Photo: Richard Croft · CC BY-SA 2.0Utterby is older than 98% of UK towns: a median age of 56.6
Households with dependent children make up 19%, against 29% across England’s towns. The census found that 26% of residents said they have no religion in Utterby. On shared households of unrelated adults, Utterby sits lower than 99% of UK towns: 0.7%. The 2021 Census counted 305 residents in 145 households.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 4.3%, a lower share than 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Across England’s towns, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 18%; Utterby has 35%. Set beside that, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 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.
A smaller share of full-time students than 99% of UK towns: 2.3%
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%.
Across England’s towns, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine work; in Utterby, 33% and 18%. As a yardstick, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Locally, nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Smaller households than 93% of UK towns: 2.1 people 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.
One-person households make up 28%, against 30% across England’s towns.
68% of households live in a detached house, a share 99% of UK towns don’t reach
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 make up 4.8%, against 23% across England’s towns. Fewer households in terraced houses than in 84% of UK towns: 12%. Typically, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns. Census figures put households without a car or van at 13% in Utterby.
3% of residents were born outside the UK, below 91% 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
Across England’s towns, the share of residents whose main language is English is 90%; Utterby has 99%. The benchmark for residents born outside the UK across England’s towns: 18%. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (1%) or in the Middle East and Asia (1%).
66% describe themselves as Christian, more than in 99% 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: 95% of Utterby · Lincolnshire’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents who describe themselves as White British tops 78% of UK towns: 95%. Elsewhere, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Leading the other groups after White British: Mixed or multiple (2%), Chinese (1%) and Other White (0.7%).
Married adults and civil partners make up 66% in Utterby, more than in 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
By its share of adults who have never married (19%), Utterby is below 99% of UK towns. As a yardstick, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. The census found that 13% of residents give unpaid care in the village.
Qualified to degree level: 28% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Utterby, 15%, while 28% hold one at degree level (34%).
1 of the 7 nearest towns are older than Utterby
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Utterby | 305 | — | 56.6 | 35% | 19% |
| North Thoresby | 1,090 | 3.3 mi | 57.1 | 37% | 19% |
| Louth | 17,415 | 4.1 mi | 46 | 25% | 25% |
| Tetney | 1,536 | 4.8 mi | 53.3 | 30% | 21% |
| Holton le Clay | 3,823 | 5.8 mi | 50.6 | 27% | 23% |
| Manby | 1,906 | 6.5 mi | 49 | 26% | 26% |
| Waltham | 6,204 | 7.1 mi | 53.6 | 32% | 22% |
| North Somercotes | 1,487 | 7.3 mi | 55.9 | 34% | 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 Utterby’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 Utterby’s residents
What is the population of Utterby?
The 2021 Census counted 305 people in Utterby’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Utterby?
The median age was 56.6 at the 2021 Census. 4.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 35% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Utterby?
95% 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 Utterby?
26% said they had no religion and 66% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.6% didn’t answer.
Is Utterby good for families?
19% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Utterby’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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