lampeter (38.9), Brampton (39), Newington (39.1) and West Malling (39.1).
Every neighbour of Langlee 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Langlee | 3,530 | — | 39 | 16% | 28% |
| Galashiels | 10,071 | 1.4 mi | 45.3 | 23% | 19% |
| Selkirk | 4,669 | 5 mi | 51.7 | 30% | 17% |
| Innerleithen | 3,152 | 11.1 mi | 50.4 | 26% | 22% |
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 Langlee’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 Langlee’s residents
What is the population of Langlee?
The 2022 Census counted 3,530 people in Langlee’s locality.
What is the average age in Langlee?
The median age was 39 at the 2022 Census, younger than 85% of UK towns. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 16% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Langlee?
90% of residents described themselves as White British in 2022, against 86% across Scotland’s towns and 93% across Scottish Borders’ towns. 8.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Langlee?
64% said they had no religion and 28% that they were Christian at the 2022 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 6.6% didn’t answer.
Is Langlee good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2022, against 24% across Scotland’s towns. Schools are on Langlee’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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