Photo: Dave Hitchborne · CC BY-SA 2.0Anwick is older than 97% of UK towns: a median age of 56.1
Nearly two thirds of households live in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns. At the 2021 Census Anwick was home to 388 people in 171 households. Census figures put households in flats at 1.7% in the village. On unpaid carers, Anwick sits higher than 99% of UK towns: 13%.
More residents aged 65 and over than 97% of UK towns: 36%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.6% here and 12% across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 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.
Anwick ranks below 99% of UK towns on full-time students: 2.6%
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%.
Just over a quarter of Anwick’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 29% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. In Anwick, 7.8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. Across the comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
16% of households have dependent children, fewer than in 99% of UK towns
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.
Here 5.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, where the figure across England’s towns is 4.3%. The usual figure: 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. Average household size: 2.2 people. 27% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 70% of UK towns.
A smaller share of households in terraced houses than 99% of UK towns: 0.6%
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
6.9% of households have no car or van; across England’s towns the figure is 24%.
8.5% of residents were born outside the UK, more than in 67% 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
The share of residents whose main language is English trails 69% of UK towns: 96%. Residents born outside the UK: 18% across England’s towns, for comparison. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (3.9%) and in the Middle East and Asia (3.9%).
A higher share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 98% of UK towns, at 63%
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: 90% of Anwick · Lincolnshire’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Besides White British, the main groups are Other White (4.1%), Mixed or multiple (2.6%) and Indian (0.8%). For residents who describe themselves as Christian, the comparison across England’s towns is 46%. On residents with no religion, Anwick sits lower than 93% of UK towns: 30%. Nine in ten residents describe themselves as White British, against 89% across Lincolnshire’s towns and 73% across England’s towns.
Below 91% of UK towns: 26% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership
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
Married people and civil partners make up 52% of adults, against 44% across England’s towns. The benchmark for adults who have never married across England’s towns: 39%. 17 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week.
19% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Anwick counts 19% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 27% have no qualification (18%).
A younger town than 1 of the 7 around it: Anwick
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anwick | 388 | — | 56.1 | 36% | 16% |
| Ruskington | 5,650 | 2 mi | 51.2 | 29% | 21% |
| Billinghay | 2,198 | 3.7 mi | 48.3 | 26% | 25% |
| Leasingham | 1,552 | 3.7 mi | 59.5 | 40% | 15% |
| Sleaford | 18,028 | 4.2 mi | 43.2 | 20% | 28% |
| Heckington | 3,316 | 4.3 mi | 53.9 | 32% | 19% |
| Cranwell | 2,583 | 5.4 mi | 37.2 | 16% | 28% |
| Greylees | 1,989 | 6.1 mi | 34.6 | 7% | 44% |
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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 Anwick’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 Anwick’s residents
What is the population of Anwick?
The 2021 Census counted 388 people in Anwick’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Anwick?
The median age was 56.1 at the 2021 Census. 8.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 36% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Anwick?
90% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Lincolnshire’s towns. 8.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Anwick?
30% said they had no religion and 63% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.4% didn’t answer.
Is Anwick good for families?
16% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Anwick’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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