Photo: Rex Needle · CC BY-SA 2.0Above 99% of UK towns: 70% of households live in a detached house
Adults who have never married make up 21%, against 39% across England’s towns. 5.3% of households live in a terraced house, fewer than in 98% of UK towns. In 2021, the Census found 1,576 residents in Baston, living in 678 households. Across Baston, a third of residents said they have no religion.
What the Census says about Baston’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Baston’s residents are under 50.3 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 26% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Many carers
174 residents gave unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age in 2021, 11% 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).
Half of Baston is over 50.3, older than 86% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Just over a quarter of Baston is 65 or over, against 22% across Lincolnshire’s towns and 18% across England’s towns. Across Baston, nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Only 3.7% of adults are full-time students in Baston
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 45% of Baston’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 18%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Typically, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year are rarer here than in two thirds of UK towns.
Only 24% of households in Baston are one person living alone
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.
The average household has 2.3 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. In Baston, 26% of households have dependent children.
Baston ranks below 99% of UK towns on households in flats: 1%
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
Nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns, against 6.5% in Baston. For households in flats, the comparison across England’s towns is 23%.
Baston ranks above 86% of UK towns on residents whose main language is English: 99%
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
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (2.1%) or in the Middle East and Asia (0.9%). As a reference point, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Lower than in 71% of UK towns: 4.4% of residents were born outside the UK.
Above 94% of UK towns: 60% of residents describe themselves as Christian
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: 95% of Baston · Lincolnshire’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Behind White British, the largest groups are Other White (2.2%), Mixed or multiple (1.5%) and African (0.2%). 95% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 81% of UK towns. Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 46% across England’s towns.
62% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 99% 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
Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 41 residents. By way of comparison, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Baston has more unpaid carers than 93% of UK towns, at 11%.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 37% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Baston, 37% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 14% have no qualification at all (18%).
Baston sits below 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baston | 1,576 | — | 50.3 | 26% | 26% |
| Langtoft | 2,010 | 1.2 mi | 50 | 25% | 29% |
| Thurlby | 2,139 | 2.1 mi | 50.6 | 27% | 26% |
| Market Deeping | 6,533 | 2.7 mi | 46.8 | 25% | 27% |
| Deeping St James | 7,255 | 3.7 mi | 46.5 | 23% | 27% |
| Bourne | 17,495 | 3.9 mi | 42.4 | 22% | 30% |
| Northborough | 1,336 | 4.4 mi | 53.4 | 33% | 26% |
| Ryhall | 1,444 | 5.2 mi | 51.9 | 30% | 23% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Baston’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 Baston’s residents
What is the population of Baston?
The 2021 Census counted 1,576 people in Baston’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Baston?
The median age was 50.3 at the 2021 Census. 8.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Baston?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Lincolnshire’s towns. 4.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Baston?
33% said they had no religion and 60% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.6% were Muslim and 5.3% didn’t answer.
Is Baston good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Baston’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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