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Electoral wardE05009904

Wainfleet ward, East Lindsey

Wainfleet is one of 37 electoral wards of East Lindsey District Council, in Lincolnshire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 2,728 residents in 1,191 households — 65 people per km², the 18th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Boston and Skegness constituency; for county elections it is in the Wainfleet division.

Residents, 20212,728council ward average 3,846
Households1,1912.29 residents per household
Density65/ km²about 42.16 km² · East Lindsey 80
Aged 65+28.2%East Lindsey: 30.4% · under 16: 16.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.1% · 138
5–95.1% · 138
10–156.6% · 181
16–194.0% · 110
20–244.6% · 126
25–349.8% · 267
35–4913.2% · 359
50–6423.4% · 637
65–7415.2% · 415
75–849.4% · 256
85+3.6% · 99

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van17.9% · 213
1 car or van46.3% · 551
2 cars or vans25.7% · 306
3 or more10.2% · 121
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright42.1% · 502
With mortgage14.9% · 178
Shared ownership0.3% · 4
Social rented20.1% · 239
Private rented22.5% · 268

Type of home

Detached house45.9% · 547
Semi-detached house27.1% · 323
Terraced house15.6% · 186
Purpose-built flat6.7% · 80
Converted house1.2% · 14
Other conversion0.6% · 7
Above shop / office0.8% · 10
Caravan, mobile2.0% · 24
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.