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Electoral wardE05001723

South ward, North East Lincolnshire

South is one of 15 electoral wards of North East Lincolnshire Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 12,427 residents in 5,141 households — 4,336 people per km², the 1st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes constituency.

Residents, 202112,427council ward average 10,464
Households5,1412.42 residents per household
Density4,336/ km²about 2.87 km² · North East Lincolnshire 815
Aged 65+15.8%North East Lincolnshire: 20.9% · under 16: 23.6%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.9% · 857
5–97.4% · 915
10–159.3% · 1,157
16–195.2% · 642
20–245.8% · 715
25–3413.3% · 1,658
35–4917.4% · 2,165
50–6418.9% · 2,354
65–749.3% · 1,150
75–844.5% · 556
85+2.1% · 256

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van37.4% · 1,921
1 car or van40.8% · 2,100
2 cars or vans17.4% · 892
3 or more4.4% · 228
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; North East Lincolnshire overall: 63.9% owned, 13.2% social rented, 22.4% private rented.

Owned outright25.1% · 1,289
With mortgage21.5% · 1,107
Shared ownership0.4% · 18
Social rented37.1% · 1,907
Private rented15.8% · 811
Lives rent free0.2% · 8

Type of home

Detached house6.5% · 334
Semi-detached house51.9% · 2,667
Terraced house31.0% · 1,591
Purpose-built flat9.5% · 489
Converted house0.6% · 32
Other conversion0.1% · 5
Above shop / office0.4% · 20
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
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.