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Electoral wardE05014441

Skellingthorpe & Eagle ward, North Kesteven

Skellingthorpe & Eagle is one of 24 electoral wards of North Kesteven District Council, in Lincolnshire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 6,169 residents in 2,656 households — 101 people per km², the 7th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Lincoln and Sleaford and North Hykeham constituencies; for county elections it is in the Eagle & Hykeham West division.

Residents, 20216,169council ward average 4,920
Households2,6562.32 residents per household
Density101/ km²about 61.32 km² · North Kesteven 128
Aged 65+27.0%North Kesteven: 23.4% · under 16: 15.5%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.4% · 271
5–95.5% · 341
10–155.6% · 343
16–193.7% · 228
20–244.6% · 281
25–348.9% · 549
35–4916.1% · 992
50–6424.3% · 1,503
65–7413.7% · 843
75–8410.0% · 620
85+3.3% · 204

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van7.5% · 200
1 car or van39.7% · 1,055
2 cars or vans36.0% · 957
3 or more16.8% · 446
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright46.7% · 1,241
With mortgage32.4% · 860
Shared ownership0.6% · 17
Social rented5.4% · 144
Private rented14.8% · 393
Lives rent free0.1% · 3

Type of home

Detached house70.6% · 1,875
Semi-detached house21.5% · 570
Terraced house5.9% · 157
Purpose-built flat0.5% · 13
Converted house0.2% · 6
Other conversion0.1% · 2
Above shop / office0.1% · 3
Caravan, mobile1.1% · 30
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05014441
County division
Eagle & Hykeham West
Region
East Midlands
Density rank in council
16 of 24

Parishes in the ward

Doddington and WhisbyEagle and SwinethorpeNorth ScarleSkellingthorpe

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% owned1,511BBillinghay Rural26.0% aged 65+ · 69.0% owned6,494BBracebridge Heath19.3% aged 65+ · 72.2% owned5,792BBranston26.1% 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% owned5,650

All 24 wards of North Kesteven

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.