Electoral wardE05009634
Witham ward, Boston
Witham is one of 15 electoral wards of Boston Borough Council, in Lincolnshire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 4,618 residents in 1,996 households — 1,966 people per km², the 7th 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 division.
Residents, 20214,618council ward average 4,700
Households1,9962.31 residents per household
Density1,966/ km²about 2.35 km² · Boston 194
Aged 65+16.4%Boston: 20.4% · under 16: 17.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.1% · 236
5–95.9% · 274
10–156.8% · 316
16–194.5% · 209
20–245.5% · 256
25–3414.8% · 681
35–4920.7% · 954
50–6420.1% · 929
65–749.0% · 414
75–844.9% · 227
85+2.6% · 118
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van28.8% · 574
1 car or van44.9% · 896
2 cars or vans21.0% · 418
3 or more5.4% · 107
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Boston overall: 58.9% owned, 19.5% social rented, 20.3% private rented.
Owned outright29.6% · 590
With mortgage19.8% · 396
Shared ownership0.3% · 6
Social rented15.4% · 308
Private rented34.8% · 695
Lives rent free0.1% · 1
Type of home
Detached house30.0% · 597
Semi-detached house32.9% · 655
Terraced house18.6% · 370
Purpose-built flat13.9% · 278
Converted house2.5% · 50
Other conversion0.8% · 15
Above shop / office1.2% · 24
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 4
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05009634- Council
- Boston Borough Council
- County council
- Lincolnshire County Council
- County division
- Boston North
- Constituency
- Boston and Skegness
- Region
- East Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 7 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% owned4,302SStation8.3% 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% owned2,191WWyberton18.1% 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.