Photo: Anne Burgess · CC BY-SA 2.0Households in flats: 36%, a higher share than 98% of UK towns
At 2.1 people, the average household compares with 2.1 across Scotland’s towns. Uddingston is home to 6,181 residents in 2,865 households, by the 2022 Census. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 8.1%. Fewer shared households of unrelated adults than in 96% of UK towns: 1.3%.
24% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 67% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2022.
The median age in Uddingston is 46.3, higher than in 64% of UK towns. The largest age band is 55–59: 7.5% of residents. For comparison, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Scotland’s towns. In Biggar, the oldest of South Lanarkshire’s towns by this measure, it is 28%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Uddingston, 46.3. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% 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.
More students than 81% of UK towns: 5.8% of adults in Uddingston
What adults did at the 2022 Census (the NS-SEC classes).
Adults by occupation class · residents 16 and over
Managerial and professional jobs account for 45% of Uddingston’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 18%, against 33% and 25% across Scotland’s towns. On average, 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.
39% of households are one person living alone, more than in 98% of UK towns
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.
Where 24% of households have dependent children across Scotland’s towns, Uddingston has 23%. For comparison, 38% of households are one person living alone across Scotland’s towns.
A higher share of households without a car or van than 70% of UK towns, at 20%
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
Across Scotland’s towns, 19% of households live in a terraced house; in Uddingston, 22%. To put it in context, 29% of households have no car or van across Scotland’s towns. For Uddingston, the census puts households in detached houses at 32%.
Fewer residents born abroad than 86% of UK towns: 3.3%
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
Set against 94% across Scotland’s towns, 99% of residents have English as their main language in Uddingston. The wider picture: 11% of residents were born outside the UK across Scotland’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (1.5%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.7%).
Uddingston ranks above 87% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as Christian: 57%
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 Uddingston · South Lanarkshire’s towns 92% · Scotland’s towns 86%.
Religion · all residents
By its share of residents with no religion (37%), Uddingston is below just over three quarters of UK towns. In Uddingston, 94% of residents describe themselves as White British. For comparison, 39% of residents describe themselves as Christian across Scotland’s towns.
Uddingston ranks above 99% of UK towns on 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
In Uddingston, 49% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, beside 42% across Scotland’s towns. For unpaid carers, the comparison across Scotland’s towns is 12%. Across Uddingston, nearly a third of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 41%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2022.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 41% of Uddingston’s adults, against 32% across Scotland’s towns; 15% have no qualification (17%).
Among 625 UK towns of 4,000 to 8,000 people, the 291st oldest
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 Barton on Sea (65.3). Nearest to Uddingston in age: Rownhams and Nursling (46.3), Ottery St Mary (46.3), Millom (46.4) and Kirkburton (46.4).
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 1 are older than Uddingston
Nearby towns coloured by median age, Census 2022. Tap a town for its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Homes with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uddingston | 6,181 | — | 46.3 | 24% | 23% |
| Viewpark | 15,832 | 0.9 mi | 43 | 18% | 27% |
| Bothwell | 7,002 | 1.1 mi | 48 | 25% | 24% |
| Blantyre | 16,534 | 2 mi | 45 | 21% | 24% |
| Bellshill | 19,488 | 2.5 mi | 43.9 | 19% | 24% |
| Bargeddie | 3,567 | 2.5 mi | 38.2 | 13% | 35% |
| Cambuslang | 33,250 | 2.9 mi | 38.5 | 13% | 34% |
| Coatbridge | 42,256 | 3.2 mi | 42.6 | 17% | 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 Uddingston’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 Uddingston’s residents
What is the population of Uddingston?
The 2022 Census counted 6,181 people in Uddingston’s locality.
What is the average age in Uddingston?
The median age was 46.3 at the 2022 Census, older than 64% of UK towns. 8.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Uddingston?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2022, against 86% across Scotland’s towns and 92% across South Lanarkshire’s towns. 3.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Uddingston?
37% said they had no religion and 57% that they were Christian at the 2022 Census; 0.7% were Muslim and 5.7% didn’t answer.
Is Uddingston good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2022, against 24% across Scotland’s towns. Schools are on Uddingston’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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