Photo: George Rankin · CC BY-SA 2.0A town of terraces: 38% of households live in one
Residents with no religion: 46% here and 51% across Scotland’s towns. Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 16% in Bonhill. More households in flats than in 88% of UK towns: 22%. This West Dunbartonshire town had 8,608 residents in 3,806 households at the 2022 Census.
A median age of 41.8: Bonhill is younger than 70% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2022.
Young people aged 15 to 24 make up one in ten residents, against 12% across Scotland’s towns. 55–59 is the most common age band: nearly one in ten residents.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Bonhill, 41.8. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Across Scotland, 51% of residents are women.
A student town: 5.6% of adults study full-time
What adults did at the 2022 Census (the NS-SEC classes).
Adults by occupation class · residents 16 and over
By class, 27% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 31% in routine and semi-routine work (Scotland’s towns: 33% and 25%). On average, 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.
Bonhill sits below 81% of UK towns for shared households of unrelated adults (1.8%)
Household make-up at the 2022 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against West Dunbartonshire’s towns and Scotland’s towns
People per household
Scotland’s towns.
31% of households are one person living alone (Scotland’s towns: 38%). The wider picture: 3.5% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across Scotland’s towns. Average household size: 2.3 people.
22% of households have no car or van, a share 81% of UK towns don’t reach
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
Where 18% of households live in a detached house across Scotland’s towns, Bonhill has 16%. Across Scotland’s towns, the share of households without a car or van is 29%.
Residents born outside the UK: 3%, a lower share than 91% 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
Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (1.5%), then in the Middle East and Asia (0.6%). As a reference point, just over one in ten residents were born outside the UK across Scotland’s towns. Bonhill has more residents whose main language is English than 92% of UK towns, at 99%. Born abroad and arrived since 2017: 15% of that group, against 34% across Scotland’s towns.
A higher White British share than 91% of UK towns: 96% of residents
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: 96% of Bonhill · West Dunbartonshire’s towns 94% · Scotland’s towns 86%.
Religion · all residents
Set against 39% across Scotland’s towns, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian in Bonhill. Across Scotland’s towns, residents who describe themselves as White British come to 86%. Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Other White (2.2%), Mixed or multiple (0.6%) and Pakistani (0.3%).
37% of adults have never married, more than in 78% of UK towns
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
Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 295 residents. To put it in context, two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across Scotland’s towns. Bonhill has fewer married adults and civil partners than 72% of UK towns, at 45%. Unpaid carers make up 13% of residents, against 12% across Scotland’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications: 20% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2022.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 20% of adults in Bonhill, 32% across Scotland’s towns; 20% have no qualification, against 17%.
128th lowest median age among 483 UK towns of 6,000 to 12,000
Median age, Census 2022. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Tidworth (28.4), the youngest, and Barton on Sea (65.3), the oldest. Nearest to Bonhill in age: Pontarddulais (41.8), Tonyrefail (41.8), Shifnal (41.9) and Polesworth and Dordon (41.9).
A younger town than 6 of the 7 around it: Bonhill
Nearby towns coloured by median age, Census 2022. Tap a town for its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Homes with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonhill | 8,608 | — | 41.8 | 16% | 27% |
| Alexandria | 6,260 | 1.1 mi | 50 | 25% | 19% |
| Balloch and Haldane | 6,000 | 1.5 mi | 48.6 | 23% | 24% |
| Dumbarton | 21,027 | 2.3 mi | 43.4 | 20% | 24% |
| Port Glasgow | 14,260 | 5.5 mi | 45.1 | 22% | 24% |
| Bishopton | 10,048 | 5.7 mi | 38.2 | 16% | 35% |
| Bowling and Old Kilpatrick | 4,761 | 5.7 mi | 50.6 | 22% | 19% |
| Helensburgh | 14,128 | 6.4 mi | 48.4 | 25% | 22% |
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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.
- “West Dunbartonshire’s towns” and “Scotland’s towns” mean their towns. Census comparisons pool every locality in West Dunbartonshire (or Scotland), summed the same way as Bonhill’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 Bonhill’s residents
What is the population of Bonhill?
The 2022 Census counted 8,608 people in Bonhill’s locality.
What is the average age in Bonhill?
The median age was 41.8 at the 2022 Census, younger than 70% of UK towns. 9.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 16% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Bonhill?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2022, against 86% across Scotland’s towns and 94% across West Dunbartonshire’s towns. 3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Bonhill?
46% said they had no religion and 46% that they were Christian at the 2022 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 6.7% didn’t answer.
Is Bonhill good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2022, against 24% across Scotland’s towns. Schools are on Bonhill’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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