Photo: JThomas · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 95% of UK towns: half of Leake Commonside is over 53.9
Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. Leake Commonside’s 189 households held 456 residents at the 2021 Census. Married adults and civil partners account for 58%. Here a fifth of households have dependent children, where the figure across England’s towns is 29%.
Above 82% of UK towns: 27% of residents are 65 or over
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
In Leake Commonside, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24, beside 12% across England’s towns. To put it in context, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Residents who moved in within the year: 4.4%, a lower share than 99% 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%.
Against a figure of 7.9% across England’s towns, the share of full-time students in Leake Commonside comes in at 5%. Set beside that, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Fewer people live alone than in 99% of UK towns: 17% of households
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.
A household here has 2.4 people on average; across England’s towns, 2.4. Leake Commonside has more shared households of unrelated adults than 80% of UK towns, at 3.2%. The share of one-person households across England’s towns is 30%.
Households in detached houses: 83%, a higher 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
5.8% of households have no car or van, against 24% across England’s towns. The share of households in detached houses across England’s towns is 21%.
Fewer residents whose main language is English than 64% of UK towns: 97%
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 two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (4.4%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.7%). The benchmark for residents whose main language is English across England’s towns: 90%. 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns, against 5.7% in Leake Commonside.
Above 64% of UK towns: 94% of residents describe themselves as White British
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: 94% of Leake Commonside · Lincolnshire’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Beyond White British, the biggest groups are Other White (5%), Mixed or multiple (0.7%) and Indian (0.2%). Typically, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Leake Commonside has more residents who describe themselves as Christian than 63% of UK towns, at 52%. By contrast, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns, against 38% in the village.
Leake Commonside: 13% of residents give unpaid care, above 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
Some 20 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. Unpaid carers make up 8.7% across England’s towns. Leake Commonside has fewer adults who have never married than 88% of UK towns, at 26%.
Degree-level qualifications: 21% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 21% of adults in Leake Commonside (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 26% (England’s towns: 18%).
Around Leake Commonside, 1 of 7 towns have a higher median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leake Commonside | 456 | — | 53.9 | 27% | 20% |
| Old Leake | 1,173 | 1.4 mi | 40.8 | 20% | 32% |
| Sibsey | 1,520 | 3.1 mi | 51.8 | 27% | 25% |
| Stickney | 1,108 | 4.2 mi | 56 | 34% | 20% |
| Butterwick | 1,363 | 4.7 mi | 52.9 | 30% | 22% |
| Fishtoft | 1,077 | 6.6 mi | 48.8 | 25% | 27% |
| Wainfleet St Mary | 1,045 | 6.8 mi | 53.8 | 31% | 22% |
| Boston | 45,347 | 7 mi | 39.6 | 18% | 31% |
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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 Leake Commonside’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 Leake Commonside’s residents
What is the population of Leake Commonside?
The 2021 Census counted 456 people in Leake Commonside’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Leake Commonside?
The median age was 53.9 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Leake Commonside?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Lincolnshire’s towns. 5.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Leake Commonside?
38% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 9.2% didn’t answer.
Is Leake Commonside good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Leake Commonside’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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