Photo: Ian S · CC BY-SA 2.0Above 96% of UK towns: 97% of residents describe themselves as White British
Set against 4.3% across England’s towns, 1.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home in Bardney. Households in flats are rarer here than in 86% of UK towns. The village had 2,069 residents and 895 households at the 2021 Census, with a median age of 42.3. The census found that 45% of households live in a detached house locally.
What the Census says about Bardney’s people
Many carers
226 residents gave unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age in 2021, 12% of those 5 and over: more than in 93% of UK towns. Relationships & caring ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
A median age of 42.3: Bardney is younger than 67% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 30–34: 7.4% of residents. In Sutton on Sea and Trusthorpe, the oldest of Lincolnshire’s towns by this measure, it is 49%.
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.
In Bardney, 4% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 85% of UK towns
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%.
Here nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier, where the figure across England’s towns is 11%. To put it in context, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
26% of households have dependent children, below 65% 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.
By its share of one-person households (28%), Bardney is below nearly two thirds of UK towns. Households with dependent children: 29% across England’s towns, for comparison.
A smaller share of households in terraced houses than 73% of UK towns: 15%
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
Across England’s towns, the share of households without a car or van is 24%; Bardney has 12%.
Only 3.3% of Bardney’s residents were born outside the UK
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 figure for residents whose main language is English is 99% in Bardney and 90% across England’s towns. Residents born outside the UK: 18% across England’s towns, for comparison. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (1.7%) or in the Middle East and Asia (0.8%).
More residents who describe themselves as Christian than 79% of UK towns: 55%
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 Bardney · Lincolnshire’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
By its share of residents with no religion (38%), Bardney is below 67% of UK towns. The wider picture: 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Of the other groups, the largest are Mixed or multiple (1.4%), Other White (0.9%) and Indian (0.4%).
Bardney sits above 93% of UK towns for unpaid carers (12%)
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
Across England’s towns, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership; in Bardney, 32%. Higher than in two thirds of UK towns: 51% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. For unpaid carers, the comparison across England’s towns is 8.7%. 83 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week.
25% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Bardney’s adults: 25% with a degree-level qualification and 20% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
Bardney is younger 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bardney | 2,069 | — | 42.3 | 22% | 26% |
| Fiskerton | 1,202 | 4.6 mi | 52.3 | 30% | 23% |
| Wragby | 1,859 | 5.6 mi | 47.2 | 27% | 22% |
| Metheringham | 3,524 | 5.7 mi | 49.9 | 28% | 23% |
| Cherry Willingham | 3,446 | 5.8 mi | 51.6 | 33% | 22% |
| Washingborough and Heighington | 6,386 | 5.9 mi | 50.7 | 29% | 24% |
| Woodhall Spa | 4,685 | 6.1 mi | 59.8 | 42% | 16% |
| Branston | 4,285 | 6.3 mi | 50 | 29% | 24% |
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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 Bardney’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 Bardney’s residents
What is the population of Bardney?
The 2021 Census counted 2,069 people in Bardney’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Bardney?
The median age was 42.3 at the 2021 Census. 9.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Bardney?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Lincolnshire’s towns. 3.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Bardney?
38% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 5.9% didn’t answer.
Is Bardney good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Bardney’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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