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Boston Borough Council

Local authority area: Boston

Boston is a district council in Lincolnshire, in the East Midlands region of England. It covers 364.9 km² and had 70,806 residents in 2022 — about 194 people per km². The authority dates from 1974. The council is based in Boston.

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Town hall in the administrative centreMunicipal Buildings, Boston

People

Population

Estimates recorded for Boston, 2012–2022.

Residents, 202270,806+9.3% since 2012

Land area364.9km²140.9 sq mi

Density194/ km²people per square kilometre

Rank by population#364of 382 UK councils · #306 in England

Population estimates4 data points

64.8K66.9K69.4K70.8K

2012201520182022

History

How the council came to be

1974
Created
Boston became a local authority area.

Same county

Other councils in Lincolnshire

All councils in East Midlands

East Lindsey144,415 South Kesteven144,249 North Kesteven119,709 Lincoln102,545 South Holland96,983 West Lindsey96,817

Elections

15 electoral wards

Census 2021: 70,504 residents in 29,402 households across the wards; 20.4% aged 65+, 58.9% of homes owned, 19.5% of households without a car.

1Skirbeck3,429 households · 13.9% aged 65+8,275 2Kirton and Frampton3,074 households · 22.9% aged 65+7,431 3Fishtoft3,078 households · 24.3% aged 65+7,156 4Trinity2,271 households · 19.2% aged 65+5,298 5Fenside1,981 households · 11.3% aged 65+5,102 6Wyberton2,058 households · 18.1% aged 65+5,013

All wards of Boston

Westminster

Constituencies

Boston and Skegness · 15 wards

Source: Wikidata Q894076 (CC0)Figures as recorded with their reference year; boundaries may have changed since.