Butterwick’s story
4 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England lists them inside Butterwick’s built-up area.
11% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
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ButterwickLincolnshire
Over-65s are 30% of the population. 1,363 people call this village in Lincolnshire, East Midlands home.
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Photo: Richard Croft · CC BY-SA 2.0
Population
1,363
Census 2021 · Boston council
Median home
£194K
67 sales in 3 years
Median age
52.9
30% are 65+ · Lincolnshire 22%
Degree level
15%
of residents 16+ · England 34%
Walk, cycle, bus
7%
of commuters · England 27%
Is Butterwick a good place to live?
Butterwick’s best grade is for schools (B+) — primary results beat 69% of towns in England. The local economy is weaker than most: households earn a mean £41,940 a year, and 3.1% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits. It is hard to get around without a car: 7% of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport. At a median £194,000, a home costs 4.6 times the yearly income of households in the Boston council area.
Figures: income, ONS · claimants, DWP · commuting, Census 2021 · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years. An overall grade needs 2,500 residents, so Butterwick is graded subject by subject only.
How Butterwick grades
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Butterwick is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
An overall grade needs 2,500 residents, so Butterwick is graded subject by subject only.
WalkabilityGraded on how easily people get around without a carDOpen →Jobs & incomeIncomes and work are among the weakest comparedDOpen →Hazard risk1.6% of homes at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the seaC−Open →SchoolsPrimary results beat 69% of towns in EnglandB+Open →HealthBelow the middle of the towns comparedCOpen →Cost of livingRent £806 a monthCOpen →SafetyBased on crimes reported per residentBOpen →
Character Graded, but not part of the overall grade.
HistoryLess recorded history than most townsCOpen →Outdoors40% live within 400 m of a park; 1.8 ha of public green space per 1,000 residentsDOpen →Civic life2.9 local charities per 1,000 residents; 0% live within 1 km of a libraryC+Open →
How TownRatings grades towns →
What makes Butterwick stand out
The 3 things Butterwick does most differently from other towns.
Walk, cycle or public transport
Getting around
7% leave the car
of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport (England’s towns 27%)
Degree level, 16+
Education
Degree-level qualifications, residents 16+ (England’s towns 34%)
Lincolnshire 25%.
Residents 65 and over
Who lives here
30% are 65 or over
Against 18% across England’s towns
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Butterwick.
Who lives here
Degrees are less common in Butterwick than in Lincolnshire’s towns or across England’s towns: 15% of adults
52.9median age
The 15-to-24 age group makes up 7.8% of residents. People 65 and over make up 30% of the town, above Lincolnshire’s towns (22%) and England’s towns (18%) alike. Typical age in Butterwick: 52.9, the median.
ButterwickLincolnshireEngland
Ages · share of residents
30%
Qualifications · residents 16 and older
No qualifications30%
Apprenticeship8%
A levels or similar16%
Degree level15%
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.
| Butterwick | Lincolnshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 16% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 7.8% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 17% | 23% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 27% | 25% |
| 65+ | 30% | 22% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 30% | 21% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 8.2% | 6.7% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 15% | 25% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Lincolnshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
SchoolsB+
Results at Butterwick’s schools beat 74% of towns in England
B+School Grade
At the one primary school within 3 km, nearly two thirds of pupils reach the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average). The town has one school, shown below. Its one primary school teaches 248 pupils.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Butterwick Pinchbeck's Endowed CofE Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 248 | B |
Department for Education · GIAS, Key Stage 2 and GCSE resultsThe Schools page →
Work & commuteJobs & income grade D
Under 5 km to work: 22% in Butterwick, fewer than in both Lincolnshire’s towns and England’s towns
7%walk, cycle or ride
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 14% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Of the commuters living in Butterwick, 3% work in the town itself. Just over nine in ten commuters drove, higher than both Lincolnshire’s towns (79%) and England’s towns (70%). The census counted 14% of workers working mainly from home.
How commuters got to work · March 2021
Driving91%
On foot4%
Bicycle2%
22%
of commuters travel under 5 km · England 45%
14%
worked mainly from home in March 2021
£42K
mean household income, before tax
3.1%
of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits (2026)
D
Walkability: more walkable than 6% of UK towns
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Health
Only 77% of people in Butterwick say their health is good or very good, fewer than in both Lincolnshire’s towns and England’s towns
77%good or very good healthCHealth Grade
Disability touches just over a fifth of Butterwick’s population. There is no GP practice locally: the nearest is 3.5 miles off. Life expectancy here is 83.5 for women and 78.4 for men (2019–23).
