Photo: Kenneth C. Zirkel · CC BY 4.0A median age of 51.1: Callander is older than 90% of UK towns
Across Scotland’s towns, the share of households in flats is 39%; Callander has 22%. More residents with no religion than in 98% of UK towns: 54%. In 2021, the Census found 3,149 residents locally, living in 1,503 households. Census figures put unpaid carers at 14% locally.
What the Census says about Callander’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Callander’s residents are under 51.1 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 29% are 65 or over, against 19% across Scotland’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Scotland’s Census 2022 (output areas summed to the 2022 locality).
Fewer young people than 94% of UK towns: 7.9% are 15 to 24
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2022.
More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: nearly one in ten residents. Set beside that, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Scotland’s towns. Callander has more residents aged 65 and over than 87% of UK towns, at 29%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Callander, 51.1. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 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.
Callander ranks above 66% of UK towns on full-time students: 5.2%
What adults did at the 2022 Census (the NS-SEC classes).
Adults by occupation class · residents 16 and over
In Callander, 38% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 23% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 25% across Scotland’s towns. The wider picture: 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.
Households here average 2.1 people, below 94% of UK towns
Household make-up at the 2022 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Stirling’s towns and Scotland’s towns
People per household
Scotland’s towns.
One-person households are about as common here as across Scotland’s towns: 38%. For Callander, the census puts households with dependent children at 22%. Compared with other places, shared households of unrelated adults are scarce here: 1.7%, fewer than in 83% of UK towns.
Above 70% of UK towns: 19% of households have no car or van
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 in terraced houses: 16%, below nearly two thirds of UK towns. About one household in 5 lives without a car or van. On households in detached houses, Callander sits higher than 67% of UK towns: 36%.
More residents born outside the UK than 55% of UK towns: 6.9%
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, 22% arrived in 2017 or later, against 34% across Scotland’s towns. Typically, just over one in ten residents were born outside the UK across Scotland’s towns. The largest groups were born in EU countries (3.9%) and in Africa (1.2%). 98% of residents have English as their main language, fewer than in 54% of UK towns.
Callander ranks below 95% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as Christian: 38%
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: 93% of Callander · Stirling’s towns 88% · Scotland’s towns 86%.
Religion · all residents
With residents who describe themselves as White British at 93%, Callander is ahead of 54% of UK towns on that count. Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 39% across Scotland’s towns. Next after White British come Other White (5.1%), Mixed or multiple (0.9%) and Chinese (0.3%).
Callander ranks below 80% of UK towns on adults who have never married: 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
The share of married adults and civil partners is 52%, against 42% across Scotland’s towns. Across Scotland’s towns, adults who have never married come to 40%. 87 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week.
37% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2022.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 37% of its adults qualified to degree level, Callander compares with 32% across Scotland’s towns; another 15% hold no qualification (17%).
89th oldest of 515 UK towns of 2,500 to 4,000 people
Median age, Census 2022. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
The youngest is Keele (20.6) and the oldest West Chiltington (63.1). Nearest to Callander in age: East Saltdean (51.1), Knighton (51.1), East Ayton and West Ayton (51.2) and Buckden (51.2).
Every neighbour of Callander has a younger population
Nearby towns coloured by median age, Census 2022. Tap a town for its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Homes with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Callander | 3,149 | — | 51.1 | 29% | 22% |
| Dunblane | 8,797 | 9.8 mi | 48.3 | 24% | 30% |
| Bridge of Allan | 4,744 | 11.7 mi | 50.7 | 29% | 19% |
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.
- “Stirling’s towns” and “Scotland’s towns” mean their towns. Census comparisons pool every locality in Stirling (or Scotland), summed the same way as Callander’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 Callander’s residents
What is the population of Callander?
The 2022 Census counted 3,149 people in Callander’s locality.
What is the average age in Callander?
The median age was 51.1 at the 2022 Census, older than 90% of UK towns. 7.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 29% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Callander?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2022, against 86% across Scotland’s towns and 88% across Stirling’s towns. 6.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Callander?
54% said they had no religion and 38% that they were Christian at the 2022 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 6.1% didn’t answer.
Is Callander good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2022, against 24% across Scotland’s towns. Schools are on Callander’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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