Borrowing estimates for South Holland, built from published survey rates and population figures.
67,700
Credit or loan holders
An estimated 67,700 adults in South Holland held at least one credit or loan product in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 84% of adults in the East Midlands held at least one credit or loan product (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 80,641 adults aged 18 and over in South Holland (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
52,400
Credit card holders
An estimated 52,400 adults in South Holland held a credit card in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 65% of adults in the East Midlands held a credit card (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 80,641 adults aged 18 and over in South Holland (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
14,500
Overdraft users
An estimated 14,500 adults in South Holland were overdrawn on a current account in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 18% of adults in the East Midlands were overdrawn on a current account (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 80,641 adults aged 18 and over in South Holland (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
24,200
Residential mortgage holders
An estimated 24,200 adults in South Holland had a residential mortgage in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 30% of adults in the East Midlands had a residential mortgage (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 80,641 adults aged 18 and over in South Holland (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
16,100
Buy now, pay later users
An estimated 16,100 adults in South Holland used buy now, pay later credit in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 20% of adults in the East Midlands used buy now, pay later credit (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 80,641 adults aged 18 and over in South Holland (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
5,080
High-cost credit users
An estimated 5,080 adults in South Holland held high-cost credit in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 6.3% of adults in the East Midlands held high-cost credit (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 80,641 adults aged 18 and over in South Holland (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
18,500
Low financial resilience
An estimated 18,500 adults in South Holland had low financial resilience in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 23% of adults in the East Midlands had low financial resilience (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 80,641 adults aged 18 and over in South Holland (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
7,260
In financial difficulty
An estimated 7,260 adults in South Holland were in financial difficulty in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 9% of adults in the East Midlands were in financial difficulty (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 80,641 adults aged 18 and over in South Holland (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
83,882
Residents aged 16 and over
The estimated population aged 16 and over in South Holland was 83,882 at mid-2025.
Source: Population estimates - local authority based by single year of age (Nomis NM_2002_1), mid-year estimates, Office for National Statistics, 30 June 2025
ONS mid-2025 population estimates (published 29 July 2026 for England and Wales; Scotland and Northern Ireland as carried in the same Nomis table), local authority boundaries as of April 2023, usual residents, as returned by the Nomis 'Aged 16+' category.