Photo: Richard Croft · CC BY-SA 2.0Halton Holegate is older than 98% of UK towns: a median age of 57
Households with dependent children: 18%, below 97% of UK towns. There were 214 households in Halton Holegate at the 2021 Census, home to 519 residents. For Halton Holegate, the census puts households in terraced houses at 6.9%. The village has more residents who describe themselves as Christian than 90% of UK towns, at 58%.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 35% in Halton Holegate, more than in 97% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Across England’s towns, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24; in Halton Holegate, 9%. The usual figure: 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Full-time students: 3.9%, a lower share than 87% 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%.
Where 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns, Halton Holegate has 7.3%. Elsewhere, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Only 24% of households are one person living alone in Halton Holegate
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.
Shared households of unrelated adults are about as common here as across England’s towns: 4.2%. There are 2.3 people in the average household. The wider picture: 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
Households in flats: 0.5%, a lower share than 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
Across England’s towns, the share of households in detached houses is 21%; Halton Holegate has 74%. As a yardstick, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns. The share of households without a car or van stands at 8.8%.
Fewer residents born abroad than 97% of UK towns: 2.3%
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
100% of residents have English as their main language, against 90% across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in the Middle East and Asia (1.5%) and in EU countries (0.6%).
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 98% in Halton Holegate, more than in 98% 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: 98% of Halton Holegate · Lincolnshire’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Just over a third of residents said they have no religion, against 37% across England’s towns. Set beside that, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
Only 22% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership in Halton Holegate
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 make up 12% of residents, against 8.7% across England’s towns. Halton Holegate has more married adults and civil partners than 90% of UK towns, at 56%. For adults who have never married, the comparison across England’s towns is 39%.
23% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Halton Holegate, 23% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 28% have no qualification at all (18%).
Halton Holegate is older than every town around it
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Halton Holegate | 519 | — | 57 | 35% | 18% |
| Spilsby | 3,671 | 1.2 mi | 44.8 | 26% | 25% |
| Burgh le Marsh | 2,159 | 5.3 mi | 56.6 | 37% | 20% |
| Wainfleet All Saints | 1,802 | 6.1 mi | 50.3 | 27% | 25% |
| Wainfleet St Mary | 1,045 | 6.3 mi | 53.8 | 31% | 22% |
| Stickney | 1,108 | 6.8 mi | 56 | 34% | 20% |
| Alford | 3,831 | 7 mi | 46.5 | 26% | 26% |
| Old Leake | 1,173 | 9 mi | 40.8 | 20% | 32% |
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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 Halton Holegate’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 Halton Holegate’s residents
What is the population of Halton Holegate?
The 2021 Census counted 519 people in Halton Holegate’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Halton Holegate?
The median age was 57 at the 2021 Census. 9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 35% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Halton Holegate?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Lincolnshire’s towns. 2.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Halton Holegate?
35% said they had no religion and 58% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.2% didn’t answer.
Is Halton Holegate good for families?
18% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Halton Holegate’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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