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Priory & St James' ward, East Lindsey

Priory & St James' is one of 37 electoral wards of East Lindsey District Council, in Lincolnshire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 4,893 residents in 2,492 households — 3,861 people per km², the 10th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Louth and Horncastle constituency; for county elections it is in the Louth North and Louth South divisions.

Residents, 20214,893council ward average 3,846
Households2,4921.96 residents per household
Density3,861/ km²about 1.27 km² · East Lindsey 80
Aged 65+24.0%East Lindsey: 30.4% · under 16: 16.1%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.1% · 199
5–94.8% · 235
10–157.3% · 356
16–193.8% · 186
20–245.4% · 264
25–3412.4% · 605
35–4917.7% · 868
50–6420.5% · 1,004
65–7412.7% · 619
75–848.1% · 394
85+3.3% · 163

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van25.8% · 643
1 car or van49.7% · 1,238
2 cars or vans19.6% · 489
3 or more4.8% · 120
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; East Lindsey overall: 67.4% owned, 11.3% social rented, 20.2% private rented.

Owned outright32.7% · 814
With mortgage20.2% · 503
Shared ownership1.1% · 27
Social rented10.4% · 260
Private rented35.6% · 887

Type of home

Detached house18.6% · 462
Semi-detached house21.4% · 533
Terraced house39.5% · 983
Purpose-built flat11.0% · 274
Converted house2.5% · 62
Other conversion2.9% · 72
Above shop / office4.1% · 102
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
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.