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Electoral wardE05014427
Billinghay Rural ward, North Kesteven
Billinghay Rural is one of 24 electoral wards of North Kesteven District Council, in Lincolnshire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 6,494 residents in 2,769 households — 47 people per km², the 6th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Sleaford and North Hykeham constituency; for county elections it is in the Heckington and Metheringham Rural divisions.
Residents, 20216,494council ward average 4,920
Households2,7692.35 residents per household
Density47/ km²about 137.00 km² · North Kesteven 128
Aged 65+26.0%North Kesteven: 23.4% · under 16: 15.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.1% · 268
5–95.5% · 356
10–156.2% · 404
16–194.0% · 263
20–244.2% · 270
25–3410.0% · 648
35–4915.4% · 1,003
50–6424.5% · 1,593
65–7414.5% · 942
75–848.7% · 568
85+2.8% · 179
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van9.4% · 259
1 car or van39.4% · 1,091
2 cars or vans35.0% · 967
3 or more16.2% · 449
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; North Kesteven overall: 72.8% owned, 10.0% social rented, 16.0% private rented.
Owned outright41.3% · 1,143
With mortgage27.7% · 767
Shared ownership0.3% · 9
Social rented15.9% · 441
Private rented14.5% · 402
Lives rent free0.2% · 5
Type of home
Detached house54.1% · 1,498
Semi-detached house37.2% · 1,031
Terraced house5.3% · 148
Purpose-built flat0.4% · 11
Converted house0.5% · 14
Other conversion0.3% · 7
Above shop / office0.2% · 5
Caravan, mobile2.0% · 56
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014427- County council
- Lincolnshire County Council
- County division
- Heckington, Metheringham Rural
- Constituency
- Sleaford and North Hykeham
- Region
- East Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 21 of 24
Parishes in the ward
BillinghayDogdykeMartinNorth KymeTimberlandWalcott
Other wards in the same constituency
AAshby de la Launde, Digby & Scopwick19.0% aged 65+ · 62.7% owned2,772BBassingham Rural25.5% aged 65+ · 79.4% owned1,511BBranston26.1% aged 65+ · 73.1% owned5,505CCranwell, Leasingham & Wilsford23.1% aged 65+ · 68.9% owned5,111HHeighington & Washingborough29.6% aged 65+ · 80.1% owned7,088HHykeham Central33.0% aged 65+ · 81.9% owned6,663HHykeham Fosse14.0% aged 65+ · 70.8% owned7,996HHykeham Memorial20.5% aged 65+ · 75.8% owned3,715KKirkby la Thorpe & South Kyme26.6% aged 65+ · 76.4% owned1,631MMetheringham Rural26.4% aged 65+ · 74.9% owned5,179NNavenby & Brant Broughton29.7% aged 65+ · 75.5% owned4,841RRuskington28.8% aged 65+ · 73.5% owned5,650SSkellingthorpe & Eagle27.0% aged 65+ · 79.0% owned6,169SSleaford Castle15.5% aged 65+ · 53.3% owned3,288
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 3 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.