Photo: Adrian S Pye · CC BY-SA 2.0Folkingham is older than 96% of UK towns: a median age of 54.7
Set against 46% across England’s towns, 59% of residents describe themselves as Christian in Folkingham. Census day 2021: 781 residents and 356 households locally. The census found that just over a fifth of households have dependent children in the village. The village has fewer adults who have never married than 97% of UK towns, at 23%.
Below 99% of UK towns: 6.4% of residents are aged 15 to 24
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
31% of Folkingham is 65 or over, against 22% across Lincolnshire’s towns and 18% across England’s towns. To put it in context, 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.
3.6% of adults are full-time students, below 93% 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%.
The figure for residents who moved in within the year is 9.7% in Folkingham and 11% across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 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.
1.7% of households are unrelated adults living together, against 4.3% across England’s towns. Across Folkingham, 29% of households are one person living alone.
54% of households live in a detached house, more than in 92% 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
Set against 24% across England’s towns, nearly one in ten households live in a terraced house in Folkingham. Across the comparison, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns. Census figures put households in flats at 4.8% in the village. Every 10th household or so has no car or van.
In Folkingham, 99% of residents have English as their main language, more 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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
The largest groups were born in EU countries (2.3%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.9%). 4.6% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 69% of UK towns. Against that, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
95% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 75% 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: 95% of Folkingham · Lincolnshire’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
36% of residents said they have no religion; across England’s towns the figure is 37%. For comparison, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Leading the other groups after White British: Other White (3.3%), Mixed or multiple (1.3%) and Pakistani (0.5%).
Married adults and civil partners make up 55% in Folkingham, more than in 90% 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
Here 11% of residents give unpaid care, where the figure across England’s towns is 8.7%. To put it in context, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Some 31 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 31% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Folkingham, 31% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 18% have no qualification at all (18%).
The towns around Folkingham are all younger
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Folkingham | 781 | — | 54.7 | 31% | 21% |
| Billingborough | 1,390 | 2.8 mi | 50.6 | 25% | 20% |
| Morton | 2,180 | 6.2 mi | 47 | 21% | 27% |
| Greylees | 1,989 | 6.7 mi | 34.6 | 7% | 44% |
| Corby Glen | 1,006 | 6.9 mi | 53.2 | 33% | 25% |
| Sleaford | 18,028 | 7.6 mi | 43.2 | 20% | 28% |
| Heckington | 3,316 | 7.8 mi | 53.9 | 32% | 19% |
| Bourne | 17,495 | 8.5 mi | 42.4 | 22% | 30% |
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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 Folkingham’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 Folkingham’s residents
What is the population of Folkingham?
The 2021 Census counted 781 people in Folkingham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Folkingham?
The median age was 54.7 at the 2021 Census. 6.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 31% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Folkingham?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Lincolnshire’s towns. 4.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Folkingham?
36% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.5% were Muslim and 4.2% didn’t answer.
Is Folkingham good for families?
21% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Folkingham’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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