The share of households where one person lives alone
- Highest — S00172536
- 59.3%
- Median
- 21.4%
- Lowest — S00172498
- 1.5%
- Source period
- 2022
- How calculated
- Range across complete intersecting source areas
- Source areas
- 52 / 52
Variation across complete unique intersecting source areas; this is not a recomputed page-level statistic.
Census day in Scotland was 20 March 2022, a year after the 21 March 2021 census in England and Wales, so the two are not the same snapshot and Scotland's was taken after most coronavirus restrictions had lifted while the English and Welsh one was taken during them. Counts households, not people.
Source and provenance
Scotland's Census 2022 — National Records of Scotland
Method: Range across complete intersecting source areas.
DEMO-CENSUS-SC · Open Government Licence / NRS terms · imported 24 August 2026
The share of households with at least one dependent child
- Highest — S00172396
- 62.4%
- Median
- 26.9%
- Lowest — S00172983
- 10.4%
- Source period
- 2022
- How calculated
- Range across complete intersecting source areas
- Source areas
- 52 / 52
Variation across complete unique intersecting source areas; this is not a recomputed page-level statistic.
Census day in Scotland was 20 March 2022, a year after the 21 March 2021 census in England and Wales, so the two are not the same snapshot and Scotland's was taken after most coronavirus restrictions had lifted while the English and Welsh one was taken during them. A dependent child is under 16, or 16 to 18 and in full-time education.
Source and provenance
Scotland's Census 2022 — National Records of Scotland
Method: Range across complete intersecting source areas.
DEMO-CENSUS-SC · Open Government Licence / NRS terms · imported 24 August 2026
The share of households that own their home
- Highest — S00172571
- 100.0%
- Median
- 91.5%
- Lowest — S00172983
- 24.7%
- Source period
- 2022
- How calculated
- Range across complete intersecting source areas
- Source areas
- 52 / 52
Variation across complete unique intersecting source areas; this is not a recomputed page-level statistic.
Census day in Scotland was 20 March 2022, a year after the 21 March 2021 census in England and Wales, so the two are not the same snapshot and Scotland's was taken after most coronavirus restrictions had lifted while the English and Welsh one was taken during them. Owned outright or with a mortgage. Shared ownership is reported separately by the census and is not included here.
Source and provenance
Scotland's Census 2022 — National Records of Scotland
Method: Range across complete intersecting source areas.
DEMO-CENSUS-SC · Open Government Licence / NRS terms · imported 24 August 2026
The share of households that own their home with no mortgage
- Highest — S00172457
- 76.5%
- Median
- 53.1%
- Lowest — S00172723
- 7.1%
- Source period
- 2022
- How calculated
- Range across complete intersecting source areas
- Source areas
- 52 / 52
Variation across complete unique intersecting source areas; this is not a recomputed page-level statistic.
Census day in Scotland was 20 March 2022, a year after the 21 March 2021 census in England and Wales, so the two are not the same snapshot and Scotland's was taken after most coronavirus restrictions had lifted while the English and Welsh one was taken during them. Strongly associated with older households rather than with wealth alone.
Source and provenance
Scotland's Census 2022 — National Records of Scotland
Method: Range across complete intersecting source areas.
DEMO-CENSUS-SC · Open Government Licence / NRS terms · imported 24 August 2026
The share of households buying their home with a mortgage
- Highest — S00172723
- 89.3%
- Median
- 36.9%
- Lowest — S00172983
- 10.4%
- Source period
- 2022
- How calculated
- Range across complete intersecting source areas
- Source areas
- 52 / 52
Variation across complete unique intersecting source areas; this is not a recomputed page-level statistic.
Census day in Scotland was 20 March 2022, a year after the 21 March 2021 census in England and Wales, so the two are not the same snapshot and Scotland's was taken after most coronavirus restrictions had lifted while the English and Welsh one was taken during them. Counts the tenure, not the size of the debt.
Source and provenance
Scotland's Census 2022 — National Records of Scotland
Method: Range across complete intersecting source areas.
DEMO-CENSUS-SC · Open Government Licence / NRS terms · imported 24 August 2026
The share of households renting from a private landlord
- Highest — S00172157
- 36.8%
- Median
- 4.8%
- Lowest — S00172415
- 0.0%
- Source period
- 2022
- How calculated
- Range across complete intersecting source areas
- Source areas
- 52 / 52
Variation across complete unique intersecting source areas; this is not a recomputed page-level statistic.
