Ancaster Hall · Photo: Tim Heaton · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 87% of UK towns: half of Ancaster is over 50.4
Detached houses are home to 56% of households, against 21% across England’s towns. In Ancaster, 13% of residents give unpaid care. 2.9% of households live in a flat or apartment, a lower share than in 93% of UK towns. The village’s 414 households held 909 residents at the 2021 Census.
More residents aged 65 and over than 75% of UK towns: 26%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with 9.1% of residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. To put it in context, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. Across Ancaster, one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Only 7.6% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in Ancaster
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%.
By its share of full-time students (4.4%), Ancaster is below 68% of UK towns. Residents who moved in within the year make up 11% across England’s towns.
Fewer households with dependent children than 81% of UK towns: 24%
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.
At 2.2 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across England’s towns. Ancaster has more shared households of unrelated adults than nearly two thirds of UK towns, at 2.7%. The comparison figure for households with dependent children is 29% across England’s towns. For Ancaster, the census puts one-person households at 30%.
Fewer households in terraced houses than 78% of UK towns: 14%
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
24% of households have no car or van across England’s towns, against 14% in Ancaster.
99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 93% 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
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (2.1%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.6%). On average, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Compared with other places, residents born outside the UK are scarce here: 3.6%, fewer than in just over four fifths of UK towns.
Above 93% of UK towns: 97% of residents describe themselves as White British
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: 97% of Ancaster · Lincolnshire’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The groups that follow White British are Other White (1.2%), Pakistani (0.7%) and Mixed or multiple (0.6%). To put it in context, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. 59% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 93% of UK towns. At the same time, by its share of residents with no religion (35%), Ancaster is below 84% of UK towns.
Adults who have never married make up 29% in Ancaster, less than in 77% 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
Some 32 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. On average, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Married people and civil partners make up nearly half of adults, against 44% across England’s towns.
27% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Ancaster’s adults: 27% with a degree-level qualification and 17% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
Around Ancaster, 3 of 7 towns have a higher median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ancaster | 909 | — | 50.4 | 26% | 24% |
| Greylees | 1,989 | 3.5 mi | 34.6 | 7% | 44% |
| Cranwell | 2,583 | 4.6 mi | 37.2 | 16% | 28% |
| Sleaford | 18,028 | 5.1 mi | 43.2 | 20% | 28% |
| Leasingham | 1,552 | 5.5 mi | 59.5 | 40% | 15% |
| Great Gonerby | 1,880 | 6.4 mi | 51.2 | 29% | 23% |
| Grantham | 44,906 | 6.4 mi | 41.6 | 19% | 29% |
| Ruskington | 5,650 | 7.6 mi | 51.2 | 29% | 21% |
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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 Ancaster’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 Ancaster’s residents
What is the population of Ancaster?
The 2021 Census counted 909 people in Ancaster’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Ancaster?
The median age was 50.4 at the 2021 Census. 9.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Ancaster?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Lincolnshire’s towns. 3.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Ancaster?
35% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.7% were Muslim and 4.6% didn’t answer.
Is Ancaster good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Ancaster’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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