Lincoln Census Demographics United Kingdom

In the 2011 census the population of Lincoln was 93,541 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Lincoln is 37, while the median age is lower at 34.

87.2% of people living in Lincoln were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.8% Scotland, 0.8% Wales, 0.6% Ireland, 0.5% Northern Ireland, 0.4% India, 0.2% China, 0.2% Nigeria, 0.2% South Africa, 0.2% United States.

93.9% of people living in Lincoln speak English. The other top languages spoken are 2.5% Polish, 0.5% Lithuanian, 0.3% Latvian, 0.3% Russian, 0.2% Portuguese, 0.2% All other Chinese, 0.1% Arabic, 0.1% Spanish, 0.1% French.

The religious make up of Lincoln is 58.0% Christian, 31.9% No religion, 1.0% Muslim, 0.4% Hindu, 0.3% Buddhist, 0.1% Agnostic, 0.1% Sikh, 0.1% Jewish. 6,666 people did not state a religion. 439 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 10 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

37.7% of people are married, 15.1% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.9% live with a partner of the same sex, 29.3% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 10.2% are separated or divorced. There are 6,028 widowed people living in Lincoln.

The top occupations listed by people in Lincoln are Elementary 15.1%, Professional 13.5%, Elementary administration and service 12.1%, Sales and customer service 12.0%, Skilled trades 11.1%, Associate professional and technical 10.8%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.7%, Sales 10.1%, Process, plant and machine operatives 10.0%, Administrative and secretarial 9.4%.