Photo: Tim Heaton · CC BY-SA 2.0A village of detached houses: 65% of households live in one
30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns, against 22% in Claypole. Locally, 97% of residents describe themselves as White British. On married adults and civil partners, Claypole sits higher than 96% of UK towns: 58%. The 2021 Census counted 1,352 residents in 581 households.
Claypole is older than 84% of UK towns: a median age of 49.9
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
In Claypole, 9.3% of residents are aged 15 to 24, beside 12% across England’s towns. Locally, 21% of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Claypole sits below 79% of UK towns for residents who moved in within the year (7.4%)
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%.
Here 5.6% of adults are full-time students, where the figure across England’s towns is 7.9%. Set beside that, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
A lower share of shared households of unrelated adults than 84% of UK towns, at 1.7%
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.
Just over a quarter of households have dependent children, against 29% across England’s towns. Against that, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns. Households average 2.3 people.
Below 97% of UK towns: 2.1% of households live in a flat or apartment
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
By its share of households without a car or van (7.1%), Claypole is below 95% of UK towns. On average, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns. In Claypole, just over one in ten households live in a terraced house.
In Claypole, 2.7% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 94% 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 whose main language is English: 100%, above 99% of UK towns. The usual figure: 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (1.3%) or in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.5%).
Above 91% of UK towns: 58% of residents describe themselves as Christian
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: 97% of Claypole · Lincolnshire’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents with no religion: 36%, below 79% of UK towns. The benchmark for residents who describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns: 46%.
Claypole ranks below 95% of UK towns on adults who have never married: 24%
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
Some 26 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. Lower than in 62% of UK towns: 8.9% of residents give unpaid care. The benchmark for adults who have never married across England’s towns: 39%.
Among adults, 38% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 38% of its adults qualified to degree level, Claypole compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 12% hold no qualification (18%).
A younger town than 4 of the 7 around it: Claypole
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claypole | 1,352 | — | 49.9 | 21% | 26% |
| Balderton | 12,876 | 2.5 mi | 44 | 21% | 28% |
| Long Bennington | 2,149 | 2.8 mi | 53.8 | 33% | 24% |
| Coddington | 1,165 | 3.7 mi | 45.3 | 24% | 30% |
| Newark-on-Trent | 29,755 | 4 mi | 40 | 18% | 26% |
| Farndon | 2,472 | 5.1 mi | 52.9 | 31% | 21% |
| Bottesford | 3,046 | 6.8 mi | 51.6 | 29% | 25% |
| Great Gonerby | 1,880 | 7.2 mi | 51.2 | 29% | 23% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “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 Claypole’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 Claypole’s residents
What is the population of Claypole?
The 2021 Census counted 1,352 people in Claypole’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Claypole?
The median age was 49.9 at the 2021 Census. 9.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 21% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Claypole?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Lincolnshire’s towns. 2.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Claypole?
36% said they had no religion and 58% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 5.3% didn’t answer.
Is Claypole good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Claypole’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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