Photo: Tim Heaton · CC BY-SA 2.0Sedgebrook is older than 97% of UK towns: a median age of 56.2
By its share of households in terraced houses (0.7%), Sedgebrook is below 99% of UK towns. In Sedgebrook, 16% of households are one person living alone. 58% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 90% of UK towns. The village had 329 residents in 140 households at the 2021 Census.
26% of Sedgebrook is 65 or over, a higher share than 76% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails 71% of UK towns: 9.1%. For comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Sedgebrook ranks below 95% of UK towns on residents who moved in within the year: 6.2%
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%.
Set against 7.9% across England’s towns, 5.2% of adults are full-time students in Sedgebrook. Across England’s towns, residents who moved in within the year come to 11%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Fewer families than 89% of UK towns: 22% of households have children
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 Sedgebrook, 2.9% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, beside 4.3% across England’s towns. The benchmark for households with dependent children across England’s towns: 29%. Households average 2.4 people.
A higher share of households in detached houses than 99% of UK towns, at 82%
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
In Sedgebrook, 99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 90% 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
5.2% of residents were born outside the UK, against 18% across England’s towns. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (3%), then in the Middle East and Asia (1.5%).
More residents who describe themselves as White British than 82% of UK towns: 95%
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: 95% of Sedgebrook · Lincolnshire’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Next after White British come Other White (3.7%), Mixed or multiple (0.6%) and Indian (0.3%). Sedgebrook has fewer residents with no religion than two thirds of UK towns, at 38%. Across England’s towns, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British.
Married adults and civil partners: 65%, a higher share than 99% 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
Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 6. 20% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 99% of UK towns. The wider picture: 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. The figure for unpaid carers is 11% in Sedgebrook and 8.7% across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications: 38% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 38% of adults in Sedgebrook, 34% across England’s towns; 8% have no qualification, against 18%.
Sedgebrook is older than every town around it
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sedgebrook | 329 | — | 56.2 | 26% | 22% |
| Barrowby | 2,041 | 2.1 mi | 51.1 | 30% | 23% |
| Great Gonerby | 1,880 | 2.5 mi | 51.2 | 29% | 23% |
| Bottesford | 3,046 | 3.2 mi | 51.6 | 29% | 25% |
| Grantham | 44,906 | 3.8 mi | 41.6 | 19% | 29% |
| Long Bennington | 2,149 | 4.5 mi | 53.8 | 33% | 24% |
| Claypole | 1,352 | 6.9 mi | 49.9 | 21% | 26% |
| Aslockton | 2,173 | 7.5 mi | 48.1 | 21% | 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 Sedgebrook’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 Sedgebrook’s residents
What is the population of Sedgebrook?
The 2021 Census counted 329 people in Sedgebrook’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Sedgebrook?
The median age was 56.2 at the 2021 Census. 9.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Sedgebrook?
95% 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 Sedgebrook?
38% said they had no religion and 58% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4% didn’t answer.
Is Sedgebrook good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Sedgebrook’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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