Photo: Richard Vince · CC BY-SA 2.0Ingoldmells is older than 98% of UK towns: a median age of 57.4
In Ingoldmells, 16% of households have dependent children, beside 29% across England’s towns. At the same time, households without a car or van are more common here than in 94% of UK towns. The village had 1,928 residents in 905 households at the 2021 Census. On the census count, 4.8% of households live in a terraced house.
What the Census says about Ingoldmells’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Ingoldmells’s residents are under 57.4 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 34% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Many carers
268 residents gave unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age in 2021, 14% of those 5 and over: more than in 99% of UK towns. Relationships & caring ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Residents aged 65 and over: 34%, a higher share than 96% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 70–74 than any other five-year age: just over one in ten residents, 2.4 times the share across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. On the census count, 8.8% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A smaller share of full-time students than 98% of UK towns: 3.1%
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%.
Across England’s towns, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Ingoldmells has 12% and 41%. Few places have so few residents who moved in within the year: 7.8% here, fewer than in 71% of UK towns. Against that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Smaller households than 98% of UK towns: 2 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.
The share of shared households of unrelated adults tops just over three quarters of UK towns: 3%. A third of households are one person living alone.
A village of detached houses: 37% of households live in one
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
15% of households live in a flat or apartment, against 23% across England’s towns. The usual figure: 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
Only 96% of residents have English as their main language in Ingoldmells
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
Just over a third of the town’s residents born abroad came in 2017 or later, set against 21% across England’s towns. Residents whose main language is English: 90% across England’s towns, for comparison. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (4.7%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1%).
Ingoldmells: 43% of residents said they have no religion, above 65% 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: 93% of Ingoldmells · Lincolnshire’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Where 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns, Ingoldmells has 93%. Across the comparison, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. On the census count, 51% of residents describe themselves as Christian.
Unpaid carers: 14%, a higher share than 99% 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
Adults who have never married: 31% here and 39% across England’s towns. As a yardstick, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. Locally, 45% of adults are married or in a civil partnership.
Degree-level qualifications reach 11% of adults
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 Ingoldmells, 11%, and 45% have none, against 18%.
2 of the 7 nearest towns are older than Ingoldmells
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingoldmells | 1,928 | — | 57.4 | 34% | 16% |
| Chapel St Leonards | 3,435 | 2.3 mi | 62.2 | 44% | 12% |
| Skegness | 20,701 | 3 mi | 48.1 | 26% | 23% |
| Burgh le Marsh | 2,159 | 4.4 mi | 56.6 | 37% | 20% |
| Wainfleet All Saints | 1,802 | 7 mi | 50.3 | 27% | 25% |
| Wainfleet St Mary | 1,045 | 7.9 mi | 53.8 | 31% | 22% |
| Alford | 3,831 | 8.1 mi | 46.5 | 26% | 26% |
| Sutton on Sea and Trusthorpe | 5,042 | 8.5 mi | 64.7 | 49% | 10% |
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 Ingoldmells’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 Ingoldmells’s residents
What is the population of Ingoldmells?
The 2021 Census counted 1,928 people in Ingoldmells’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Ingoldmells?
The median age was 57.4 at the 2021 Census. 8.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 34% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Ingoldmells?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Lincolnshire’s towns. 6.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Ingoldmells?
43% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.8% were Muslim and 4.2% didn’t answer.
Is Ingoldmells good for families?
16% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Ingoldmells’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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