Electoral wardE05009622
Fenside ward, Boston
Fenside is one of 15 electoral wards of Boston Borough Council, in Lincolnshire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 5,102 residents in 1,981 households — 2,642 people per km², the 5th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Boston and Skegness constituency; for county elections it is in the Boston North and Boston West divisions.
Residents, 20215,102council ward average 4,700
Households1,9812.58 residents per household
Density2,642/ km²about 1.93 km² · Boston 194
Aged 65+11.3%Boston: 20.4% · under 16: 22.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.2% · 316
5–96.8% · 345
10–159.7% · 495
16–195.4% · 275
20–246.1% · 311
25–3413.6% · 694
35–4922.7% · 1,159
50–6418.3% · 933
65–746.3% · 323
75–843.5% · 177
85+1.5% · 74
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van31.5% · 624
1 car or van42.8% · 847
2 cars or vans18.9% · 374
3 or more6.9% · 136
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Boston overall: 58.9% owned, 19.5% social rented, 20.3% private rented.
Owned outright16.4% · 324
With mortgage16.9% · 335
Shared ownership0.8% · 16
Social rented40.8% · 808
Private rented24.8% · 490
Lives rent free0.3% · 5
Type of home
Detached house21.8% · 432
Semi-detached house40.8% · 807
Terraced house23.9% · 472
Purpose-built flat11.9% · 235
Converted house1.3% · 25
Above shop / office0.4% · 8
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05009622- Council
- Boston Borough Council
- County council
- Lincolnshire County Council
- County division
- Boston North, Boston West
- Constituency
- Boston and Skegness
- Region
- East Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 5 of 15
Other wards in the same constituency
CCoastal28.2% aged 65+ · 76.2% owned3,945FFishtoft24.3% aged 65+ · 69.0% owned7,156FFive Village26.7% aged 65+ · 69.9% owned4,076KKirton and Frampton22.9% aged 65+ · 64.5% owned7,431OOld Leake and Wrangle27.7% aged 65+ · 70.0% owned3,615SSkirbeck13.9% aged 65+ · 43.4% owned8,275SSt Thomas'20.7% aged 65+ · 67.9% owned2,529SStaniland25.0% aged 65+ · 49.4% owned4,302SStation8.3% aged 65+ · 32.9% owned2,702SSwineshead and Holland Fen24.1% aged 65+ · 71.2% owned4,251TTrinity19.2% aged 65+ · 55.3% owned5,298WWest23.3% aged 65+ · 87.2% owned2,191WWitham16.4% aged 65+ · 49.4% owned4,618WWyberton18.1% aged 65+ · 61.9% owned5,013
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.