Photo: Adrian S Pye · CC BY-SA 2.0Households in terraced houses make up 8.2% in Old Leake, less than in 93% of UK towns
Here 32% of households have dependent children, where the figure across England’s towns is 29%. Old Leake is home to 1,173 residents in 477 households, by the 2021 Census. Census figures put households in detached houses at 52% here. Half of the village’s residents are under 40.8, younger than in just over three quarters of UK towns.
Above 84% of UK towns: 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
5–9 is the most common age band: 7.5% of residents. Fewer residents aged 65 and over than in 64% of UK towns: 20%. Across the comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. In Sutton on Sea and Trusthorpe, the oldest of Lincolnshire’s towns by this measure, it is 49%.
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.
Old Leake: 5.5% of adults are full-time students, above 74% 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%.
Across England’s towns, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Old Leake has 22% and 36%. 8.6% of residents had moved in within the year before the Census, fewer than the 11% across England’s towns. Full-time students: 7.9% across England’s towns, for comparison.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Bigger households than 87% of UK towns: 2.5 people each 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.
Compared with 30% across England’s towns, 28% of households are one person living alone here. On the census count, 2.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
A lower share of households in flats than 80% of UK towns, at 5.7%
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 without a car or van is 13% in Old Leake and 24% across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
Old Leake: 10% of residents were born outside the UK, above 74% 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
In Old Leake, 92% of residents have English as their main language, beside 90% across England’s towns. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (8.6%), then in the rest of Europe (0.8%). Across England’s towns, the share of residents born outside the UK is 18%.
Old Leake: 56% of residents describe themselves as Christian, above 82% 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: 90% of Old Leake · Lincolnshire’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents with no religion trails two thirds of UK towns: 38%. The usual figure: 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. On the census count, 90% of residents describe themselves as White British.
Unpaid carers make up 10% in Old Leake, more than in 69% 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
35 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week. Measured more widely, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. Here 33% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, where the figure across England’s towns is 39%.
Degree-level qualifications reach 19% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 19% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 27% hold no qualification (18%).
Around Old Leake, 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Old Leake | 1,173 | — | 40.8 | 20% | 32% |
| Sibsey | 1,520 | 3.4 mi | 51.8 | 27% | 25% |
| Butterwick | 1,363 | 3.5 mi | 52.9 | 30% | 22% |
| Stickney | 1,108 | 5.4 mi | 56 | 34% | 20% |
| Fishtoft | 1,077 | 5.6 mi | 48.8 | 25% | 27% |
| Boston | 45,347 | 6.4 mi | 39.6 | 18% | 31% |
| Wainfleet St Mary | 1,045 | 7.2 mi | 53.8 | 31% | 22% |
| Wainfleet All Saints | 1,802 | 8 mi | 50.3 | 27% | 25% |
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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 Old Leake’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 Old Leake’s residents
What is the population of Old Leake?
The 2021 Census counted 1,173 people in Old Leake’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Old Leake?
The median age was 40.8 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 20% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Old Leake?
90% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Lincolnshire’s towns. 10% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Old Leake?
38% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 5.1% didn’t answer.
Is Old Leake good for families?
32% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Old Leake’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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