Photo: Jim Dugdale · CC BY-SA 2.0Fishtoft sits below 99% of UK towns for households in flats (1.1%)
The figure for households in terraced houses is 8.2% in Fishtoft and 24% across England’s towns. The village had 1,077 residents and 442 households at the 2021 Census, with a median age of 48.8. Here, 19% of households are one person living alone. At 28%, the share of adults who have never married is lower than in 79% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Fishtoft’s people
Many carers
118 residents gave unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age in 2021, 12% of those 5 and over: more than in 94% of UK towns. Relationships & caring ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Half of Fishtoft is over 48.8, older than 79% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
In Fishtoft, 8.7% of residents are aged 15 to 24, beside 12% across England’s towns. For Fishtoft, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 25%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Below 74% of UK towns: 7.6% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
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%.
27% of Fishtoft’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 28% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Typically, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. The census found that 4.8% of adults are full-time students in the village.
Larger households than 84% of UK towns: 2.5 people on average
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.
At 3.6%, shared households of unrelated adults sit close to the figure across England’s towns. Households with dependent children: 27% of the total.
Above 97% of UK towns: 63% of households live in a detached house
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
Nearly one in ten households have no car or van; across England’s towns the figure is 24%. The comparison figure for households in detached houses is 21% across England’s towns.
93% of residents have English as their main language, fewer than in 85% 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (7.9%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.1%). At 10%, the share of residents born outside the UK is higher than in 75% of UK towns. Against that, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 58% in Fishtoft, 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: 89% of Fishtoft · Lincolnshire’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Set against 73% across England’s towns, nearly nine in ten residents describe themselves as White British in Fishtoft. Residents with no religion account for 35%. Measured more widely, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
A higher share of unpaid carers than 94% of UK towns, at 12%
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
The share of married adults and civil partners tops 85% of UK towns: 54%. Against that, 8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 23%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 34% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Fishtoft, 23%, and 22% have none, against 18%.
Around Fishtoft, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fishtoft | 1,077 | — | 48.8 | 25% | 27% |
| Butterwick | 1,363 | 2.2 mi | 52.9 | 30% | 22% |
| Boston | 45,347 | 2.5 mi | 39.6 | 18% | 31% |
| Kirton | 5,576 | 4.1 mi | 38.3 | 19% | 33% |
| Sibsey | 1,520 | 5.3 mi | 51.8 | 27% | 25% |
| Old Leake | 1,173 | 5.6 mi | 40.8 | 20% | 32% |
| Sutterton | 1,068 | 6.4 mi | 49.5 | 30% | 22% |
| Swineshead | 2,653 | 8 mi | 45.2 | 24% | 24% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Fishtoft’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 Fishtoft’s residents
What is the population of Fishtoft?
The 2021 Census counted 1,077 people in Fishtoft’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Fishtoft?
The median age was 48.8 at the 2021 Census. 8.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Fishtoft?
89% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Lincolnshire’s towns. 10% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Fishtoft?
35% said they had no religion and 58% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.7% were Muslim and 6% didn’t answer.
Is Fishtoft good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Fishtoft’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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