Church of St Mary · Photo: J.Hannan-Briggs · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 94% of UK towns: half of Marshchapel is over 53.4
Adults who have never married make up 23%, against 39% across England’s towns. In 2021, the Census found 770 residents in Marshchapel, living in 333 households. One-person households account for 21%. Few places have so few households without a car or van: 8.2% here, fewer than in 91% of UK towns.
Marshchapel sits above 92% of UK towns for residents aged 65 and over (31%)
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 8.3%, against 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 an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Full-time students make up 4% in Marshchapel, less than in 84% 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%.
At 11%, the share of residents who moved in within the year is in line with the figure across England’s towns. The wider picture: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
A smaller share of households with dependent children than 85% of UK towns: 23%
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.
In Marshchapel the average household is 2.3 people, beside 2.4 across England’s towns. Higher than in 76% of UK towns: 3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. Across the comparison, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
Fewer flats than 99% of UK towns: 0.3% of households
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 figure for households in terraced houses is 8.5% in Marshchapel and 24% across England’s towns. For comparison, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns. Census figures put households in detached houses at 71% in the village.
Residents whose main language is English: 99%, a higher share than 90% 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
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (2.6%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1%). Residents born outside the UK are rarer here than in just over three quarters of UK towns.
55% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 79% 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 Marshchapel · Lincolnshire’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The figure for residents who describe themselves as White British is 95% in Marshchapel and 73% across England’s towns. As a yardstick, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Residents with no religion: 41% of the total.
In Marshchapel, 62% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 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
Across England’s towns, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care; in Marshchapel, 12%. As a yardstick, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 22% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 22% of adults in Marshchapel (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 21% (England’s towns: 18%).
Marshchapel sits below 3 of its 7 closest neighbours on 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marshchapel | 770 | — | 53.4 | 31% | 23% |
| Tetney | 1,536 | 3.1 mi | 53.3 | 30% | 21% |
| North Somercotes | 1,487 | 4.1 mi | 55.9 | 34% | 19% |
| North Thoresby | 1,090 | 4.2 mi | 57.1 | 37% | 19% |
| Holton le Clay | 3,823 | 5 mi | 50.6 | 27% | 23% |
| Humberston and New Waltham | 14,861 | 5.3 mi | 51.2 | 28% | 23% |
| Cleethorpes | 29,660 | 6.9 mi | 44 | 22% | 26% |
| Waltham | 6,204 | 6.9 mi | 53.6 | 32% | 22% |
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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 Marshchapel’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 Marshchapel’s residents
What is the population of Marshchapel?
The 2021 Census counted 770 people in Marshchapel’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Marshchapel?
The median age was 53.4 at the 2021 Census. 8.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 31% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Marshchapel?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Lincolnshire’s towns. 4.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Marshchapel?
41% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 4% didn’t answer.
Is Marshchapel good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Marshchapel’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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