Photo: John Beal · CC BY-SA 2.0Nettleton sits below 93% of UK towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (8%)
Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. Nettleton is home to 363 residents in 170 households, by the 2021 Census. 12% of residents give unpaid care. The share of households with dependent children is 23%, against 29% across England’s towns.
A median age of 49.4: Nettleton is older than 82% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 50–54: 11% of residents, 1.6 times the share across England’s towns. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 25%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
4.5% of adults are full-time students, below 65% 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%.
In Nettleton, 30% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 29% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. The wider picture: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. For Nettleton, the census puts residents who moved in within the year at 11%.
36% of households are one person living alone, more than in 91% of UK towns
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.
Households in Nettleton hold 2.2 people on average (England’s towns: 2.4). The benchmark for one-person households across England’s towns: 30%.
A higher share of households in detached houses than 73% of UK towns, at 38%
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, 24% of households have no car or van; in Nettleton, 15%. The usual figure: 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns. On the census count, 17% of households live in a terraced house.
5.2% born outside the UK, fewer than in 62% 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 the Middle East and Asia (2.2%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.7%). Across the comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. 98% of residents have English as their main language, against 90% across England’s towns.
A higher share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 87% of UK towns, at 57%
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 Nettleton · Lincolnshire’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns, against 35% in Nettleton. In Nettleton, 94% of residents describe themselves as White British. Across the comparison, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
Nettleton sits below 88% of UK towns for adults who have never married (26%)
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
Married adults and civil partners make up 54%, against 44% across England’s towns. The usual figure: 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. 13 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 25% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 25% of adults in Nettleton, 34% across England’s towns; 24% have no qualification, against 18%.
3 of the 7 nearest towns are older than Nettleton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nettleton | 363 | — | 49.4 | 25% | 23% |
| Caistor | 2,284 | 0.9 mi | 49 | 26% | 25% |
| Barnetby le Wold | 1,841 | 6.7 mi | 44.9 | 21% | 28% |
| Market Rasen | 4,959 | 6.9 mi | 48.5 | 27% | 23% |
| Keelby | 2,098 | 7 mi | 51.8 | 28% | 22% |
| Wrawby | 1,194 | 7.6 mi | 49.7 | 27% | 29% |
| Laceby | 3,284 | 7.7 mi | 49.1 | 25% | 27% |
| Brigg | 5,637 | 7.8 mi | 50 | 27% | 23% |
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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 Nettleton’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 Nettleton’s residents
What is the population of Nettleton?
The 2021 Census counted 363 people in Nettleton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Nettleton?
The median age was 49.4 at the 2021 Census. 8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Nettleton?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Lincolnshire’s towns. 5.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Nettleton?
35% said they had no religion and 57% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.6% didn’t answer.
Is Nettleton good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Nettleton’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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