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Ashby de la Launde, Digby & Scopwick ward, North Kesteven

Ashby de la Launde, Digby & Scopwick is one of 24 electoral wards of North Kesteven District Council, in Lincolnshire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 2,772 residents in 1,034 households — 47 people per km², the 20th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Sleaford and North Hykeham constituency; for county elections it is in the Metheringham Rural division.

Residents, 20212,772council ward average 4,920
Households1,0342.68 residents per household
Density47/ km²about 58.48 km² · North Kesteven 128
Aged 65+19.0%North Kesteven: 23.4% · under 16: 17.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.5% · 152
5–95.7% · 159
10–156.6% · 183
16–193.8% · 106
20–245.6% · 154
25–3413.6% · 378
35–4918.3% · 509
50–6421.8% · 605
65–7410.1% · 281
75–846.8% · 190
85+2.1% · 57

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van6.0% · 62
1 car or van36.8% · 380
2 cars or vans39.6% · 409
3 or more17.7% · 183
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; North Kesteven overall: 72.8% owned, 10.0% social rented, 16.0% private rented.

Owned outright37.9% · 392
With mortgage24.8% · 257
Shared ownership0.7% · 7
Social rented11.3% · 117
Private rented25.1% · 260
Lives rent free0.2% · 2

Type of home

Detached house47.2% · 488
Semi-detached house40.6% · 420
Terraced house10.0% · 103
Purpose-built flat0.4% · 4
Other conversion0.2% · 2
Caravan, mobile1.6% · 17
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0This ward was drawn after the 2021 Census: figures are built up from the 2 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.