Cairns Road, Cambuslang Old Parish Church Including Churchyard, Boundary Walls, Gates and Gatepiers · Photo: Iroberts696 · CC BY-SA 4.0In Cambuslang, 13% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 94% of UK towns
With households in flats at 27%, Cambuslang is ahead of 93% of UK towns on that count. The 2022 Census put the town’s population at 33,250, in 13,646 households. Households without a car or van account for 21%. Compared with other places, residents with no religion are common here: 44%, more than in 73% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Cambuslang’s people
A town of families
34% of Cambuslang’s 13,646 households had dependent children in 2021, more than in 91% of UK towns and the highest share in South Lanarkshire. 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of Cambuslang’s residents are under 38.5 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 11% are 15 to 24 and 13% 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 87% of UK towns: half of Cambuslang is under 38.5
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2022.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 11%, against 12% across Scotland’s towns. 35–39 is the most common age band: nearly one in ten residents.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Cambuslang, 38.5. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across Scotland, 51% of residents are women.
A student town: 7.4% of adults study full-time
What adults did at the 2022 Census (the NS-SEC classes).
Adults by occupation class · residents 16 and over
Across Scotland’s towns, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 25% in routine work; in Cambuslang, 36% and 23%. The comparison figure for full-time students is 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.
A higher share of households with dependent children than 91% of UK towns, at 34%
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.
1.8% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home; across Scotland’s towns the figure is 3.5%. On average, 24% of households have dependent children across Scotland’s towns. The average household has 2.4 people.
In Cambuslang, 15% of households live in a terraced house, fewer than in 71% 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
27% of households live in a flat, more than in 93% of UK towns; 29% in a detached house, against 18% across Scotland’s towns. As a yardstick, nearly a fifth of households live in a terraced house across Scotland’s towns.
Residents whose main language is English make up 97% in Cambuslang, less than in 67% of UK towns
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
Recent arrivals (2017 or later) make up 18% of those born abroad (Scotland’s towns: 34%). The benchmark for residents whose main language is English across Scotland’s towns: 94%. On the census count, 7% of residents were born outside the UK.
44% of residents describe themselves as Christian, fewer than in 80% 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: 88% of Cambuslang · South Lanarkshire’s towns 92% · Scotland’s towns 86%.
Religion · all residents
Muslims make up 4.1% of residents. 88% of residents describe themselves as White British, fewer than in 71% of UK towns. Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 39% across Scotland’s towns.
38% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, a share 81% of UK towns don’t reach
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
Just over one in ten residents give unpaid care across Scotland’s towns, against 13% in Cambuslang. The share of adults who have never married across Scotland’s towns is 40%. In Cambuslang, 48% of adults are married or in a civil partnership.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 30%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2022.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
17% of Cambuslang’s adults have no qualification (17% across Scotland’s towns), and 30% have one at degree level (32%). The highest qualification of 11% is A levels, often students still at university.
30th lowest median age among 213 UK towns of 23,000 to 45,000
Median age, Census 2022. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Ages run from 30.3 in Hatfield to 56.2 in Rustington. Nearest to Cambuslang in age: Skelmersdale (38.4), Thetford (38.5), Falmouth (38.6) and Heywood (38.7).
Cambuslang and its 7 nearest towns: 6 of them are older
Nearby towns coloured by median age, Census 2022. Tap a town for its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Homes with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cambuslang | 33,250 | — | 38.5 | 13% | 34% |
| Rutherglen | 31,185 | 2.1 mi | 46.1 | 23% | 21% |
| Blantyre | 16,534 | 2.8 mi | 45 | 21% | 24% |
| Uddingston | 6,181 | 2.9 mi | 46.3 | 24% | 23% |
| Bothwell | 7,002 | 3.3 mi | 48 | 25% | 24% |
| Viewpark | 15,832 | 3.6 mi | 43 | 18% | 27% |
| East Kilbride | 76,626 | 4.1 mi | 43.9 | 19% | 25% |
| Bargeddie | 3,567 | 4.2 mi | 38.2 | 13% | 35% |
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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 Cambuslang’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 Cambuslang’s residents
What is the population of Cambuslang?
The 2022 Census counted 33,250 people in Cambuslang’s locality.
What is the average age in Cambuslang?
The median age was 38.5 at the 2022 Census, younger than 87% of UK towns. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 13% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Cambuslang?
88% of residents described themselves as White British in 2022, against 86% across Scotland’s towns and 92% across South Lanarkshire’s towns. 7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Cambuslang?
44% said they had no religion and 44% that they were Christian at the 2022 Census; 4.1% were Muslim and 5.7% didn’t answer.
Is Cambuslang good for families?
34% of households had dependent children in 2022, against 24% across Scotland’s towns. Schools are on Cambuslang’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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