Hall Street Former Fire Station Tenement · Photo: JamesGangel · CC BY-SA 4.048% of households are one person living alone, more than in 99% of UK towns
Adults who have never married: 45% here and 40% across Scotland’s towns. At the 2022 Census, 26,220 people lived in Clydebank, in 13,264 households. For Clydebank, the census puts households in detached houses at 4%. Lower than in 90% of UK towns: 22% of households have dependent children.
What the Census says about Clydebank’s people
A town of flats
60% of households live in a flat or maisonette, more than in 99% of UK towns. 42% have no car or van. Homes & cars ↓
Written from the data on this page: Scotland’s Census 2022 (output areas summed to the 2022 locality).
Younger than 62% of UK towns: half of Clydebank is under 42.9
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2022.
Residents aged 65 and over: 19%, near enough the figure across Scotland’s towns. At 11%, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is higher than in 87% of UK towns. The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with 8% of residents.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Clydebank, 42.9. 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.
7% of adults are full-time students, more than in 91% of UK towns
What adults did at the 2022 Census (the NS-SEC classes).
Adults by occupation class · residents 16 and over
Across Scotland’s towns, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 25% in routine or semi-routine work; Clydebank has 23% and 31%. Against that, 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.
2 people per household, fewer than in 99% of UK towns
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.
The census found that 2.4% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home in Clydebank.
A higher share of households in flats than 99% of UK towns, at 60%
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
Compared with 29% across Scotland’s towns, just over two in five households have no car or van here. Across Scotland’s towns, households in flats come to 39%. The census found that 19% of households live in a terraced house in Clydebank.
96% of residents have English as their main language, fewer than in 68% 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
The largest groups were born in EU countries (2.7%) and in the Middle East and Asia (2%). Measured more widely, 94% of residents have English as their main language across Scotland’s towns. Recent arrivals (2017 or later) make up nearly a quarter of those born abroad (Scotland’s towns: 34%).
91% of residents describe themselves as White British, below 55% 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: 91% of Clydebank · West Dunbartonshire’s towns 94% · Scotland’s towns 86%.
Religion · all residents
1.5% of residents are Muslim. As a yardstick, 86% of residents describe themselves as White British across Scotland’s towns. Residents with no religion: 42% here and 51% across Scotland’s towns.
A lower share of married adults and civil partners than 98% of UK towns, at 34%
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
1,025 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week. Few places have as many unpaid carers: 13% here, more than in 99% of UK towns. On average, just over two in five adults are married or in a civil partnership across Scotland’s towns.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 18% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2022.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 18% of adults in Clydebank (Scotland’s towns: 32%), and no qualification by 24% (Scotland’s towns: 17%). Highers are as far as 9.7% have gone so far, many of them students midway to a degree.
Among 261 UK towns of 18,000 to 35,000 people, the 120th oldest
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 Egham (31.1), the youngest, and Rustington (56.2), the oldest. Nearest to Clydebank in age: Truro (42.9), Penarth (42.9), Pontypool (43) and Abbots Langley and Kings Langley (43.1).
A younger town than 4 of the 7 around it: Clydebank
Nearby towns coloured by median age, Census 2022. Tap a town for its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Homes with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clydebank | 26,220 | — | 42.9 | 19% | 22% |
| Duntocher and Hardgate | 6,573 | 1.1 mi | 48.3 | 25% | 23% |
| Faifley | 4,785 | 1.4 mi | 36.2 | 12% | 33% |
| Erskine | 14,857 | 1.7 mi | 46.3 | 22% | 26% |
| Bowling and Old Kilpatrick | 4,761 | 2.1 mi | 50.6 | 22% | 19% |
| Renfrew | 23,812 | 2.6 mi | 42.1 | 20% | 23% |
| Bearsden | 28,507 | 3 mi | 48 | 26% | 31% |
| Bishopton | 10,048 | 3.9 mi | 38.2 | 16% | 35% |
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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 Clydebank’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 Clydebank’s residents
What is the population of Clydebank?
The 2022 Census counted 26,220 people in Clydebank’s locality.
What is the average age in Clydebank?
The median age was 42.9 at the 2022 Census, younger than 62% of UK towns. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 19% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Clydebank?
91% of residents described themselves as White British in 2022, against 86% across Scotland’s towns and 94% across West Dunbartonshire’s towns. 6.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Clydebank?
42% said they had no religion and 50% that they were Christian at the 2022 Census; 1.5% were Muslim and 6.3% didn’t answer.
Is Clydebank good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2022, against 24% across Scotland’s towns. Schools are on Clydebank’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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