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Electoral wardE05014431
Heckington Rural ward, North Kesteven
Heckington Rural is one of 24 electoral wards of North Kesteven District Council, in Lincolnshire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 5,696 residents in 2,628 households — 84 people per km², the 9th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Grantham and Bourne constituency; for county elections it is in the Heckington division.
Residents, 20215,696council ward average 4,920
Households2,6282.17 residents per household
Density84/ km²about 67.97 km² · North Kesteven 128
Aged 65+31.5%North Kesteven: 23.4% · under 16: 13.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.3% · 186
5–94.8% · 276
10–155.6% · 317
16–193.5% · 202
20–243.6% · 207
25–349.4% · 536
35–4914.4% · 821
50–6423.9% · 1,361
65–7416.5% · 938
75–8411.4% · 649
85+3.6% · 206
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van10.5% · 277
1 car or van42.1% · 1,106
2 cars or vans33.1% · 869
3 or more14.2% · 374
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; North Kesteven overall: 72.8% owned, 10.0% social rented, 16.0% private rented.
Owned outright47.2% · 1,242
With mortgage27.3% · 720
Shared ownership0.3% · 9
Social rented12.3% · 323
Private rented12.8% · 336
Lives rent free0.1% · 3
Type of home
Detached house60.6% · 1,594
Semi-detached house31.0% · 816
Terraced house6.5% · 170
Purpose-built flat0.7% · 19
Converted house0.3% · 7
Other conversion0.5% · 12
Above shop / office0.4% · 11
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014431- County council
- Lincolnshire County Council
- County division
- Heckington
- Constituency
- Grantham and Bourne
- Region
- East Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 18 of 24
Parishes in the ward
Burton PedwardineGreat HaleHeckingtonLittle Hale
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.