Photo: Alan Murray-Rust · CC BY-SA 2.0Denton is older than 97% of UK towns: a median age of 55.8
Households with dependent children make up 17%, against 29% across England’s towns. In 2021, the Census found 277 residents in Denton, living in 133 households. 28% of residents said they have no religion. Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of UK towns: 7.1%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 55–59: just over one in ten residents, 1.6 times the share across England’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over: 31% of the total. On average, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
2.9% of adults are full-time students, below 99% 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%.
Across England’s towns, the share of residents who moved in within the year is 11%; Denton has 4.7%. To put it in context, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Households here average 2.2 people, below 85% 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.
30% of households are one person living alone.
Fewer flats than 98% of UK towns: 1.5% of households
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
Households without a car or van: 8.2% here and 24% across England’s towns. The comparison figure for households in flats is 23% across England’s towns. Locally, 43% of households live in a detached house.
Only 3.3% of Denton’s residents were born outside the UK
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 born abroad were most often born in EU countries (1.1%), then in the Middle East and Asia (1.1%). 99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 94% of UK towns. Set beside that, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
A higher White British share than 97% of UK towns: 97% of residents
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 Denton · Lincolnshire’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 63% here and 46% across England’s towns. Typically, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
Adults who have never married: 22%, a lower share than 99% of UK towns
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
Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 5. Married adults and civil partners are more common here than in 94% of UK towns. Across the comparison, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. 8.2% of residents give unpaid care, about the same as across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications: 39% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Denton counts 39% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 16% have no qualification (18%).
No nearby town is as old as Denton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denton | 277 | — | 55.8 | 31% | 17% |
| Barrowby | 2,041 | 2.4 mi | 51.1 | 30% | 23% |
| Grantham | 44,906 | 3.6 mi | 41.6 | 19% | 29% |
| Great Gonerby | 1,880 | 4.1 mi | 51.2 | 29% | 23% |
| Bottesford | 3,046 | 5.6 mi | 51.6 | 29% | 25% |
| Waltham on the Wolds | 1,034 | 6.1 mi | 51.1 | 27% | 29% |
| Colsterworth | 1,296 | 6.5 mi | 49.9 | 26% | 22% |
| Long Bennington | 2,149 | 7.9 mi | 53.8 | 33% | 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 Denton’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 Denton’s residents
What is the population of Denton?
The 2021 Census counted 277 people in Denton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Denton?
The median age was 55.8 at the 2021 Census. 7.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 31% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Denton?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Lincolnshire’s towns. 3.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Denton?
28% said they had no religion and 63% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 8.3% didn’t answer.
Is Denton good for families?
17% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Denton’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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