Census day in Scotland was 20 March 2022, a year after the 21 March 2021 census in England and Wales, so the two are not the same snapshot and Scotland's was taken after most coronavirus restrictions had lifted while the English and Welsh one was taken during them. Includes renting from a private landlord, letting agency or employer.
Source and provenance
Scotland's Census 2022 — National Records of Scotland
Method: Range across complete intersecting source areas.
DEMO-CENSUS-SC · Open Government Licence / NRS terms · imported 24 August 2026
The share of households renting from a council or housing association
- Highest — S00172983
- 59.7%
- Median
- 0.0%
- Lowest — S00172089
- 0.0%
- Source period
- 2022
- How calculated
- Range across complete intersecting source areas
- Source areas
- 52 / 52
Variation across complete unique intersecting source areas; this is not a recomputed page-level statistic.
Census day in Scotland was 20 March 2022, a year after the 21 March 2021 census in England and Wales, so the two are not the same snapshot and Scotland's was taken after most coronavirus restrictions had lifted while the English and Welsh one was taken during them. In Scotland this includes council and housing association tenancies; the split between the two differs from England and Wales because of stock transfer, so the combined figure is the comparable one.
Source and provenance
Scotland's Census 2022 — National Records of Scotland
Method: Range across complete intersecting source areas.
DEMO-CENSUS-SC · Open Government Licence / NRS terms · imported 24 August 2026
The share of households with no car or van available
- Highest — S00172983
- 62.3%
- Median
- 4.2%
- Lowest — S00172450
- 0.0%
- Source period
- 2022
- How calculated
- Range across complete intersecting source areas
- Source areas
- 52 / 52
Variation across complete unique intersecting source areas; this is not a recomputed page-level statistic.
Census day in Scotland was 20 March 2022, a year after the 21 March 2021 census in England and Wales, so the two are not the same snapshot and Scotland's was taken after most coronavirus restrictions had lifted while the English and Welsh one was taken during them. Availability, not ownership — a company car counts.
Source and provenance
Scotland's Census 2022 — National Records of Scotland
Method: Range across complete intersecting source areas.
DEMO-CENSUS-SC · Open Government Licence / NRS terms · imported 24 August 2026
The share of households with exactly one car or van
- Highest — S00172536
- 64.4%
- Median
- 36.9%
- Lowest — S00172514
- 10.4%
- Source period
- 2022
- How calculated
- Range across complete intersecting source areas
- Source areas
- 52 / 52
Variation across complete unique intersecting source areas; this is not a recomputed page-level statistic.
Census day in Scotland was 20 March 2022, a year after the 21 March 2021 census in England and Wales, so the two are not the same snapshot and Scotland's was taken after most coronavirus restrictions had lifted while the English and Welsh one was taken during them. Availability, not ownership.
Source and provenance
Scotland's Census 2022 — National Records of Scotland
Method: Range across complete intersecting source areas.
DEMO-CENSUS-SC · Open Government Licence / NRS terms · imported 24 August 2026
The share of households with two or more cars or vans
- Highest — S00172514
- 89.6%
- Median
- 56.6%
- Lowest — S00172983
- 11.7%
- Source period
- 2022
- How calculated
- Range across complete intersecting source areas
- Source areas
- 52 / 52
Variation across complete unique intersecting source areas; this is not a recomputed page-level statistic.
Census day in Scotland was 20 March 2022, a year after the 21 March 2021 census in England and Wales, so the two are not the same snapshot and Scotland's was taken after most coronavirus restrictions had lifted while the English and Welsh one was taken during them. Availability, not ownership.
Source and provenance
Scotland's Census 2022 — National Records of Scotland
Method: Range across complete intersecting source areas.
DEMO-CENSUS-SC · Open Government Licence / NRS terms · imported 24 August 2026
The share of residents aged 16 and over with no qualifications
- Highest — S00172983
- 30.2%
- Median
- 7.5%
- Lowest — S00172723
- 1.9%
- Source period
- 2022
- How calculated
- Range across complete intersecting source areas
- Source areas
- 52 / 52
Variation across complete unique intersecting source areas; this is not a recomputed page-level statistic.
