Photo: Uksignpix · CC BY-SA 3.0Above 89% of UK towns: 50% of households live in a detached house
Nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns, against 11% in Holbeach. In 2021, the Census found 8,757 residents here, living in 3,966 households. Locally, 26% of residents are 65 or over. Higher than in 72% of UK towns: 33% of households are one person living alone.
Older than 67% of UK towns: half of Holbeach is over 46.8
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 9.4%, against 12% across England’s towns. More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: 7.2% of residents.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Holbeach, 46.8. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A smaller share of full-time students than 97% of UK towns: 3.3%
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%.
Nothing unusual on residents who moved in within the year: 11%, close to the figure across England’s towns. As a reference point, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Fewer families than 76% of UK towns: 25% of households have children
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.
Households in Holbeach hold 2.2 people on average (England’s towns: 2.4). Still, the town has more shared households of unrelated adults than nearly two thirds of UK towns, at 2.7%. On average, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
A lower share of households in flats than 80% of UK towns, at 5.7%
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
The share of households without a car or van stands at 15%. As a reference point, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
11% born outside the UK, more than in 77% 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
15% of those born abroad arrived in 2017 or later, against 21% across England’s towns. At 92%, the share of residents whose main language is English is lower than in 88% of UK towns. Typically, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (8.5%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1%).
Holbeach ranks above 89% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as Christian: 57%
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 Holbeach · Lincolnshire’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Beyond White British, the biggest groups are Other White (8.3%), Mixed or multiple (0.9%) and Indian (0.3%). Set beside that, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Holbeach has fewer residents who describe themselves as White British than 68% of UK towns, at 89%. What’s more, by its share of residents with no religion (35%), Holbeach is below 83% of UK towns.
In Holbeach, 46% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, fewer than in 63% 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
The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 298. More unpaid carers than in 69% of UK towns: 10%. As a reference point, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Compared with 39% across England’s towns, 31% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership here.
Degree-level qualifications reach 17% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
26% of Holbeach’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 17% have one at degree level (34%).
Among 482 UK towns of 6,000 to 12,000 people, the 160th oldest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Tidworth is the youngest (28.4); Barton on Sea the oldest (65.3). Nearest to Holbeach in age: Coleshill (46.7), Hadleigh (46.7), Market Deeping (46.8) and Tetbury (46.8).
Every nearby town is older than Holbeach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holbeach | 8,757 | — | 46.8 | 26% | 25% |
| Whaplode | 1,106 | 2 mi | 52.1 | 30% | 20% |
| Fleet Hargate | 1,270 | 2 mi | 56.4 | 36% | 17% |
| Moulton | 1,605 | 3.4 mi | 53.1 | 32% | 23% |
| Long Sutton | 5,377 | 4.6 mi | 52.6 | 34% | 20% |
| Sutton St James | 1,027 | 4.6 mi | 47.7 | 23% | 28% |
| Moulton Chapel | 1,120 | 5.7 mi | 48.8 | 24% | 27% |
| Surfleet | 1,042 | 6.5 mi | 53.8 | 31% | 21% |
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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 Holbeach’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 Holbeach’s residents
What is the population of Holbeach?
The 2021 Census counted 8,757 people in Holbeach’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Holbeach?
The median age was 46.8 at the 2021 Census, older than 67% of UK towns. 9.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Holbeach?
89% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Lincolnshire’s towns. 11% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Holbeach?
35% said they had no religion and 57% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.6% were Muslim and 6.3% didn’t answer.
Is Holbeach good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Holbeach’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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