Photo: Neil Theasby · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 57.1: Wrangle is older than 98% of UK towns
29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns, against 17% in Wrangle. In Wrangle, 4.7% of households live in a terraced house. Compared with other places, unpaid carers are common here: 12%, more than in 97% of UK towns. The village’s 383 households held 865 residents at the 2021 Census.
Residents aged 65 and over: 38%, a higher share than 98% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
7.5% of residents are aged 15 to 24; across England’s towns the figure is 12%. Elsewhere, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Only 2.1% of adults are full-time students in Wrangle
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%.
Residents who moved in within the year: 10% here and 11% across England’s towns. The comparison figure for full-time students is 7.9% across England’s towns.
In Wrangle, 27% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 76% 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.
There is little gap on shared households of unrelated adults: 3.9%, about the same as across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. The average household has 2.2 people.
Fewer flats than 99% of UK towns: 0.8% of households
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
Across England’s towns, the share of households in detached houses is 21%; Wrangle has 66%. One household in 10 has no car or van. The wider picture: nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
94% of residents have English as their main language, below 82% 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
Compared with 18% across England’s towns, nearly one in ten residents were born outside the UK here. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (6.8%) or in the Middle East and Asia (0.6%). The share of residents whose main language is English across England’s towns is 90%.
59% describe themselves as Christian, more than in 93% 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: 93% of Wrangle · Lincolnshire’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
By its share of residents with no religion (34%), Wrangle is below 86% of UK towns. The village has more residents who describe themselves as White British than 58% of UK towns, at 93%. The usual figure: 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Leading the other groups after White British: Other White (5.1%), Mixed or multiple (1%) and African (0.1%).
Fewer adults who have never married than 99% of UK towns: 21%
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
The share of married adults and civil partners tops 95% of UK towns: 58%. For 44 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. Adults who have never married: 39% across England’s towns, for comparison.
14% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 14% of its adults qualified to degree level, Wrangle compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 35% hold no qualification (18%).
Wrangle 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wrangle | 865 | — | 57.1 | 38% | 17% |
| Old Leake | 1,173 | 1.5 mi | 40.8 | 20% | 32% |
| Butterwick | 1,363 | 4.6 mi | 52.9 | 30% | 22% |
| Sibsey | 1,520 | 4.7 mi | 51.8 | 27% | 25% |
| Wainfleet St Mary | 1,045 | 5.8 mi | 53.8 | 31% | 22% |
| Stickney | 1,108 | 6.2 mi | 56 | 34% | 20% |
| Wainfleet All Saints | 1,802 | 6.7 mi | 50.3 | 27% | 25% |
| Fishtoft | 1,077 | 6.8 mi | 48.8 | 25% | 27% |
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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 Wrangle’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 Wrangle’s residents
What is the population of Wrangle?
The 2021 Census counted 865 people in Wrangle’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Wrangle?
The median age was 57.1 at the 2021 Census. 7.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 38% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Wrangle?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Lincolnshire’s towns. 8.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Wrangle?
34% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 5.6% didn’t answer.
Is Wrangle good for families?
17% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Wrangle’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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