Photo: Colin Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0Caistor ranks below 98% of UK towns on shared households of unrelated adults: 1.2%
The median age in Caistor is 49, higher than in four fifths of UK towns. At the 2021 Census, 2,284 people lived in the village, in 1,059 households. In Caistor, 37% of households are one person living alone. By its share of residents who describe themselves as Christian (54%), Caistor is above 77% of UK towns.
In Caistor, 26% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 75% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 9.9%, above 54% of UK towns. By way of comparison, 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 96 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
9.7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, 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%.
Set against 7.9% across England’s towns, 4.9% of adults are full-time students in Caistor. The usual figure: 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
Caistor households average 2.1 people, smaller than in 88% 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 Caistor comes in at 25%.
More households in detached houses than 73% of UK towns: 38%
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
Set against 24% across England’s towns, 16% of households have no car or van in Caistor. What’s more, just over one in ten households live in a flat, more than in 53% of UK towns; 38% in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns. For Caistor, the census puts households in terraced houses at 20%.
Caistor: 99% of residents have English as their main language, above 82% 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Where 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns, Caistor has 4.8%. On average, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (2.5%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.1%).
95% of residents describe themselves as White British, a share 71% of UK towns don’t reach
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 Caistor · Lincolnshire’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Beyond White British, the biggest groups are Other White (2.4%), Mixed or multiple (1.1%) and Indian (0.6%). 38% of residents said they have no religion, a lower share than in 67% of UK towns. As a yardstick, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
Below 58% of UK towns: 31% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership
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
66 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. Elsewhere, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Few places have so few married adults and civil partners: 45% here, fewer than in just over two thirds of UK towns. Caistor sits close to the norm on unpaid carers: 8.9%, about the same as across England’s towns.
Among adults, 31% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Caistor’s adults: 31% with a degree-level qualification and 20% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
Around Caistor, 5 of 7 towns have a higher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caistor | 2,284 | — | 49 | 26% | 25% |
| Keelby | 2,098 | 6.1 mi | 51.8 | 28% | 22% |
| Barnetby le Wold | 1,841 | 6.3 mi | 44.9 | 21% | 28% |
| Laceby | 3,284 | 6.9 mi | 49.1 | 25% | 27% |
| Wrawby | 1,194 | 7.5 mi | 49.7 | 27% | 29% |
| Market Rasen | 4,959 | 7.7 mi | 48.5 | 27% | 23% |
| Brigg | 5,637 | 7.8 mi | 50 | 27% | 23% |
| Stallingborough | 1,190 | 8.3 mi | 50.4 | 28% | 24% |
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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 Caistor’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 Caistor’s residents
What is the population of Caistor?
The 2021 Census counted 2,284 people in Caistor’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Caistor?
The median age was 49 at the 2021 Census. 9.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Caistor?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Lincolnshire’s towns. 4.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Caistor?
38% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 5.5% didn’t answer.
Is Caistor good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Caistor’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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