Photo: David Hurn · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Leasingham is over 59.5, older than 99% of UK towns
15% of households have dependent children, against 29% across England’s towns. Leasingham had 1,552 residents in 737 households at the 2021 Census. On the census count, 80% of households live in a detached house. Lower than in 98% of UK towns: 1.2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
What the Census says about Leasingham’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Leasingham’s residents are under 59.5 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 40% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Many carers
181 residents gave unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age in 2021, 12% of those 5 and over: more than in 96% of UK towns. Relationships & caring ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Above 99% of UK towns: 40% of residents are 65 or over
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Young people aged 15 to 24 make up 7.2% of residents, against 12% across England’s towns. Typically, 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 93 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.
Only 3.5% of adults are full-time students in Leasingham
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%.
The figure for residents who moved in within the year is 9% in Leasingham and 11% across England’s towns. To put it in context, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Smaller households than 96% of UK towns: 2.1 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.
30% of households are one person living alone.
Below 99% of UK towns: 2.6% of households live in a terraced house
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
2.3% of households live in a flat or apartment, against 23% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of households in terraced houses is 24%. Here, nearly one in ten households have no car or van.
99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 79% 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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Across England’s towns the share born abroad is 18%; in Leasingham it is 5.9%. The comparison figure for residents whose main language is English is 90% across England’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (3.5%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.8%).
62% describe themselves as Christian, more than in 96% 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: 95% of Leasingham · Lincolnshire’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (2.9%), Mixed or multiple (0.7%) and Indian (0.2%). Higher than in 82% of UK towns: 95% of residents describe themselves as White British. The share of residents who describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns is 46%. Here 31% of residents said they have no religion, where the figure across England’s towns is 37%.
19% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, below 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
57 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week. At 61%, the share of married adults and civil partners is higher than in 99% of UK towns. Adults who have never married: 39% across England’s towns, for comparison. The share of unpaid carers is 12%, against 8.7% across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications: 27% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 27% of adults in Leasingham, 34% across England’s towns; 17% have no qualification, against 18%.
Every neighbour of Leasingham has a younger population
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leasingham | 1,552 | — | 59.5 | 40% | 15% |
| Cranwell | 2,583 | 1.9 mi | 37.2 | 16% | 28% |
| Sleaford | 18,028 | 2 mi | 43.2 | 20% | 28% |
| Ruskington | 5,650 | 2.1 mi | 51.2 | 29% | 21% |
| Greylees | 1,989 | 3.3 mi | 34.6 | 7% | 44% |
| Heckington | 3,316 | 6 mi | 53.9 | 32% | 19% |
| Navenby | 3,165 | 6.7 mi | 52.5 | 31% | 23% |
| Billinghay | 2,198 | 7 mi | 48.3 | 26% | 25% |
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 Leasingham’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 Leasingham’s residents
What is the population of Leasingham?
The 2021 Census counted 1,552 people in Leasingham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Leasingham?
The median age was 59.5 at the 2021 Census. 7.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 40% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Leasingham?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Lincolnshire’s towns. 5.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Leasingham?
31% said they had no religion and 62% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 5.6% didn’t answer.
Is Leasingham good for families?
15% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Leasingham’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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