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Population 11,927: a town in Lincolnshire, Yorkshire and The Humber.
Easy on the wallet, harder on other counts. The weak point is hazard risk — 18.2% of homes face a high or medium risk of river or sea flooding. It lags on jobs & income as well (C): the mean household earns £44,938 a year. Where it does best is cost of living (A): the median home sold for £190,000, 4.2 years of area income. Getting around on foot or by bus is easy: 18% of commuters get to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. Overall, that makes a B−, better than 48% of UK towns. That places it #34 of 61 in Lincolnshire.
Figures: prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · commuting, Census 2021 · flood risk, Environment Agency · income, ONS · claimants, DWP.
The 3 things Barton-upon-Humber does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Barton-upon-Humber is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 174 buildings inside Barton-upon-Humber’s built-up area, 2 of them Grade I, and 2 scheduled monuments.
21% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Barton-upon-Humber.
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Barton-upon-Humber has 146 listed buildings for every 10,000 residents, above Lincolnshire’s towns (42) and England’s towns (39) alike. Its listed buildings include the Church of St Mary, Grade I. Homes built before 1919 account for just over a fifth of the housing. Grade II* covers 8 of them, Grade I 2.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Bowmandale Primary School’s results beat just over four in five schools in England like it. GCSE results at the one secondary school within 3 km: 43% of pupils get a strong pass (grade 5+) in English and maths, and the Attainment 8 average is 44.7. Of its 4 schools, two are shown below, each with the reason. Between them, three primaries and one secondary teach 1,833 pupils in Barton-upon-Humber.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bowmandale Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 345 | A− |
| Baysgarth SchoolLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 1,014 | C+ |
13% live in social housing, below both Lincolnshire’s towns (14%) and England’s towns (18%). 567 standard sales inside Barton-upon-Humber’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026 put the median at £190,000. Private rents average £653 a month across the North Lincolnshire council area.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £260,000 | 249 |
| Semi-detached | £175,000 | 169 |
| Terraced | £132,500 | 137 |
| Flat or maisonette | £93,750 | 12 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 20% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
2.9% of 16 to 64s claimed unemployment benefits in 2026, higher than both Lincolnshire’s towns (2.4%) and England’s towns (2.3%). The car carried four in five commuters at the census. Also worth knowing: about 29% of its commuters stay in Barton-upon-Humber for work. The town counts 0.9 jobs per working resident.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
2 GP practices serve the town; 72% of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey. The nearest A&E to Barton-upon-Humber is Hull Royal Infirmary, 5.4 miles away. Women here live to 82.6 on average and men to 79.7 (2019–23).
| Census 2021 | Barton-upon-Humber | Lincolnshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 79% | 79% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 5.7% | 5.9% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 19% | 20% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · These shares come straight from the census, without allowing for age, and young towns benefit; the Health Grade instead weighs age-adjusted measures, including life expectancy and early deaths.
Violence and sexual offences made up 46% of the total. Homes see 11.4 burglaries and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year. The 12 months to August 2026 brought 637 recorded crimes inside Barton-upon-Humber’s built-up area, and 55 reports of anti-social behaviour.
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
Children under 15 make up 16% of residents. People 65 and over make up 22% of the town, close to Lincolnshire’s towns (22%) and above England’s towns (18%). Half the people of Barton-upon-Humber are older than 45.4. Graduates make up 27% of adults.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Barton-upon-Humber | Lincolnshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 16% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 9.5% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 23% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 25% |
| 65+ | 22% | 22% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 19% | 21% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 7% | 6.7% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 27% | 25% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Lincolnshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Barton-upon-Humber. Best known first.
MuseumRopewalkin town
MuseumWilderspin National Schoolin town
MuseumBaysgarth House Museumin town
MuseumFerriby Boats4.3 km outside town, to the northwestMuseumMuseumThe Roperyin townAttractionAttractionWaters' Edge Visitors' Centrein townPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
174 listed buildings in Barton-upon-Humber, 2 of them Grade I.
Bardney Hall: Photo: David Wright · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Former National School: Photo: David Wright · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Fleetgate Post Office: Photo: Bernard Sharp · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Steam Packet Public House: Photo: Bernard Sharp · CC BY-SA 2.0
10 notable people were born in Barton-upon-Humber.
David George Hogarth: Lowell Thomas (photographer), Public domain · Janet E. Courtney: Unknown photographer, Public domain
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barton-upon-Humber | 11,927 | — | B− | A | C | C |
| Barrow upon Humber | 2,843 | 2.5 | B | B+ | B | B |
| Hessle | 15,489 | 3 | B | A | C | B− |
| North Ferriby | 3,964 | 3.7 | A+ | B | A | A+ |
| Goxhill | 2,324 | 4.4 | — | B+ | A+ | B |
| Swanland | 3,965 | 4.5 | A | B− | A | A+ |
| Willerby and Anlaby | 19,269 | 4.6 | A− | A− | B− | A |
| Brough | 13,321 | 6.1 | A+ | A− | B+ | A |
Goxhill has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s flood risk service.
That is 6 times the typical UK town for its size. Its Grade I buildings include Church of St Mary. It also has 2 scheduled monuments.
Homes cost less than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £190,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: flats £93,750, terraced houses £132,500, semi-detached houses £175,000 and detached houses £260,000.
About the middle for its size: 43% of the 645 UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people report less crime per resident. Against all UK towns, most of them smaller, it grades C.
Town in Lincolnshire, England
Barton-upon-Humber is a built-up area of 11,927 people, in the North Lincolnshire council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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