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44.8Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

Households without a car or van make up 4.4% in Essendine, less than in 99% of UK towns

One-person households: 21%, below 96% of UK towns. Census day 2021: 451 residents and 184 households in Essendine. Here, 55% of households live in a detached house. The village has fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 87% of UK towns, at 8.4%.

16%aged 65 or over 5.3%born abroad 184households

Ages

Fewer residents aged 65 and over than 88% of UK towns: 16%

Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.

EssendineEngland’s towns

0–410–1420–2430–3440–4450–5460–6470–7480–84

No age band is larger than 50–54: 10% of residents, 1.5 times the share across England’s towns. Across the comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. With a median age of 44.8, Essendine is older than 52% of UK towns.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1517%

15 to 248.4%

25 to 4425%

45 to 6434%

65 and over16%

EssendineRutland’s townsEngland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

Essendine

England

WomenMen

About 105 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.

Students & newcomers

Essendine sits below 99% of UK towns for full-time students (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

Full-time students3%

Higher managerial and professional14%

Lower managerial and professional26%

Intermediate11%

Small employers and self-employed16%

Supervisory and technical6.4%

Semi-routine9.7%

Routine12%

Never worked or long-term unemployed2.7%

EssendineRutland’s townsEngland’s towns

Address a year before the Census

Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.

Essendine

5.6%

England’s towns

11%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

residents, 4.9%; England’s towns 11%

Of them from abroad

0.5× England’s share

40% of Essendine’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 21% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year: 4.9% of the total. For comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.

Households

Bigger households than 86% of UK towns: 2.5 people each on average

Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.

Living alone, 66+ 7.1%Living alone, under 66 14%Families with dependent children 28%Couples and families, no young children 48%Shared houses and other 2.7%

Against Rutland’s towns and England’s towns

Essendine

Rutland’s towns

England’s towns

People per household

1 person21%

2 people41%

3 people15%

4 people17%

5 or more5.5%

England’s towns.

Families with dependent children are 28% of households (England’s towns 29%), and 7.1% are someone 66 or over living alone (Rutland’s towns 16%). Across Essendine, 2.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.

Homes & cars

Essendine ranks below 93% of UK towns on households in terraced houses: 8.2%

Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.

Type of home

Essendine

Rutland’s towns

England’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van4.4%

One31%

Two49%

Three or more15%

EssendineRutland’s townsEngland’s towns

Households in flats: 7.1% here and 23% across England’s towns. Against that, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.

Where people were born

Below 61% of UK towns: 5.3% of residents were born outside the UK

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%

Essendine

5.3%

Rutland’s towns

8.5%

England’s towns

18%

EU countriesRest of EuropeMiddle East and AsiaAfricaAmericas, Oceania, other

Main language · residents aged 3 and over

English is main language98%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well1.4%

Another main language, little or no English0.5%

EssendineRutland’s townsEngland’s towns

The share of residents whose main language is English is 98%, against 90% across England’s towns. Against that, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (2.9%), then in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.1%).

Ethnicity & religion

More residents who describe themselves as Christian than 89% of UK towns: 58%

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

EssendineRutland’s townsEngland’s towns

Other White4.9%

Asian1.1%

Mixed0.4%

Black0%

Other0%

0%6%12%

White British, not charted: 94% of Essendine · Rutland’s towns 91% · England’s towns 73%.

Religion · all residents

EssendineRutland’s townsEngland’s towns

No religion35%

Christian58%

Muslim0.2%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist0.4%

Other religion0.2%

Didn’t answer6.4%

0%35%70%

Across England’s towns, the share of residents with no religion is 37%; Essendine has 35%. By way of comparison, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. The share of residents who describe themselves as White British stands at 94%.

Relationships & caring

Essendine: 58% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, above 96% 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

Never married or in a civil partnership28%

Married or civil partnership58%

Separated3%

Divorced8.1%

Widowed2.7%

EssendineRutland’s townsEngland’s towns

31residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 7.2%, against 8.7% in England’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week5.3%

20 to 49 hours0.9%

50 hours or more0.9%

Adults who have never married: 28% here and 39% across England’s towns. The benchmark for married adults and civil partners across England’s towns: 44%. Across Essendine, 7.2% of residents give unpaid care.

Qualifications

35% of adults have qualifications at degree level

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications8.7%

Apprenticeship5.1%

A levels or similar20%

Degree level35%

EssendineRutland’s townsEngland’s towns

Essendine’s adults: 35% with a degree-level qualification and 8.7% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.

Neighbours

Essendine is younger than 5 of its 7 nearest neighbours

Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.

RyhallStamfordThurlbyBastonLangtoftBarnackBourneEssendine

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Essendine	451	—	44.8	16%	28%
Ryhall	1,444	1.5 mi	51.9	30%	23%
Stamford	20,745	3.5 mi	44.8	23%	25%
Thurlby	2,139	4.1 mi	50.6	27%	26%
Baston	1,576	4.2 mi	50.3	26%	26%
Langtoft	2,010	4.7 mi	50	25%	29%
Barnack	1,007	5.1 mi	45.7	22%	29%
Bourne	17,495	5.5 mi	42.4	22%	30%

More about Essendine’s residents

Health, work and homes have their own pages

HealthLife expectancy, early deaths and Census health, adjusted for age Work & commuteIncome, the claimant count, jobs and how people get to work Cost of livingOwners and renters, prices, rents and council tax SchoolsEvery primary and secondary, with results and inspections

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

“Rutland’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Rutland (or England), summed the same way as Essendine’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 Essendine’s residents

What is the population of Essendine?

The 2021 Census counted 451 people in Essendine’s built-up area.

What is the average age in Essendine?

The median age was 44.8 at the 2021 Census. 8.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 16% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Essendine?

94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 91% across Rutland’s towns. 5.3% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Essendine?

35% said they had no religion and 58% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 6.4% didn’t answer.

Is Essendine good for families?

28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Essendine’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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