Photo: Rodney Burton · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 53.4: Tallington is older than 94% of UK towns
Where 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns, Tallington has 1.1%. Households in detached houses: 60% of the total. Compared with other places, adults who have never married are scarce here: 20%, fewer than in 99% of UK towns. At the 2021 Census Tallington was home to 471 people in 185 households.
In Tallington, 6.8% of residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 55–59: 9.4% of residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. More residents aged 65 and over than in 91% of UK towns: 30%. Across England’s towns, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 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.
Fewer full-time students than 99% of UK towns: 2.5%
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%.
Against a figure of 11% across England’s towns, the share of residents who moved in within the year in Tallington comes in at 12%. The comparison figure for full-time students is 7.9% across England’s towns.
Tallington ranks below 84% of UK towns on one-person households: 25%
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.
Against a figure of 29% across England’s towns, the share of households with dependent children in Tallington comes in at 25%. There are 2.3 people in the average household. 3.2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, more than in 82% of UK towns. To put it in context, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
A lower share of households without a car or van than 99% of UK towns, at 5%
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
Nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns, against 7.1% in Tallington.
More residents whose main language is English than 84% of UK towns: 99%
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
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (2.5%) or in the Middle East and Asia (1.7%). Across England’s towns, 90% of residents have English as their main language. The figure for residents born outside the UK is 6.3% in Tallington and 18% across England’s towns.
Tallington sits below 95% of UK towns for residents with no religion (28%)
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 Tallington · Lincolnshire’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Next after White British come Other White (2.4%), Mixed or multiple (1.1%) and Indian (0.2%). The wider picture: 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Higher than in 93% of UK towns: 59% of residents describe themselves as Christian. Set against 73% across England’s towns, 95% of residents describe themselves as White British in Tallington.
More married adults and civil partners than 83% of UK towns: 54%
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
Here 11% of residents give unpaid care, where the figure across England’s towns is 8.7%. 12 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week. As a reference point, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 38% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Tallington, 38% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 16% have no qualification at all (18%).
The towns around Tallington are all younger
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tallington | 471 | — | 53.4 | 30% | 25% |
| Barnack | 1,007 | 2.1 mi | 45.7 | 22% | 29% |
| Helpston | 1,249 | 2.4 mi | 45 | 19% | 35% |
| Langtoft | 2,010 | 3.1 mi | 50 | 25% | 29% |
| Market Deeping | 6,533 | 3.2 mi | 46.8 | 25% | 27% |
| Northborough | 1,336 | 3.7 mi | 53.4 | 33% | 26% |
| Ryhall | 1,444 | 3.8 mi | 51.9 | 30% | 23% |
| Baston | 1,576 | 3.9 mi | 50.3 | 26% | 26% |
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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 Tallington’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 Tallington’s residents
What is the population of Tallington?
The 2021 Census counted 471 people in Tallington’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Tallington?
The median age was 53.4 at the 2021 Census. 6.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 30% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Tallington?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Lincolnshire’s towns. 6.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Tallington?
28% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 10% didn’t answer.
Is Tallington good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Tallington’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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