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Electoral wardE05009885
Horncastle ward, East Lindsey
Horncastle is one of 37 electoral wards of East Lindsey District Council, in Lincolnshire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 7,746 residents in 3,629 households — 241 people per km², the 4th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Louth and Horncastle constituency; for county elections it is in the Horncastle & the Keals and Woodhall Spa & Wragby divisions.
Residents, 20217,746council ward average 3,846
Households3,6292.13 residents per household
Density241/ km²about 32.17 km² · East Lindsey 80
Aged 65+27.1%East Lindsey: 30.4% · under 16: 16.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.6% · 360
5–94.8% · 375
10–156.7% · 521
16–193.6% · 277
20–244.5% · 352
25–3410.4% · 808
35–4915.6% · 1,209
50–6422.5% · 1,744
65–7413.1% · 1,018
75–8410.1% · 785
85+3.8% · 296
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van17.4% · 631
1 car or van46.1% · 1,671
2 cars or vans27.5% · 999
3 or more9.0% · 327
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; East Lindsey overall: 67.4% owned, 11.3% social rented, 20.2% private rented.
Owned outright41.5% · 1,507
With mortgage23.7% · 859
Shared ownership1.3% · 48
Social rented13.4% · 486
Private rented20.1% · 728
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house44.8% · 1,626
Semi-detached house28.4% · 1,029
Terraced house16.9% · 614
Purpose-built flat5.8% · 212
Converted house0.9% · 32
Other conversion0.7% · 27
Above shop / office1.7% · 61
Caravan, mobile0.8% · 28
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05009885- County council
- Lincolnshire County Council
- County division
- Horncastle & the Keals, Woodhall Spa & Wragby
- Constituency
- Louth and Horncastle
- Region
- East Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 13 of 37
Parishes in the ward
Claxby with MoorbyHorncastleScrivelsbyThimblebyWood Enderby
Other wards in the same constituency
AAlford28.8% aged 65+ · 63.4% owned4,928BBinbrook33.0% aged 65+ · 69.1% owned2,442CConingsby & Mareham22.1% aged 65+ · 65.8% owned9,495FFulstow31.1% aged 65+ · 77.8% owned2,821GGrimoldby27.9% aged 65+ · 81.9% owned2,312HHagworthingham31.8% aged 65+ · 74.4% owned2,289HHalton Holegate34.0% aged 65+ · 82.8% owned2,645HHolton-le-Clay & North Thoresby29.4% aged 65+ · 82.4% owned5,062LLegbourne31.0% aged 65+ · 72.2% owned2,170MMablethorpe38.1% aged 65+ · 64.2% owned8,218MMarshchapel & Somercotes32.7% aged 65+ · 80.7% owned4,494NNorth Holme23.2% aged 65+ · 56.8% owned2,615PPriory & St James'24.0% aged 65+ · 52.9% owned4,893RRoughton36.4% aged 65+ · 83.7% owned2,365
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.