Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 17 h 3 min4:33 am – 9:36 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 28 min8:17 am – 3:45 pm
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People7,493 residentsin the Epworth & Bracon census areaMedian age 49.33,256 households77% of homes owner-occupied46% owned outright10% social rented, 13% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting4.1% unemployment rate57% of adults are economically active, 3,400 in work, 30% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 16%, health and social work 12%, manufacturing 12%Getting to work: 28% work from home, 64% go by car, 6% walk or cycle28% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages33% of adults hold a degree or higher17% have no qualifications, 7% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 99%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 22°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 8°C, lows 2°C604 mm of rain a year, 15 days with 10 mm or morewettest month August43 days of air frost, 13 summer days above 25°C in a typical yearSource: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991-2020 averages, 2 km grid (highs and lows from the 12 km grid)
Parks and green spacesWar Memorial Fieldplaying field · under a mileSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes103 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197010 of magnitude 3+, 3 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 5.0 on 27 Feb 200822 mi away, Market Rasen, LincsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 25 Aug 202630 mi away, Grimsby, LincolnshireSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Flood riskRivers and sea: no mapped risk within 500 m of the centreSource: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea
Air qualityNO2 4.8 · PM2.5 7.0 · PM10 12 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband93% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband98% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)0.4% cannot get a decent connection (below the 10 Mbit/s universal service obligation)3,430 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation20 m66 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 2 to 33 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalJohn Coupland Hospital7.5 miGP surgerySouth Axholme Practiceunder a milePharmacyWeldricks Pharmacyunder a mileDentistThe Limes Dental Practiceunder a milePolice stationHumberside Police - Epworth Police StationDoncasterunder a mileCash machineLincolnshire Co-op - Haxey (001330)2.1 miSources: NHS Organisation Data Service; Overture Maps
SchoolsWithin 2 mi3 schools2 primary, 1 secondarySecondarySouth Axholme Academyages 11-16, 910 pupilsunder a milePrimaryEpworth Primary Academyages 3-11, 306 pupilsunder a milePrimaryHaxey Cofe Primary Academyages 4-11, 183 pupils1.8 miCollegeJohn Leggott Sixth Form College7.5 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportHumberside Airport HUY20 miMajor airportLeeds Bradford Airport LBA42 miRailway stationCrowleEaland4.9 miBus stationBus StationGainsborough8.6 miFerryHull Ferry TerminalMyton27 miBus stops21 within a mileCar parkPlatinum ParkingEpworth2.7 miEV chargingubitricity2.6 miSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports; Overture Maps
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the DN9 postcode district.
