Photo: Richard Croft · CC BY-SA 2.00.4% of households live in a flat or apartment, fewer than in 99% of UK towns
Where 24% of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns, Walcott has 1.9%. 25% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 88% of UK towns. At the 2021 Census Walcott was home to 607 people in 257 households. In Walcott, 96% of residents describe themselves as White British.
Walcott is older than 68% of UK towns: a median age of 46.9
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with nearly one in ten residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over are more common here than in 69% of UK towns. On the census count, 9.5% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
In Walcott, 14% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, more than in 96% 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%.
7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns, against 4.6% in Walcott. Across England’s towns, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Bigger households than 72% of UK towns: 2.4 people each 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.
Set against 29% across England’s towns, 27% of households have dependent children in Walcott. Compared with other places, shared households of unrelated adults are common here: 2.7%, more than in 67% of UK towns.
Households without a car or van make up 6.3% in Walcott, less than in 97% of UK towns
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 detached houses: 55%, above 94% of UK towns. The wider picture: nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns.
Residents born outside the UK make up 2.6% in Walcott, less than in 95% 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
The largest groups were born in EU countries (2.1%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.2%). More residents whose main language is English than in 99% of UK towns: 100%. The wider picture: 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
56% of residents describe themselves as Christian, a share 85% of UK towns don’t reach
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: 96% of Walcott · Lincolnshire’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The largest groups after White British are Other White (2.1%), Mixed or multiple (1.2%) and Caribbean (0.3%). Compared with other places, residents with no religion are scarce here: 37%, fewer than in 75% of UK towns. Set beside that, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
Unpaid carers: 11%, a higher share than 88% 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
For 26 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. Compared with other places, married adults and civil partners are common here: 53%, more than in 78% of UK towns. Measured more widely, 8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. Set against 39% across England’s towns, 28% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership in Walcott.
Degree-level qualifications reach 26% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Walcott, 26% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 20% have no qualification at all (18%).
A younger town than 5 of the 7 around it: Walcott
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walcott | 607 | — | 46.9 | 24% | 27% |
| Billinghay | 2,198 | 1.5 mi | 48.3 | 26% | 25% |
| Ruskington | 5,650 | 4.5 mi | 51.2 | 29% | 21% |
| Metheringham | 3,524 | 4.9 mi | 49.9 | 28% | 23% |
| Woodhall Spa | 4,685 | 5.6 mi | 59.8 | 42% | 16% |
| Coningsby and Tattershall | 5,511 | 5.8 mi | 35.1 | 17% | 33% |
| Leasingham | 1,552 | 6.6 mi | 59.5 | 40% | 15% |
| Cranwell | 2,583 | 7.5 mi | 37.2 | 16% | 28% |
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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 Walcott’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 Walcott’s residents
What is the population of Walcott?
The 2021 Census counted 607 people in Walcott’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Walcott?
The median age was 46.9 at the 2021 Census. 9.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Walcott?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Lincolnshire’s towns. 2.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Walcott?
37% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.5% were Muslim and 6.1% didn’t answer.
Is Walcott good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Walcott’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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