Electoral wardE05009627
St Thomas' ward, Boston
St Thomas' is one of 15 electoral wards of Boston Borough Council, in Lincolnshire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 2,529 residents in 996 households — 936 people per km², the 14th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Boston and Skegness constituency; for county elections it is in the Boston South division.
Residents, 20212,529council ward average 4,700
Households9962.54 residents per household
Density936/ km²about 2.70 km² · Boston 194
Aged 65+20.7%Boston: 20.4% · under 16: 18.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.3% · 133
5–96.0% · 152
10–156.8% · 171
16–194.2% · 107
20–245.3% · 134
25–3413.4% · 339
35–4919.7% · 499
50–6418.7% · 472
65–749.2% · 232
75–847.5% · 189
85+4.0% · 102
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van13.6% · 136
1 car or van44.8% · 447
2 cars or vans30.5% · 304
3 or more11.0% · 110
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Boston overall: 58.9% owned, 19.5% social rented, 20.3% private rented.
Owned outright34.2% · 341
With mortgage33.8% · 337
Shared ownership1.1% · 11
Social rented8.0% · 80
Private rented22.9% · 229
Type of home
Detached house51.4% · 512
Semi-detached house26.5% · 264
Terraced house12.3% · 123
Purpose-built flat8.6% · 86
Converted house0.4% · 4
Other conversion0.1% · 1
Above shop / office0.6% · 6
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05009627- Council
- Boston Borough Council
- County council
- Lincolnshire County Council
- County division
- Boston South
- Constituency
- Boston and Skegness
- Region
- East Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 8 of 15
Other wards in the same constituency
CCoastal28.2% aged 65+ · 76.2% owned3,945FFenside11.3% aged 65+ · 33.3% owned5,102FFishtoft24.3% 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% owned8,275SStaniland25.0% 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.