Photo: Ian Carrington · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 96% of UK towns: half of Canwick is over 54.4
With households in detached houses at 68%, Canwick is ahead of 99% of UK towns on that count. Still, the village has fewer households with dependent children than 98% of UK towns, at 17%. 333 residents in 153 households: that is Canwick at the 2021 Census. Here, 57% of adults are married or in a civil partnership.
Above 96% of UK towns: 34% of residents are 65 or over
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
70–74 is the most common age band: 11% of residents, 2.2 times the share across England’s towns. For comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 8.4%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A lower share of full-time students than 80% of UK towns, at 4.1%
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%.
Canwick sits close to the norm on residents who moved in within the year: 11%, about the same as across England’s towns. For full-time students, the comparison across England’s towns is 7.9%.
Canwick ranks below 86% of UK towns on one-person households: 25%
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.
Where 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns, Canwick has 3.3%. Typically, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. Households here average 2.3 people each.
Households in terraced houses make up 11% in Canwick, less than in 85% 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
Compared with 24% across England’s towns, 12% of households have no car or van here. The share of households in flats stands at 4.7%.
Canwick sits above 83% of UK towns for residents born outside the UK (13%)
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 whose main language is English make up 94%, against 90% across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (6.3%) and in Africa (2.4%).
Fewer residents with no religion than 94% of UK towns: 30%
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: 85% of Canwick · Lincolnshire’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (5.4%), Indian (1.8%) and Pakistani (1.8%). More residents who describe themselves as Christian than in 89% of UK towns: 58%. For comparison, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British is 73%; Canwick has 85%.
Canwick sits below 86% of UK towns for adults who have never married (27%)
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
Here 11% of residents give unpaid care, where the figure across England’s towns is 8.7%. Across England’s towns, adults who have never married come to 39%. For 10 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 41% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 41% of adults in Canwick, 34% across England’s towns; 11% have no qualification, against 18%.
Every neighbour of Canwick has a younger population
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canwick | 333 | — | 54.4 | 34% | 17% |
| Lincoln | 104,553 | 1.4 mi | 33.7 | 14% | 25% |
| Bracebridge Heath | 5,794 | 1.6 mi | 43.7 | 19% | 28% |
| Washingborough and Heighington | 6,386 | 2.4 mi | 50.7 | 29% | 24% |
| Branston | 4,285 | 2.4 mi | 50 | 29% | 24% |
| Waddington | 6,828 | 3 mi | 38.7 | 19% | 30% |
| Cherry Willingham | 3,446 | 3.4 mi | 51.6 | 33% | 22% |
| North Hykeham | 16,855 | 3.5 mi | 42.8 | 22% | 28% |
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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 Canwick’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 Canwick’s residents
What is the population of Canwick?
The 2021 Census counted 333 people in Canwick’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Canwick?
The median age was 54.4 at the 2021 Census. 8.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 34% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Canwick?
85% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Lincolnshire’s towns. 13% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Canwick?
30% said they had no religion and 58% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 2.1% were Muslim and 6.3% didn’t answer.
Is Canwick good for families?
17% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Canwick’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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