owner occupied, significantly below the national average 2011 census The latest figures are drawn from the 2011 census. Population: 3045 Number of households: 1398 Average household size: 2.1 Residents in households: 2992 Residents in communal living: 53 Area: 500 hectares Population density (people per hectare): 6.10 Economy The area is predominantly a rural agricultural economy, with increasing tourism to Spilsby and the surrounding market towns in the Wolds. Landmarks Spilsby and nearby landmarks include Gunby Hall, a National Trust property open on selected days during summer months, the Buttercross monument, a statue to Sir John Franklin, Spilsby Theatre and Arts Centre, Northcote Heavy Horse Centre and Bolingbroke Castle. The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight at nearby RAF Coningsby contains a flying collection, with a Lancaster bomber plus five Spitfire and two Hurricane fighters, plus a DC47 Dakota transport and two Chipmunk trainers. Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre is in East Kirkby, Spilsby on the site of RAF East Kirkby. The museum commemorates the RAF's presence in Lincolnshire during the Second World War, with airfields such as RAF Scampton being in the flat Lincolnshire countryside. The museum contains one of the world's three remaining Lancaster bombers still capable of flying, although it does not currently fly. Plans were announced in March 2008 to raise the funds necessary to get the Lancaster into the air again. Snipe Dales Nature Reserve and Country Park is next to the historic Civil War battlefield at nearby Winceby. Education Pre school facilities Rural pre school Bright Sparks Kindergarten – Fen Road, Spilsby Nestlings Nursery – Rookery Farm, Little Steeping Skendleby Play School – Gunby Urban pre school Spilsby and Skegness Portage – Eresby Avenue, Spilsby Spilsby Playgroup – Woodlands Road, Spilsby Totschool Playgroup – Halton Road, Spilsby Primary education Rural primary school Great Steeping Primary School- mixed sex; approx 115 pupils (67 boys and 48 girls) Halton Holegate C of E Primary School - mixed sex; approx 56 pupils (24 boys and 32 girls) Partney C of E Primary School - mixed sex; approx 83 pupils (46 boys and 37 girls) Toynton All Saints' Primary School - mixed sex; approx 92 pupils (42 boys and 50 girls) Urban primary school Spilsby Primary School - mixed sex; approx 254 pupils (132 boys and 122 girls) Secondary education King Edward VI Academy, is a coeducational bi-lateral secondary school and specialist Humanities College for children between the ages of 11