Photo: Christine Johnstone · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 54.5: Scopwick is older than 96% of UK towns
Households in detached houses: 65% here and 21% across England’s towns. Across Scopwick, 97% of residents describe themselves as White British. On households in terraced houses, Scopwick sits lower than 98% of UK towns: 4.4%. 300 residents in 139 households: that is Scopwick at the 2021 Census.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 31% in Scopwick, more than in 93% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Across England’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 12%; Scopwick has 8%. Typically, 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.
Scopwick sits below 99% of UK towns for full-time students (3%)
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%.
4.4% of residents lived at another address a year earlier (England’s towns: 11%). Full-time students: 7.9% across England’s towns, for comparison.
Households with dependent children make up 17% in Scopwick, less than in 98% 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.
At 3.6%, shared households of unrelated adults sit close to the figure across England’s towns. One-person households are rarer here than in 88% of UK towns. Households with dependent children make up 29% across England’s towns.
Only 2.2% of households have no car or van in Scopwick
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 in flats are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. The comparison figure for households without a car or van is 24% across England’s towns.
Fewer residents born outside the UK than 91% of UK towns: 3%
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 figure for residents whose main language is English is 99% in Scopwick and 90% across England’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (1.7%) and in Africa (1%). The usual figure: 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
A larger share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 92% of UK towns: 59%
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 Scopwick · Lincolnshire’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Where 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns, Scopwick has 34%. Against that, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
More unpaid carers than 99% of UK towns: 16%
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
44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns, against 63% in Scopwick. On the census count, 22% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership. Typically, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns.
Among adults, 40% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 34% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Scopwick, 40%, and 19% have none, against 18%.
Median age: 1 of the 7 towns around Scopwick are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scopwick | 300 | — | 54.5 | 31% | 17% |
| Metheringham | 3,524 | 2.2 mi | 49.9 | 28% | 23% |
| Ruskington | 5,650 | 4.4 mi | 51.2 | 29% | 21% |
| Billinghay | 2,198 | 5 mi | 48.3 | 26% | 25% |
| Navenby | 3,165 | 5.4 mi | 52.5 | 31% | 23% |
| Leasingham | 1,552 | 5.8 mi | 59.5 | 40% | 15% |
| Cranwell | 2,583 | 5.9 mi | 37.2 | 16% | 28% |
| Branston | 4,285 | 6.8 mi | 50 | 29% | 24% |
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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 Scopwick’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 Scopwick’s residents
What is the population of Scopwick?
The 2021 Census counted 300 people in Scopwick’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Scopwick?
The median age was 54.5 at the 2021 Census. 8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 31% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Scopwick?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Lincolnshire’s towns. 3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Scopwick?
34% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.3% didn’t answer.
Is Scopwick good for families?
17% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Scopwick’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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