General health, self-reported
Good or very good 77%Fair 17%Bad or very bad 6%
| Census 2021 | Butterwick | Lincolnshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 77% | 79% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 5.9% | 5.9% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 21% | 20% | 17% |
78.4
life expectancy at birth, men (2019–23)
83.5
life expectancy at birth, women
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Self-reported health favours young towns, since these answers ignore age; the Health Grade leans on age-adjusted measures such as life expectancy and early deaths.
History
Butterwick’s listed buildings include the Church of St Andrew, Grade I
4listed buildingsCHistory Grade
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
The pre-1919 share of homes is 11%. Relative to its size, Butterwick keeps 29 listed buildings per 10,000 residents.
Listed buildings by grade · Historic England
Grade I1
Grade II*0
Grade II3
Among them · Grade I
- Church of St Andrew Grade I
0
scheduled monuments
0
registered parks and gardens
11%
of homes built before 1919 · typical UK town 15%
29
listed buildings per 10,000 residents · typical UK town 24
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
HousingCost of living grade C
Private renting is less common in Butterwick than in Lincolnshire’s towns or across England’s towns: 8%
£194Kmedian sale
Four in five households are owner-occupiers. Social housing holds just over one in ten households, below Lincolnshire’s towns (14%) and England’s towns (18%) alike. The median sale, £194,000, comes from 67 standard sales inside Butterwick’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026.
Median sale price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
Butterwick£194K
Typical UK town£277K
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £207,500 | 50 |
| Semi-detached | £187,500 | 12 |
80%
of households own their home · England 61%
8%
rent privately · England 21%
£806
average private rent a month, Boston council area
£2,345
council tax, Band D, 2026–27
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Safety
Burglary and damage are rarer in Butterwick than in Lincolnshire’s towns or across England’s towns: 3.7 per 1,000 residents a year
23.5violent and sexual offences per 1,000 a yearBSafety Grade
Violence and sexual offences made up 61% of the total. Over the year to August 2026, 44 offences were reported in Butterwick, along with 15 incidents of anti-social behaviour. Violent crime ran at 23.5 per 1,000 residents a year, above Lincolnshire’s towns (21.1) and England’s towns (22) alike.
Compared with UK towns its sizeLess crime per resident than 42% of the 1,541 UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people: about the middle for its size. Context only, not part of the grade.
Reports by type · Sep 2025 to Aug 2026
Violence & sexual27
Public order7
Damage & arson4
Other crime4
Other theft1
Vehicle crime1
Shoplifting0
Burglary0
Anti-social15
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.
23.5
violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
3.7
burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
10.8
anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 (not graded)
44
crimes recorded in the 12 months to August 2026
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.
Keep exploring
Everything we know about Butterwick
15pages on Butterwick
The big questions
SafetyB23.5 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026Cost of livingCMedian home £194K · rent £806 a monthHousing20 sold in 12 months · busiest street Tyler CrescentSchoolsB+1 state schoolHealthCLife expectancy 78.4 (men), 83.5 (women)Work & commuteD30% of working residents work in the townFlood & hazardsC−1.6% of homes at high or medium flood risk
Out and about
About Butterwick
Village in Lincolnshire, England
Butterwick is a built-up area of 1,363 people, in the Boston 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
- Population
- 1,363 (Census 2021)
- Council
- Boston
- County
- Lincolnshire
- Region
- East Midlands
- Area
- 0.2 sq mi (0.5 km²)
- ONS code
- E63001931
Butterwick’s neighbours
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
FishtoftOld LeakeBostonSibseyKirtonStickneySuttertonButterwick
How the neighbours grade
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butterwick | 1,363 | — | — | C | B | C |
| Fishtoft | 1,077 | 2.2 | — | D | A | C+ |
| Old Leake | 1,173 | 3.5 | — | C | C | C− |
| Boston | 45,347 | 3.9 | D | C+ | D | C− |
| Sibsey | 1,520 | 4.3 | — | C− | A | C+ |
| Kirton | 5,576 | 6.3 | D− | C− | C | C− |
| Stickney | 1,108 | 7.7 | — | C− | C+ | C+ |
| Sutterton | 1,068 | 8.6 | — | D | C | C− |
Fishtoft, Old Leake, Sibsey, Stickney and Sutterton have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about Butterwick
Who lives in Butterwick?
An older village. At the 2021 Census, 30% of residents were 65 or over and 31% were 45 to 64, against 18% and 25% across England’s towns; 15% were under 15.
Does Butterwick flood?
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s flood risk service.
Is Butterwick expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £194,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: semi-detached houses £187,500 and detached houses £207,500.
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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