Photo: Ian S · CC BY-SA 2.0Residents who describe themselves as White British: 97%, a higher share than 97% of UK towns
Half of Crowle’s residents are over 47.6, older than in 72% of UK towns. This Lincolnshire town had 3,969 residents in 1,754 households at the 2021 Census. Households in terraced houses: 14% of the total. Where just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns, Crowle has 49%.
A +3% change since 2011: slower than 71% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Crowle’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 3,500 people in 2011; 3,600 in 2024.
Between mid-2011 and mid-2012 the population rose by 70, its biggest one-year gain. The 65 and over age group changed most (+39%) and the 16 to 29 least (−26%).
Crowle ranks above 68% of UK towns on residents aged 65 and over: 24%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: 7.9% of residents. Set beside that, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. Nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24, a lower share than in 68% of UK towns. In Sutton on Sea and Trusthorpe, the oldest of Lincolnshire’s towns by this measure, it is 49%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Crowle, 47.6. The typical town is 44.4.
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.
7.6% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 73% 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%.
28% of Crowle’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 28% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Across Crowle, 5% of adults are full-time students. For residents who moved in within the year, the comparison across England’s towns is 11%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
A smaller share of shared households of unrelated adults than 73% of UK towns: 1.9%
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, households average 2.4 people; in Crowle, 2.3. For Crowle, the census puts households with dependent children at 27%. The share of shared households of unrelated adults across England’s towns is 4.3%.
Households in flats make up 8.6% in Crowle, less than in 62% 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
In Crowle, 14% of households have no car or van, beside 24% across England’s towns. Elsewhere, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
Crowle ranks below 89% of UK towns on residents born outside the UK: 3.1%
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
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (1.7%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.7%). The comparison figure for residents born outside the UK is 18% across England’s towns. At 99%, the share of residents whose main language is English is higher than in 85% of UK towns. Among those born abroad, the share arriving in 2017 or later is 24% (England’s towns: 21%).
57% describe themselves as Christian, more than in 89% 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: 97% of Crowle · Lincolnshire’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
At 37%, the share of residents with no religion is in line with the figure across England’s towns. Against that, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
A lower share of adults who have never married than 70% of UK towns, at 29%
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
With married adults and civil partners at 50%, Crowle is ahead of 63% of UK towns on that count. For adults who have never married, the comparison across England’s towns is 39%. Unpaid carers account for 9.4%.
Among adults, 24% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Crowle, 24% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 21% have no qualification at all (18%).
231st oldest of 530 UK towns of 3,000 to 5,000 people
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
The youngest is Bailrigg (18.9) and the oldest Milford on Sea (64.6). Nearest to Crowle in age: Water Orton (47.5), Hildenborough (47.5), Astwood Bank (47.6) and Fernhill Heath (47.6).
Around Crowle, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crowle | 3,969 | — | 47.6 | 24% | 27% |
| Belton | 2,303 | 3.4 mi | 48.6 | 24% | 26% |
| Keadby | 1,446 | 3.9 mi | 38.1 | 18% | 33% |
| Moorends | 5,194 | 5.1 mi | 37.1 | 15% | 35% |
| Thorne | 12,303 | 5.1 mi | 43 | 21% | 27% |
| Epworth | 4,361 | 5.5 mi | 49.1 | 25% | 26% |
| Burton upon Stather | 2,370 | 6.7 mi | 54.5 | 31% | 20% |
| Hatfield Woodhouse | 2,208 | 7.1 mi | 35.4 | 4.6% | 31% |
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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 Crowle’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Crowle’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 3,581 people in 2021, against 3,969 in the built-up area.
- 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 Crowle’s residents
What is the population of Crowle?
The 2021 Census counted 3,969 people in Crowle’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 3,600 people in mid-2024, 3% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Crowle?
The median age was 47.6 at the 2021 Census, older than 72% of UK towns. 9.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Crowle?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Lincolnshire’s towns. 3.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Crowle?
37% said they had no religion and 57% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 5.3% didn’t answer.
Is Crowle good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Crowle’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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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