Photo: Kevin Rae · CC BY-SA 2.0Younger than 89% of UK towns: half of Cowie is under 38.1
Households in terraced houses: 37% here and 19% across Scotland’s towns. Just over two in five residents describe themselves as Christian. On households with dependent children, Cowie sits higher than 84% of UK towns: 32%. The town counted 2,708 residents and 1,112 households at the 2022 Census.
What the Census says about Cowie’s people
Younger than most towns
Half of Cowie’s residents are under 38.1 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 12% are 15 to 24 and 14% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Scotland’s Census 2022 (output areas summed to the 2022 locality).
Only 14% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 92% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2022.
More residents are 50–54 than any other five-year age: nearly one in ten residents. On residents aged 15 to 24, Cowie sits higher than 92% of UK towns: 12%. As a yardstick, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Scotland’s towns. In Bridge of Allan, the oldest of Stirling’s towns by this measure, it is 29%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Cowie, 38.1. 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.
In Cowie, 5.3% of adults are full-time students, more than in 70% of UK towns
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 fifth of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 34% (Scotland’s towns: 33% and 25%). To put it in context, nearly one in ten 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.
Larger households than 83% of UK towns: 2.4 people on average
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.
1.9% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home (Scotland’s towns: 3.5%). The census found that 27% of households are one person living alone in Cowie.
Above 76% of UK towns: 21% 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
39% of households live in a flat or apartment across Scotland’s towns, against 9.6% in Cowie. Households without a car or van make up 29% across Scotland’s towns. The share of households in detached houses stands at 20%.
3.3% born outside the UK, fewer than in 88% 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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (1.8%) or in the Middle East and Asia (0.4%). Compared with other places, residents whose main language is English are common here: 99%, more than in 77% of UK towns. As a yardstick, 11% of residents were born outside the UK across Scotland’s towns.
Cowie ranks above 80% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as White British: 95%
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: 95% of Cowie · Stirling’s towns 88% · Scotland’s towns 86%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the largest groups are Other White (2.3%), Mixed or multiple (0.7%) and Pakistani (0.4%). 49% of residents said they have no religion, a higher share than in 92% of UK towns. The usual figure: 86% of residents describe themselves as White British across Scotland’s towns.
Cowie ranks above 94% of UK towns on adults who have never married: 42%
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: 13% here and 12% across Scotland’s towns. Lower than in 84% of UK towns: 42% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. The share of adults who have never married across Scotland’s towns is 40%. The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 92.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 14%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2022.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 14% of adults in Cowie, 32% across Scotland’s towns; 23% have no qualification, against 17%.
Among 515 UK towns of 2,500 to 4,000 people, the 37th youngest
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 Cowie in age: Tangmere (37.9), Papworth Everard (38.1), Feltwell (38.5) and Marden (38.5).
Older than Cowie: 6 of the 7 towns nearby
Nearby towns coloured by median age, Census 2022. Tap a town for its page.
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 Cowie’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 Cowie’s residents
What is the population of Cowie?
The 2022 Census counted 2,708 people in Cowie’s locality.
What is the average age in Cowie?
The median age was 38.1 at the 2022 Census, younger than 89% of UK towns. 12% of residents were 15 to 24 and 14% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Cowie?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2022, against 86% across Scotland’s towns and 88% across Stirling’s towns. 3.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Cowie?
49% said they had no religion and 42% that they were Christian at the 2022 Census; 0.5% were Muslim and 7.1% didn’t answer.
Is Cowie good for families?
32% of households had dependent children in 2022, against 24% across Scotland’s towns. Schools are on Cowie’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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