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North Kesteven District Council

Local authority area: North Kesteven

North Kesteven is a district council in Lincolnshire, in the East Midlands region of England. It covers 922.5 km² and had 119,709 residents in 2022 — about 130 people per km². The authority dates from 1974. The council is based in Sleaford.

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Town hall in the administrative centreTown Hall (Sessions House), Sleaford

People

Population

Estimates recorded for North Kesteven, 2012–2022.

Residents, 2022119,709+9.5% since 2012

Land area922.5km²356.2 sq mi

Density130/ km²people per square kilometre

Rank by population#260of 382 UK councils · #220 in England

Population estimates4 data points

109.3K111.9K116K119.7K

2012201520182022

History

How the council came to be

1974
Created
North Kesteven became a local authority area.

Same county

Other councils in Lincolnshire

All councils in East Midlands

East Lindsey144,415 South Kesteven144,249 Lincoln102,545 South Holland96,983 West Lindsey96,817 Boston70,806

Elections

24 electoral wards

Census 2021: 118,082 residents in 50,989 households across the wards; 23.4% aged 65+, 72.8% of homes owned, 11.4% of households without a car.

1Waddington Rural3,547 households · 21.2% aged 65+8,727 2Hykeham Fosse3,327 households · 14.0% aged 65+7,996 3Sleaford Quarrington & Mareham3,258 households · 17.5% aged 65+7,893 4Heighington & Washingborough3,157 households · 29.6% aged 65+7,088 5Hykeham Central3,102 households · 33.0% aged 65+6,663 6Billinghay Rural2,769 households · 26.0% aged 65+6,494

All wards of North Kesteven

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Council offices

Offices, town halls and local council offices in the area.

PNavenby Parish CouncilParish council · Lincoln LN5 0JJ · hours listed

Westminster

Constituencies

Sleaford and North Hykeham · 21 wards Lincoln · 3 wards Grantham and Bourne · 3 wards

Source: Wikidata Q607082 (CC0)Figures as recorded with their reference year; boundaries may have changed since.