Electoral wardE05009630
Station ward, Boston
Station is one of 15 electoral wards of Boston Borough Council, in Lincolnshire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 2,702 residents in 1,080 households — 5,304 people per km², the 13th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Boston and Skegness constituency; for county elections it is in the Boston West division.
Residents, 20212,702council ward average 4,700
Households1,0802.5 residents per household
Density5,304/ km²about 0.51 km² · Boston 194
Aged 65+8.3%Boston: 20.4% · under 16: 20.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.9% · 186
5–96.5% · 175
10–156.9% · 187
16–193.9% · 105
20–246.5% · 176
25–3418.2% · 492
35–4922.7% · 613
50–6420.1% · 544
65–745.1% · 138
75–842.3% · 63
85+0.9% · 23
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van41.0% · 443
1 car or van41.6% · 449
2 cars or vans12.8% · 138
3 or more4.6% · 50
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Boston overall: 58.9% owned, 19.5% social rented, 20.3% private rented.
Owned outright17.1% · 185
With mortgage15.8% · 171
Shared ownership0.8% · 9
Social rented18.4% · 199
Private rented47.7% · 516
Lives rent free0.1% · 1
Type of home
Detached house16.9% · 182
Semi-detached house30.0% · 324
Terraced house26.2% · 283
Purpose-built flat17.5% · 189
Converted house6.7% · 72
Other conversion1.1% · 12
Above shop / office1.6% · 17
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05009630- Council
- Boston Borough Council
- County council
- Lincolnshire County Council
- County division
- Boston West
- Constituency
- Boston and Skegness
- Region
- East Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 1 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% owned8,275SSt Thomas'20.7% aged 65+ · 67.9% owned2,529SStaniland25.0% aged 65+ · 49.4% owned4,302SSwineshead 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.