The Voice of Spalding and South Holland
More than 85 per cent of people living in South Holland were born in the UK, according to the latest figures released following last year’s Census.
The Office for National Statistics has published the latest round of information collected via the 2021 Census.
The figures show 12.1 per cent of people in the district were born in other European countries.
The number compares to 28.3 per cent in Peterborough, 23.6 per cent for Boston and 10.3 per cent for King’s Lynn and West Norfolk.
More than three per cent of those who arrived here from outside the UK were aged from 30 to 44, with 3.1 per cent aged between 20 and 24.
Of those living in South Holland, nearly 90 per cent had lived at the same address for at least a year and 0.5 per cent had been living outside this country in the previous year.
The statistics also show that 37.4 of the households of South Holland are ‘deprived’ in at least one of four categories: employment, education, health or housing.
South Holland also has one of the least-dense populations with an average of 127 people per square kilometre.
For comparison, East Lindsey has 81, King’s Lynn and West Norfolk 107, Peterborough 628 and Leicester 5,027.
Held once every ten years, the Census also showed single person households make up more than a quarter (27.2 per cent) of all households in South Holland and the median age recorded is 46.
It also reveals that 22.3 percent of residents do not hold a passport at all while 64.9 per cent have a UK passport and 12.9 per cent hold a non-UK passport.
Female resident numbers are 50.8 per cent of the total, narrowly ahead of males at 49.2 per cent.
The last census was in 2011 when South Holland had 88,720 residents – that figure is now 95,100, equating to a 7.7 per cent increase.
Residents aged from 45 to 49 were the biggest group in the East Midlands ten years ago.
