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50.4Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

Northgate ranks below 99% of UK towns on households without a car or van: 4.1%

Across England’s towns, the share of households in terraced houses is 24%; Northgate has 2.2%. At the 2021 Census Northgate was home to 654 people in 272 households. One-person households: 19% of the total. 61% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 95% of UK towns.

24%aged 65 or over 8.4%born abroad 272households

Ages

A median age of 50.4: Northgate is older than 87% of UK towns

Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.

NorthgateEngland’s towns

0–410–1420–2430–3440–4450–5460–6470–7480–84

9.5% of residents are aged 15 to 24, against 12% across England’s towns. At the same time, residents aged 65 and over are more common here than in 66% of UK towns.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1515%

15 to 249.5%

25 to 4418%

45 to 6434%

65 and over24%

NorthgateLincolnshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

Northgate

England

WomenMen

About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.

Students & newcomers

Northgate sits below 98% of UK towns for full-time students (3.1%)

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

Full-time students3.1%

Higher managerial and professional10%

Lower managerial and professional17%

Intermediate9.8%

Small employers and self-employed17%

Supervisory and technical9.6%

Semi-routine14%

Routine16%

Never worked or long-term unemployed3.8%

NorthgateLincolnshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Address a year before the Census

Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.

Northgate

6.9%

England’s towns

11%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

residents, 6.8%; England’s towns 11%

Of them from abroad

0.5× England’s share

Managerial and professional jobs account for 27% of Northgate’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 30%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. On the census count, 6.8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. To put it in context, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.

Households

In Northgate, 24% of households have dependent children, fewer than in 82% of UK towns

Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.

Living alone, 66+ 8.5%Living alone, under 66 10%Families with dependent children 24%Couples and families, no young children 53%Shared houses and other 4.4%

Against Lincolnshire’s towns and England’s towns

Northgate

Lincolnshire’s towns

England’s towns

People per household

1 person19%

2 people48%

3 people14%

4 people14%

5 or more5.2%

England’s towns.

Shared households of unrelated adults are about as common here as across England’s towns, at 4.4%. Households here average 2.4 people each. Set beside that, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.

Homes & cars

Northgate sits below 99% of UK towns for households in flats (0.7%)

Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.

Type of home

Northgate

Lincolnshire’s towns

England’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van4.1%

One31%

Two42%

Three or more23%

NorthgateLincolnshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Where just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns, Northgate has 61%. Across England’s towns, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment.

Where people were born

96% of residents have English as their main language, below 75% 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%

Northgate

8.4%

Lincolnshire’s towns

9.9%

England’s towns

18%

EU countriesRest of EuropeMiddle East and AsiaAfricaAmericas, Oceania, other

Main language · residents aged 3 and over

English is main language96%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well3%

Another main language, little or no English1.4%

NorthgateLincolnshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Residents born outside the UK: 8.4% here and 18% across England’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (7.5%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.3%). The wider picture: nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.

Ethnicity & religion

32% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 90% 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

NorthgateLincolnshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Other White5.8%

Asian0.3%

Mixed1.4%

Black0.5%

Other0.6%

0%6%12%

White British, not charted: 91% of Northgate · Lincolnshire’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.

Religion · all residents

NorthgateLincolnshire’s townsEngland’s towns

No religion32%

Christian61%

Muslim0.8%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist0.2%

Other religion0.5%

Didn’t answer5.8%

0%35%70%

In Northgate, 91% of residents describe themselves as White British, beside 73% across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. The groups that follow White British are Other White (5.8%), Mixed or multiple (1.4%) and Pakistani (0.3%).

Relationships & caring

Below 91% of UK towns: 26% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership

Legal partnership status (residents 16 and over) and unpaid care (residents 5 and over), Census 2021.

Partnership status · residents 16 and over

Never married or in a civil partnership26%

Married or civil partnership56%

Separated2.5%

Divorced12%

Widowed4.4%

NorthgateLincolnshire’s townsEngland’s towns

57residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 9%, against 8.7% in England’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week3.6%

20 to 49 hours0.8%

50 hours or more4.6%

29 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week. Married adults and civil partners are more common here than in 90% of UK towns. Set beside that, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Nothing unusual on unpaid carers: 9%, close to the figure across England’s towns.

Qualifications

Degree-level qualifications reach 19% of adults

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications21%

Apprenticeship9.8%

A levels or similar17%

Degree level19%

NorthgateLincolnshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Across England’s towns, 34% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Northgate, 19%, and 21% have none, against 18%.

Neighbours

2 in 7 nearby towns have a higher median age than Northgate

Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.

PinchbeckSpaldingGosbertonSurfleetMortonDoningtonCowbitNorthgate

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Northgate	654	—	50.4	24%	24%
Pinchbeck	4,275	2.7 mi	45.6	26%	27%
Spalding	30,552	3.6 mi	40.7	19%	30%
Gosberton	1,455	4.4 mi	53	32%	19%
Surfleet	1,042	4.5 mi	53.8	31%	21%
Morton	2,180	6.1 mi	47	21%	27%
Donington	3,192	6.1 mi	45.1	24%	27%
Cowbit	1,366	6.5 mi	42.3	19%	28%

More about Northgate’s residents

Health, work and homes have their own pages

HealthLife expectancy, early deaths and Census health, adjusted for age Work & commuteIncome, the claimant count, jobs and how people get to work Cost of livingOwners and renters, prices, rents and council tax SchoolsEvery primary and secondary, with results and inspections

How to read these numbers

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 Northgate’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 Northgate’s residents

What is the population of Northgate?

The 2021 Census counted 654 people in Northgate’s built-up area.

What is the average age in Northgate?

The median age was 50.4 at the 2021 Census. 9.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Northgate?

91% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Lincolnshire’s towns. 8.4% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Northgate?

32% said they had no religion and 61% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.8% were Muslim and 5.8% didn’t answer.

Is Northgate good for families?

24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Northgate’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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