Photo: JThomas · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 52.2: Bicker is older than 92% of UK towns
In Bicker, 5.1% of households live in a terraced house, beside 24% across England’s towns. The village had 703 residents in 314 households at the 2021 Census. Locally, 1.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns.
In Bicker, 31% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 92% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Here 8.1% of residents are aged 15 to 24, where the figure across England’s towns is 12%. On average, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
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.
In Bicker, 6.3% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 95% 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%.
Nearly a quarter of Bicker’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 30% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of residents who moved in within the year is 11%. Full-time students: 4.3% of the total.
A smaller share of households with dependent children than 90% of UK towns: 22%
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 typical household size is 2.2 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Add to that, on one-person households, Bicker sits lower than 64% of UK towns: 28%. The benchmark for households with dependent children across England’s towns: 29%.
Above 92% of UK towns: 54% of households live in a detached 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
Where nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns, Bicker has 12%. Across the comparison, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
A smaller share of residents whose main language is English than 72% of UK towns: 96%
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
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (5.1%) and in Africa (0.1%). Measured more widely, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Residents born outside the UK make up 5.6%, against 18% across England’s towns.
In Bicker, 62% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 97% 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: 95% of Bicker · Lincolnshire’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
By its share of residents with no religion (33%), Bicker is below 88% of UK towns. In Bicker, 95% of residents describe themselves as White British. For residents who describe themselves as Christian, the comparison across England’s towns is 46%.
Adults who have never married make up 26% in Bicker, less than in 88% 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
33 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. On unpaid carers, Bicker sits higher than 89% of UK towns: 11%. The comparison figure for adults who have never married is 39% across England’s towns. By its share of married adults and civil partners (51%), Bicker is above two thirds of UK towns.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 16%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Bicker’s adults: 16% with a degree-level qualification and 25% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
Of the 7 towns nearest Bicker, 3 are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bicker | 703 | — | 52.2 | 31% | 22% |
| Donington | 3,192 | 1.6 mi | 45.1 | 24% | 27% |
| Swineshead | 2,653 | 1.9 mi | 45.2 | 24% | 24% |
| Gosberton | 1,455 | 3.9 mi | 53 | 32% | 19% |
| Sutterton | 1,068 | 4.3 mi | 49.5 | 30% | 22% |
| Kirton | 5,576 | 5.3 mi | 38.3 | 19% | 33% |
| Surfleet | 1,042 | 6 mi | 53.8 | 31% | 21% |
| Heckington | 3,316 | 6.4 mi | 53.9 | 32% | 19% |
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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 Bicker’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 Bicker’s residents
What is the population of Bicker?
The 2021 Census counted 703 people in Bicker’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Bicker?
The median age was 52.2 at the 2021 Census. 8.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 31% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Bicker?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Lincolnshire’s towns. 5.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Bicker?
33% said they had no religion and 62% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.1% didn’t answer.
Is Bicker good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Bicker’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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