Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.060% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 98% of UK towns
1.1% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home (Scotland’s towns: 3.5%). Households in terraced houses account for 11%. With a median age of 48.3, Dunblane is older than just over three quarters of UK towns. At the 2022 Census Dunblane was home to 8,797 people in 3,621 households.
24% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 64% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2022.
The largest age band is 50–54: nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across Scotland’s towns. Typically, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Scotland’s towns. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 12%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Dunblane, 48.3. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across Scotland, 51% of residents are women.
Above 94% of UK towns: 8.1% of adults are full-time students
What adults did at the 2022 Census (the NS-SEC classes).
Adults by occupation class · residents 16 and over
53% of Dunblane’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 14% 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.
A higher share of households with dependent children than 74% of UK towns, at 30%
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.
The share of one-person households is 29%, against 38% across Scotland’s towns. Elsewhere, nearly a quarter of households have dependent children across Scotland’s towns. A household here holds 2.3 people on average.
A town of detached houses: 52% of households live in one
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
18% of households live in a flat or apartment, against 39% across Scotland’s towns. Households without a car or van account for 12%.
98% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 62% 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
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (3.1%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.9%). Across the comparison, 94% of residents have English as their main language across Scotland’s towns. Residents born outside the UK are more common here than in 59% of UK towns. Where 34% of those born abroad across Scotland’s towns arrived in 2017 or later, here the share is 19%.
No religion: 52% of residents, a higher share than 96% 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: 92% of Dunblane · Stirling’s towns 88% · Scotland’s towns 86%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 40% here and 39% across Scotland’s towns. Typically, just over half of residents said they have no religion across Scotland’s towns. After White British, the largest groups are Other White (4.3%), Mixed or multiple (1.1%) and Chinese (0.5%).
Fewer adults who have never married than 92% of UK towns: 25%
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 unpaid carers is 13%, against 12% across Scotland’s towns. Measured more widely, two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across Scotland’s towns. Unpaid care takes 50 hours a week or more for 174 people.
A degree-level qualification for 55% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2022.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 55% of its adults qualified to degree level, Dunblane compares with 32% across Scotland’s towns; another 8.3% hold no qualification (17%). 11% have A levels as their highest qualification, many of them still studying for a degree.
Of 483 UK towns its size (6,000 to 12,000 people), the 108th oldest
Median age, Census 2022. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Tidworth is the youngest (28.4); Barton on Sea the oldest (65.3). Nearest to Dunblane in age: Balsall Common (48.2), Chipping Sodbury (48.3), Polegate (48.4) and Gillingham (48.5).
Dunblane and its 7 nearest towns: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dunblane | 8,797 | — | 48.3 | 24% | 30% |
| Bridge of Allan | 4,744 | 2.8 mi | 50.7 | 29% | 19% |
| Menstrie | 2,834 | 5.2 mi | 45.5 | 23% | 30% |
| Stirling | 38,590 | 5.2 mi | 36.6 | 17% | 22% |
| Tullibody | 8,515 | 6.4 mi | 41 | 17% | 32% |
| Alva | 4,820 | 6.9 mi | 48.9 | 24% | 20% |
| Fallin | 2,769 | 6.9 mi | 39.4 | 14% | 29% |
| Bannockburn | 6,587 | 7.2 mi | 43.9 | 19% | 24% |
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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.
- “Stirling’s towns” and “Scotland’s towns” mean their towns. Census comparisons pool every locality in Stirling (or Scotland), summed the same way as Dunblane’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 Dunblane’s residents
What is the population of Dunblane?
The 2022 Census counted 8,797 people in Dunblane’s locality.
What is the average age in Dunblane?
The median age was 48.3 at the 2022 Census, older than 76% of UK towns. 12% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Dunblane?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2022, against 86% across Scotland’s towns and 88% across Stirling’s towns. 7.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Dunblane?
52% said they had no religion and 40% that they were Christian at the 2022 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 6.6% didn’t answer.
Is Dunblane good for families?
30% of households had dependent children in 2022, against 24% across Scotland’s towns. Schools are on Dunblane’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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