Photo: Richard Webb · CC BY-SA 2.0Above 91% of UK towns: 25% of households live in a flat or apartment
Households in Fauldhouse hold 2.1 people on average (Scotland’s towns: 2.1). On the census count, 27% of households have no car or van. More adults who have never married than in nearly three quarters of UK towns: 37%. The 2022 Census counted 4,587 residents in 2,132 households.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 12%, a higher share than 92% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2022.
No age band is larger than 55–59: nearly one in ten residents. Compared with other places, residents aged 65 and over are scarce here: 19%, fewer than in just over two thirds of UK towns.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Fauldhouse, 44.6. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across Scotland, 51% of residents are women.
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
By class, 25% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 33% in routine and semi-routine work (Scotland’s towns: 33% and 25%). Against that, 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.
37% of households are one person living alone, more than in 94% of UK towns
Household make-up at the 2022 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against West Lothian’s towns and Scotland’s towns
People per household
Scotland’s towns.
Across Scotland’s towns, 24% of households have dependent children; in Fauldhouse, 25%. As a yardstick, 38% of households are one person living alone across Scotland’s towns. The census found that 2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home in the town.
Households in terraced houses: 25%, a higher share than 70% of UK towns
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
Set against 18% across Scotland’s towns, 20% of households live in a detached house in Fauldhouse. Across the comparison, 19% of households live in a terraced house across Scotland’s towns.
Below 63% of UK towns: 5.2% of residents were born outside the UK
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 whose main language is English: 97%, below 62% of UK towns. Against that, just over one in ten residents were born outside the UK across Scotland’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (3.3%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.9%).
44% of residents said they have no religion, a share 72% of UK towns don’t reach
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 Fauldhouse · West Lothian’s towns 88% · Scotland’s towns 86%.
Religion · all residents
Half of residents describe themselves as Christian; across Scotland’s towns the figure is 39%. Set beside that, just over half of residents said they have no religion across Scotland’s towns. Locally, 93% of residents describe themselves as White British.
14% of residents give unpaid care, more than in 99% 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
At 42%, the share of married adults and civil partners is in line with the figure across Scotland’s towns. By way of comparison, just over one in ten residents give unpaid care across Scotland’s towns. 181 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week.
17% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2022.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across Scotland’s towns, 17% of adults have no qualification; in Fauldhouse, 26%, while 17% hold one at degree level (32%).
Of 696 UK towns its size (3,000 to 6,000 people), the 238th youngest
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 Bailrigg (18.9), the youngest, and Sutton on Sea and Trusthorpe (64.7), the oldest. Nearest to Fauldhouse in age: Great Glen (44.6), Earls Colne (44.6), Willington (44.7) and Wollaston (44.7).
Around Fauldhouse, 2 of 7 towns have a higher median age
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.
- “West Lothian’s towns” and “Scotland’s towns” mean their towns. Census comparisons pool every locality in West Lothian (or Scotland), summed the same way as Fauldhouse’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 Fauldhouse’s residents
What is the population of Fauldhouse?
The 2022 Census counted 4,587 people in Fauldhouse’s locality.
What is the average age in Fauldhouse?
The median age was 44.6 at the 2022 Census, older than 51% of UK towns. 12% of residents were 15 to 24 and 19% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Fauldhouse?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2022, against 86% across Scotland’s towns and 88% across West Lothian’s towns. 5.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Fauldhouse?
44% said they had no religion and 50% that they were Christian at the 2022 Census; 0.9% were Muslim and 4.3% didn’t answer.
Is Fauldhouse good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2022, against 24% across Scotland’s towns. Schools are on Fauldhouse’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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