Photo: Jo and Steve Turner · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer flats than 99% of UK towns: 1.4% of households
Adults who have never married: 26%, below 90% of UK towns. There were 634 households in Bassingham at the 2021 Census, home to 1,511 residents. The share of households in detached houses stands at 57%. More residents who describe themselves as Christian than in 91% of UK towns: 58%.
What the Census says about Bassingham’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Bassingham’s residents are under 50.3 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 25% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Older than 86% of UK towns: half of Bassingham is over 50.3
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The share of residents aged 65 and over tops 74% of UK towns: 25%. Locally, 10% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 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.
Full-time students make up 5.3% in Bassingham, more than in 69% 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%.
Managerial and professional jobs account for 42% of Bassingham’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 17%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. As a yardstick, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. For Bassingham, the census puts residents who moved in within the year at 9.8%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
One-person households: 27%, a lower share than 76% 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.
Against a figure of 29% across England’s towns, the share of households with dependent children in Bassingham comes in at 27%. Households here average 2.3 people each. Across England’s towns, 30% of households are one person living alone.
Below 94% of UK towns: 7.4% of households live in a terraced house
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
Households without a car or van make up 7.9%, against 24% across England’s towns.
Bassingham: 99% of residents have English as their main language, above 96% 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 figure for residents born outside the UK is 3.8% in Bassingham and 18% across England’s towns. For residents whose main language is English, the comparison across England’s towns is 90%. The largest groups were born in EU countries (1.7%) and in Africa (0.8%).
Residents who describe themselves as White British: 97%, a higher share than 94% of UK towns
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 Bassingham · Lincolnshire’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the largest groups are Other White (1.9%), Mixed or multiple (0.8%) and Chinese (0.1%). Few places have so few residents with no religion: 34% here, fewer than in 84% of UK towns. As a reference point, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
Bassingham: 55% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, above 87% 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
Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 32. Compared with other places, unpaid carers are scarce here: 8.9%, fewer than in 62% of UK towns. The usual figure: 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 40% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Bassingham counts 40% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 12% have no qualification (18%).
Bassingham sits below 2 of its 7 closest neighbours on 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bassingham | 1,511 | — | 50.3 | 25% | 27% |
| Witham St Hughs | 3,483 | 1.7 mi | 32.6 | 4.8% | 47% |
| South Hykeham | 1,070 | 3.7 mi | 38 | 18% | 30% |
| North Hykeham | 16,855 | 4.3 mi | 42.8 | 22% | 28% |
| Waddington | 6,828 | 4.7 mi | 38.7 | 19% | 30% |
| Navenby | 3,165 | 5 mi | 52.5 | 31% | 23% |
| Collingham | 2,870 | 5.1 mi | 54.7 | 36% | 20% |
| Bracebridge Heath | 5,794 | 6.2 mi | 43.7 | 19% | 28% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “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 Bassingham’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 Bassingham’s residents
What is the population of Bassingham?
The 2021 Census counted 1,511 people in Bassingham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Bassingham?
The median age was 50.3 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Bassingham?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Lincolnshire’s towns. 3.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Bassingham?
34% said they had no religion and 58% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 6.6% didn’t answer.
Is Bassingham good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Bassingham’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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