Photo: Richard Croft · CC BY-SA 2.00.4% of households live in a flat or apartment, below 99% of UK towns
Married adults and civil partners: 59% here and 44% across England’s towns. Half of Digby’s residents are over 51.5, older than in just over nine in ten UK towns. In 2021, the Census found 608 residents in the village, living in 263 households. Households without a car or van: 6.4% of the total.
24% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 64% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
55–59 is the most common age band: just over one in ten residents, 1.8 times the share across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. The census found that 9.9% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Digby.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A smaller share of residents who moved in within the year than 78% of UK towns: 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%.
In Digby, 33% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 25% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. The village has more full-time students than 94% of UK towns, at 7.9%. For comparison, 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.
Shared households of unrelated adults make up 1.5% in Digby, less than in 91% 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.
Families with dependent children are 25% of households (England’s towns 29%), and 14% are someone 66 or over living alone (Lincolnshire’s towns 15%). Here, 27% of households are one person living alone. Elsewhere, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns.
In Digby, 2.7% of households live in a terraced house, fewer than in 99% 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
Households in detached houses: 52% here and 21% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of households in terraced houses is 24%.
In Digby, 100% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 99% 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
3.6% of residents were born outside the UK; across England’s towns the figure is 18%. The usual figure: nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (2.5%), then in Africa (0.5%).
Digby: 99% of residents describe themselves as White British, above 99% 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: 99% of Digby · Lincolnshire’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Just over a third of residents said they have no religion (England’s towns: 37%). As a reference point, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Census figures put residents who describe themselves as Christian at 59% in Digby.
Adults who have never married make up 24% in Digby, less than in 95% 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
18 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week. On average, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. At 11%, the share of unpaid carers is higher than in 80% of UK towns.
Degree-level qualifications reach 28% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Digby counts 28% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 17% have no qualification (18%). For 19%, A levels are the highest qualification so far, many of them students still working towards a degree.
Digby is younger than 2 of its 7 nearest neighbours
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Digby | 608 | — | 51.5 | 24% | 25% |
| Ruskington | 5,650 | 2.5 mi | 51.2 | 29% | 21% |
| Metheringham | 3,524 | 4.1 mi | 49.9 | 28% | 23% |
| Leasingham | 1,552 | 4.2 mi | 59.5 | 40% | 15% |
| Billinghay | 2,198 | 4.2 mi | 48.3 | 26% | 25% |
| Cranwell | 2,583 | 4.7 mi | 37.2 | 16% | 28% |
| Sleaford | 18,028 | 5.9 mi | 43.2 | 20% | 28% |
| Navenby | 3,165 | 6.1 mi | 52.5 | 31% | 23% |
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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 Digby’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 Digby’s residents
What is the population of Digby?
The 2021 Census counted 608 people in Digby’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Digby?
The median age was 51.5 at the 2021 Census. 9.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Digby?
99% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Lincolnshire’s towns. 3.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Digby?
35% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.6% didn’t answer.
Is Digby good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Digby’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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