Photo: Richard Croft · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 96% of UK towns: half of Burringham is over 54.5
Here 16% of households have dependent children, where the figure across England’s towns is 29%. Burringham is home to 708 residents in 343 households, by the 2021 Census. The share of households in flats stands at 2.6%. Residents who describe themselves as White British are more common here than in 91% of UK towns.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of UK towns: 5.6%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 55–59: one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24. The census found that 31% of residents are 65 or over in Burringham.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Below 99% of UK towns: 2.9% of adults are full-time students
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 27% of Burringham’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 35%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. 7.1% of residents had moved in within the year before the Census, fewer than the 11% across England’s towns. The comparison figure for full-time students is 7.9% across England’s towns.
2 people per household, fewer than in 97% 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.
Across England’s towns, the share of one-person households is 30%; Burringham has 35%. At 1.8%, the share of shared households of unrelated adults is lower than in 82% of UK towns.
11% of households live in a terraced house, fewer than in 87% of UK towns
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
21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns, against 35% in Burringham. For Burringham, the census puts households without a car or van at 15%. The wider picture: nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
Residents whose main language is English make up 99% in Burringham, more than in 81% 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
Residents born outside the UK: 4.2%, below nearly three quarters of UK towns. The benchmark for residents whose main language is English across England’s towns: 90%. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (3.3%) and in Africa (0.7%).
57% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 87% 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: 96% of Burringham · Lincolnshire’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Beyond White British, the biggest groups are Other White (2.4%), African (0.9%) and Indian (0.3%). Across the comparison, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Burringham has fewer residents with no religion than 82% of UK towns, at 35%.
Unpaid carers make up 12% in Burringham, more than in 97% 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
Against a figure of 39% across England’s towns, the share of adults who have never married in Burringham comes in at 24%. The comparison figure for unpaid carers is 8.7% across England’s towns. The share of married adults and civil partners stands at 50%.
19% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Burringham counts 19% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 25% have no qualification (18%).
Every nearby town is younger than Burringham
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burringham | 708 | — | 54.5 | 31% | 16% |
| Keadby | 1,446 | 1 mi | 38.1 | 18% | 33% |
| Scunthorpe | 81,286 | 3.5 mi | 39.5 | 18% | 29% |
| Belton | 2,303 | 3.7 mi | 48.6 | 24% | 26% |
| Crowle | 3,969 | 4.4 mi | 47.6 | 24% | 27% |
| Messingham | 3,375 | 4.7 mi | 53.6 | 31% | 22% |
| Epworth | 4,361 | 4.9 mi | 49.1 | 25% | 26% |
| Burton upon Stather | 2,370 | 5.6 mi | 54.5 | 31% | 20% |
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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 Burringham’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 Burringham’s residents
What is the population of Burringham?
The 2021 Census counted 708 people in Burringham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Burringham?
The median age was 54.5 at the 2021 Census. 5.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 31% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Burringham?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Lincolnshire’s towns. 4.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Burringham?
35% said they had no religion and 57% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 7.6% didn’t answer.
Is Burringham good for families?
16% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Burringham’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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