Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Allington is over 57.1, older than 98% of UK towns
Just over a fifth of households are one person living alone; across England’s towns the figure is 30%. At the 2021 Census, 587 people lived in Allington, in 252 households. Households in flats: 0.8% of the total. Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns.
35% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 97% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
70–74 is the most common age band: 13% of residents, 2.8 times the share across England’s towns. The wider picture: 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. The census found that 9.3% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Allington.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Fewer residents who moved in within the year than 99% of UK towns: 5.2%
What adults did at the 2021 Census (the ONS’s NS-SEC classes), and where residents lived a year earlier.
Adults by occupation class · residents 16 and over
Address a year before the Census
Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.
43% of Allington’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 19% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. As a yardstick, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. Across Allington, 4.9% of adults are full-time students.
Allington sits below 91% of UK towns for households with dependent children (21%)
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Lincolnshire’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
Households in Allington hold 2.3 people on average (England’s towns: 2.4). Across England’s towns, households with dependent children come to 29%.
Allington: 76% of households live in a detached house, above 99% of UK towns
Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
Type of home
Cars or vans · share of households
By its share of households without a car or van (6.8%), Allington is below 96% of UK towns. Households in detached houses make up 21% across England’s towns. On the census count, 6% of households live in a terraced house.
In Allington, 99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 86% of UK towns
Country of birth, year of arrival and main language, Census 2021.
Born outside the UK, by region · share of all residents; the bar runs to 25%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (2.9%) or in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.4%). Elsewhere, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. The figure for residents born outside the UK is 6.2% in Allington and 18% across England’s towns.
A higher share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 84% of UK towns, at 56%
How residents described themselves at the 2021 Census. Lines join the lowest and highest of the three figures.
Ethnic groups other than White British · all residents
White British, not charted: 94% of Allington · Lincolnshire’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Just over a third of residents said they have no religion, against 37% across England’s towns. At the same time, residents who describe themselves as White British are more common here than in 69% of UK towns. Measured more widely, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. After White British, the most common groups are Other White (3.3%), Indian (0.7%) and Caribbean (0.3%).
In Allington, 65% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 99% of UK towns
Legal partnership status (residents 16 and over) and unpaid care (residents 5 and over), Census 2021.
Partnership status · residents 16 and over
Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over
For 13 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. Married adults and civil partners make up 44% across England’s towns. Few places have so few adults who have never married: 18% here, fewer than in 99% of UK towns. Unpaid carers: 10% here and 8.7% across England’s towns.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 36%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
16% of Allington’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 36% have one at degree level (34%).
Allington is older than every town around it
Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Homes with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allington | 587 | — | 57.1 | 35% | 21% |
| Great Gonerby | 1,880 | 2.8 mi | 51.2 | 29% | 23% |
| Long Bennington | 2,149 | 3.1 mi | 53.8 | 33% | 24% |
| Bottesford | 3,046 | 3.2 mi | 51.6 | 29% | 25% |
| Barrowby | 2,041 | 3.2 mi | 51.1 | 30% | 23% |
| Grantham | 44,906 | 4.5 mi | 41.6 | 19% | 29% |
| Claypole | 1,352 | 5.4 mi | 49.9 | 21% | 26% |
| Aslockton | 2,173 | 7.3 mi | 48.1 | 21% | 25% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Lincolnshire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Lincolnshire (or England), summed the same way as Allington’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out.
- Small counts are blurred. The ONS adds small random changes to 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 Allington’s residents
What is the population of Allington?
The 2021 Census counted 587 people in Allington’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Allington?
The median age was 57.1 at the 2021 Census. 9.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 35% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Allington?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Lincolnshire’s towns. 6.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Allington?
35% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.6% didn’t answer.
Is Allington good for families?
21% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Allington’s schools page.
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area (TS002, TS003, TS004, TS007A, TS008, TS015, TS017, TS019, TS021, TS029, TS030, TS039, TS044, TS045, TS062, TS067). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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