Photo: steven ruffles · CC BY-SA 2.0Saltfleet is older than 99% of UK towns: a median age of 60.1
0.8% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, against 4.3% across England’s towns. There were 242 households in Saltfleet at the 2021 Census, home to 519 residents. Census figures put households in flats at 1.2% here. On married adults and civil partners, Saltfleet sits higher than 93% of UK towns: 57%.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 99% of UK towns: 39%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Against a figure of 12% across England’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Saltfleet comes in at 4.2%. Across the comparison, 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.
In Saltfleet, 2% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 99% 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%.
Compared with 11% across England’s towns, 8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier here. Set beside that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Fewer family households than 98% of UK towns: 17% in Saltfleet
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 Saltfleet the average household is 2.1 people, beside 2.4 across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 29% of households have dependent children. One-person households are rarer here than in 63% of UK towns.
Above 99% of UK towns: 73% of households live in a detached 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
Households without a car or van make up 10%, against 24% across England’s towns. 1.2% of households live in a flat, less than in 99% of UK towns; 73% in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns. In Saltfleet, 4.9% of households live in a terraced house.
A lower share of residents born outside the UK than 92% of UK towns, at 2.9%
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
Against a figure of 90% across England’s towns, the share of residents whose main language is English in Saltfleet comes in at 100%. The comparison figure for residents born outside the UK is 18% across England’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in Africa (1.7%) and in EU countries (1.2%).
97% of residents describe themselves as White British, 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: 97% of Saltfleet · Lincolnshire’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Nearly a third of residents said they have no religion; across England’s towns the figure is 37%. In Saltfleet, three in five residents describe themselves as Christian. The comparison figure for residents who describe themselves as White British is 73% across England’s towns.
A lower share of adults who have never married than 99% of UK towns, at 20%
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
Where 8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns, Saltfleet has 13%. Elsewhere, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 23.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 19%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 19% of adults in Saltfleet (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 25% (England’s towns: 18%).
Saltfleet is younger than 1 of its 7 nearest neighbours
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saltfleet | 519 | — | 60.1 | 39% | 17% |
| North Somercotes | 1,487 | 2.9 mi | 55.9 | 34% | 19% |
| Manby | 1,906 | 5.5 mi | 49 | 26% | 26% |
| Mablethorpe | 7,633 | 6.1 mi | 58.3 | 38% | 16% |
| Louth | 17,415 | 8.3 mi | 46 | 25% | 25% |
| Sutton on Sea and Trusthorpe | 5,042 | 8.4 mi | 64.7 | 49% | 10% |
| Tetney | 1,536 | 9.9 mi | 53.3 | 30% | 21% |
| North Thoresby | 1,090 | 10.5 mi | 57.1 | 37% | 19% |
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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 Saltfleet’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 Saltfleet’s residents
What is the population of Saltfleet?
The 2021 Census counted 519 people in Saltfleet’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Saltfleet?
The median age was 60.1 at the 2021 Census. 4.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 39% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Saltfleet?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Lincolnshire’s towns. 2.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Saltfleet?
32% said they had no religion and 60% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 7.2% didn’t answer.
Is Saltfleet good for families?
17% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Saltfleet’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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