Census day in Scotland was 20 March 2022, a year after the 21 March 2021 census in England and Wales, so the two are not the same snapshot and Scotland's was taken after most coronavirus restrictions had lifted while the English and Welsh one was taken during them. Scotland records qualifications on the Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework, which is a different ladder from the one used in England and Wales. "No qualifications" is the most nearly comparable category of the set, but it is not an identical question.
Source and provenance
Scotland's Census 2022 — National Records of Scotland
Method: Range across complete intersecting source areas.
DEMO-CENSUS-SC · Open Government Licence / NRS terms · imported 24 August 2026
The share of residents aged 16 and over qualified to degree level
- Highest — S00172553
- 56.3%
- Median
- 43.4%
- Lowest — S00172983
- 15.5%
- Source period
- 2022
- How calculated
- Range across complete intersecting source areas
- Source areas
- 52 / 52
Variation across complete unique intersecting source areas; this is not a recomputed page-level statistic.
Census day in Scotland was 20 March 2022, a year after the 21 March 2021 census in England and Wales, so the two are not the same snapshot and Scotland's was taken after most coronavirus restrictions had lifted while the English and Welsh one was taken during them. Scotland publishes this on the Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework rather than the England and Wales "Level 4 and above", and the two ladders do not map one to one. Treat a Scottish and an English figure as adjacent rather than equivalent.
Source and provenance
Scotland's Census 2022 — National Records of Scotland
Method: Range across complete intersecting source areas.
DEMO-CENSUS-SC · Open Government Licence / NRS terms · imported 24 August 2026
The share of residents who rated their own health good or very good
- Highest — S00172547
- 96.0%
- Median
- 85.5%
- Lowest — S00172983
- 67.1%
- Source period
- 2022
- How calculated
- Range across complete intersecting source areas
- Source areas
- 52 / 52
Variation across complete unique intersecting source areas; this is not a recomputed page-level statistic.
Census day in Scotland was 20 March 2022, a year after the 21 March 2021 census in England and Wales, so the two are not the same snapshot and Scotland's was taken after most coronavirus restrictions had lifted while the English and Welsh one was taken during them. Self-reported on the same five-point scale used in England and Wales, and not age-standardised: an area with many older residents will report worse health for that reason alone.
Source and provenance
Scotland's Census 2022 — National Records of Scotland
Method: Range across complete intersecting source areas.
DEMO-CENSUS-SC · Open Government Licence / NRS terms · imported 24 August 2026
The share of residents born outside the United Kingdom
- Highest — S00172578
- 8.9%
- Median
- 3.3%
- Lowest — S00172457
- 0.0%
- Source period
- 2022
- How calculated
- Range across complete intersecting source areas
- Source areas
- 52 / 52
Variation across complete unique intersecting source areas; this is not a recomputed page-level statistic.
Census day in Scotland was 20 March 2022, a year after the 21 March 2021 census in England and Wales, so the two are not the same snapshot and Scotland's was taken after most coronavirus restrictions had lifted while the English and Welsh one was taken during them. Country of birth, which is not nationality and not recent migration — someone born abroad may have lived here their whole life.
Source and provenance
Scotland's Census 2022 — National Records of Scotland
Method: Range across complete intersecting source areas.
DEMO-CENSUS-SC · Open Government Licence / NRS terms · imported 24 August 2026
The share of residents in the largest single ethnic group
- Highest — S00172582
- 100.0%
- Median
- 97.5%
- Lowest — S00172514
- 84.7%
- Source period
- 2022
- How calculated
- Range across complete intersecting source areas
- Source areas
- 52 / 52
Variation across complete unique intersecting source areas; this is not a recomputed page-level statistic.
Census day in Scotland was 20 March 2022, a year after the 21 March 2021 census in England and Wales, so the two are not the same snapshot and Scotland's was taken after most coronavirus restrictions had lifted while the English and Welsh one was taken during them. A high share means one group predominates; it says nothing about which group. Scotland's categories differ from the England and Wales set.
Source and provenance
Scotland's Census 2022 — National Records of Scotland
Method: Range across complete intersecting source areas.
DEMO-CENSUS-SC · Open Government Licence / NRS terms · imported 24 August 2026