Electoral wardE05010785
Birchwood ward, Lincoln
Birchwood is one of 11 electoral wards of City of Lincoln Council, in Lincolnshire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 8,932 residents in 3,906 households — 3,696 people per km², the 5th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Lincoln constituency; for county elections it is in the Birchwood and Hartsholme divisions.
Residents, 20218,932council ward average 9,438
Households3,9062.29 residents per household
Density3,696/ km²about 2.42 km² · Lincoln 2,908
Aged 65+17.1%Lincoln: 14.4% · under 16: 20.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.5% · 577
5–96.9% · 618
10–157.4% · 662
16–194.3% · 382
20–246.0% · 538
25–3415.3% · 1,362
35–4918.4% · 1,647
50–6418.1% · 1,617
65–749.0% · 808
75–846.0% · 540
85+2.0% · 178
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van25.0% · 975
1 car or van44.8% · 1,748
2 cars or vans24.1% · 941
3 or more6.2% · 242
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Lincoln overall: 50.5% owned, 21.1% social rented, 27.2% private rented.
Owned outright27.0% · 1,055
With mortgage26.6% · 1,037
Shared ownership0.7% · 28
Social rented28.0% · 1,093
Private rented17.4% · 679
Lives rent free0.3% · 13
Type of home
Detached house28.0% · 1,094
Semi-detached house30.1% · 1,174
Terraced house26.0% · 1,014
Purpose-built flat15.1% · 589
Converted house0.6% · 22
Other conversion0.1% · 4
Above shop / office0.2% · 8
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05010785- Council
- City of Lincoln Council
- County council
- Lincolnshire County Council
- County division
- Birchwood, Hartsholme
- Constituency
- Lincoln
- Region
- East Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 3 of 11
Other wards in the same constituency
AAbbey9.5% aged 65+ · 38.2% owned11,310BBoultham10.2% aged 65+ · 51.6% owned11,258CCarholme9.9% aged 65+ · 42.7% owned11,227CCastle16.5% aged 65+ · 44.7% owned7,725GGlebe15.5% aged 65+ · 54.7% owned8,719HHartsholme23.3% aged 65+ · 70.2% owned8,204MMinster18.5% aged 65+ · 51.9% owned8,254MMoorland18.8% aged 65+ · 56.1% owned8,046PPark8.5% aged 65+ · 31.4% owned12,002WWitham18.9% aged 65+ · 74.9% owned8,136
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.