Photo: Tony Atkin · CC BY-SA 2.0A lower share of households in flats than 99% of UK towns, at 0.4%
The share of households without a car or van trails 98% of UK towns: 5.7%. On the census count, just over a fifth of households are one person living alone. 34% of residents said they have no religion, a lower share than in 84% of UK towns. Langtoft had 2,010 residents and 842 households at the 2021 Census, with a median age of 50.
Langtoft is older than 84% of UK towns: a median age of 50
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
55–59 is the most common age band: nearly one in ten residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 25% in Langtoft. On residents aged 15 to 24, Langtoft sits lower than 72% of UK towns: 9.1%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 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.
A smaller share of residents who moved in within the year than 99% of UK towns: 5.7%
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%.
5.4% of adults are full-time students, against 7.9% across England’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year make up 11% across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Fewer shared households of unrelated adults than 86% of UK towns: 1.7%
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 2.4 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across England’s towns. Households with dependent children: 29% of the total. The usual figure: 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns.
A larger share of households in detached houses than 98% of UK towns: 64%
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 terraced houses is 24%; Langtoft has 6.1%. Against that, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
A larger share of residents whose main language is English than 91% of UK towns: 99%
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
Across England’s towns the share born abroad is 18%; in Langtoft it is 4.4%. As a yardstick, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (2.2%) or in the Middle East and Asia (0.8%).
A larger share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 94% of UK towns: 60%
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 Langtoft · Lincolnshire’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as White British: 95%, above 82% of UK towns. As a reference point, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Next after White British come Other White (2.3%), Mixed or multiple (1.2%) and Indian (0.4%).
More married adults and civil partners than 98% of UK towns: 60%
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: 8.4%, near enough the figure across England’s towns. The usual figure: 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Locally, 23% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership.
32% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
13% of Langtoft’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 32% have one at degree level (34%).
Nearby, 3 of 7 towns have older populations than Langtoft
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Langtoft | 2,010 | — | 50 | 25% | 29% |
| Baston | 1,576 | 1.2 mi | 50.3 | 26% | 26% |
| Market Deeping | 6,533 | 1.5 mi | 46.8 | 25% | 27% |
| Deeping St James | 7,255 | 2.6 mi | 46.5 | 23% | 27% |
| Northborough | 1,336 | 3.2 mi | 53.4 | 33% | 26% |
| Thurlby | 2,139 | 3.3 mi | 50.6 | 27% | 26% |
| Helpston | 1,249 | 4.3 mi | 45 | 19% | 35% |
| Glinton | 1,743 | 4.6 mi | 49.5 | 24% | 30% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “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 Langtoft’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 Langtoft’s residents
What is the population of Langtoft?
The 2021 Census counted 2,010 people in Langtoft’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Langtoft?
The median age was 50 at the 2021 Census. 9.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Langtoft?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Lincolnshire’s towns. 4.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Langtoft?
34% said they had no religion and 60% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 4.5% didn’t answer.
Is Langtoft good for families?
29% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Langtoft’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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