Photo: Otter · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in flats: 26%, a higher share than 92% of UK towns
Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 57% here and 39% across Scotland’s towns. Bothwell is home to 7,002 residents in 3,129 households, by the 2022 Census. On the census count, 55% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. More one-person households than in nearly four fifths of UK towns: 34%.
Half of Bothwell is over 48, older than 74% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2022.
Just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 across Scotland’s towns, against 9% in Bothwell. On residents aged 65 and over, Bothwell sits higher than 70% of UK towns: 25%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Bothwell, 48. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 90 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.
Bothwell ranks above 87% of UK towns on full-time students: 6.3%
What adults did at the 2022 Census (the NS-SEC classes).
Adults by occupation class · residents 16 and over
47% of Bothwell’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 16% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 25% across Scotland’s towns. As a yardstick, 9.4% of adults are full-time students across Scotland’s towns.
The Census was taken on 20 March 2022, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Below 83% of UK towns: 1.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home
Household make-up at the 2022 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against South Lanarkshire’s towns and Scotland’s towns
People per household
Scotland’s towns.
At 24%, households with dependent children sit close to the figure across Scotland’s towns. Shared households of unrelated adults: 3.5% across Scotland’s towns, for comparison. Households here average 2.3 people each.
Households in detached houses make up 39% in Bothwell, more than in 74% 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 without a car or van: 16% of the total. 26% of households live in a flat, more than in 92% of UK towns; 39% in a detached house, against 18% across Scotland’s towns. At 19%, the share of households in terraced houses is in line with the figure across Scotland’s towns.
A lower share of residents born outside the UK than 62% of UK towns, at 5.2%
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
98% of residents have English as their main language, against 94% across Scotland’s towns. The largest groups were born in EU countries (1.8%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.8%). The comparison figure for residents born outside the UK is 11% across Scotland’s towns.
34% of residents said they have no religion, below 85% 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: 91% of Bothwell · South Lanarkshire’s towns 92% · Scotland’s towns 86%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 91%, against 86% across Scotland’s towns. The share of residents with no religion across Scotland’s towns is 51%. 1.7% of residents said their religion is Muslim.
A lower share of adults who have never married than 78% of UK towns, at 28%
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
Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 160. At 12%, the share of unpaid carers is higher than in 94% of UK towns. As a reference point, 40% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across Scotland’s towns.
42% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2022.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Bothwell, 42% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 32% across Scotland’s towns, while 14% have no qualification at all (17%). For 11%, Highers are the highest qualification so far, many of them students still working towards a degree.
141st oldest of 474 UK towns of 5,000 to 9,000 people
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 Red Lodge (30.9), the youngest, and Barton on Sea (65.3), the oldest. Nearest to Bothwell in age: Hartford (48), Bayston Hill (48), Bollington (48.1) and Prestwood and Great Missenden (48.1).
Bothwell is older than every town around it
Nearby towns coloured by median age, Census 2022. Tap a town for its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Homes with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bothwell | 7,002 | — | 48 | 25% | 24% |
| Uddingston | 6,181 | 1.1 mi | 46.3 | 24% | 23% |
| Blantyre | 16,534 | 1.3 mi | 45 | 21% | 24% |
| Viewpark | 15,832 | 1.6 mi | 43 | 18% | 27% |
| Bellshill | 19,488 | 2.2 mi | 43.9 | 19% | 24% |
| Hamilton | 55,171 | 2.6 mi | 42.6 | 19% | 26% |
| Cambuslang | 33,250 | 3.3 mi | 38.5 | 13% | 34% |
| Motherwell | 33,021 | 3.4 mi | 42 | 18% | 26% |
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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.
- “South Lanarkshire’s towns” and “Scotland’s towns” mean their towns. Census comparisons pool every locality in South Lanarkshire (or Scotland), summed the same way as Bothwell’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 Bothwell’s residents
What is the population of Bothwell?
The 2022 Census counted 7,002 people in Bothwell’s locality.
What is the average age in Bothwell?
The median age was 48 at the 2022 Census, older than 74% of UK towns. 9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Bothwell?
91% of residents described themselves as White British in 2022, against 86% across Scotland’s towns and 92% across South Lanarkshire’s towns. 5.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Bothwell?
34% said they had no religion and 57% that they were Christian at the 2022 Census; 1.7% were Muslim and 5.8% didn’t answer.
Is Bothwell good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2022, against 24% across Scotland’s towns. Schools are on Bothwell’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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