North Lincolnshire Council

Local authority area: North Lincolnshire

North Lincolnshire is an unitary authority, in the East Midlands region of England. It covers 846.3 km² and had 170,042 residents in 2022 — about 201 people per km². The authority dates from 1996. The council is based in Scunthorpe.

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People

Population

Estimates recorded for North Lincolnshire, 2012–2022.

Residents, 2022170,042+1.0% since 2012

Land area846.3km²326.8 sq mi

Density201/ km²people per square kilometre

Rank by population#160of 382 UK councils · #142 in England

Population estimates4 data points

168.4K169.8K172K170K

2012201520182022

History

How the council came to be

1996
Created
Formed from Humberside.

Same region, same type

Other unitary authorities in East Midlands

All councils in East Midlands

West Northamptonshire429,013 City of Leicester373,399 North Northamptonshire363,408 City of Nottingham328,513 City of Derby263,490 North East Lincolnshire157,754 Rutland41,151

Elections

19 electoral wards

Census 2021: 169,695 residents in 73,170 households across the wards; 22.0% aged 65+, 67.5% of homes owned, 18.4% of households without a car.

1Crosby & Park5,325 households · 14.8% aged 65+14,124 2Burton upon Stather & Winterton5,718 households · 25.2% aged 65+13,059 3Barton5,365 households · 22.5% aged 65+11,923 4Brumby4,852 households · 16.4% aged 65+11,841 5Brigg & Wolds5,118 households · 26.4% aged 65+11,622 6Ferry4,933 households · 23.4% aged 65+11,433

All wards of North Lincolnshire

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Council offices

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

CNorth Lincolnshire CouncilCouncil office · Scunthorpe DN15 6NL · hours listed TKirton in Lindsey Diamond Jubilee Town HallTown hall · Gainsborough DN21 4LZ · hours listed TKirton in Lindsey Town CouncilTown council · Gainsborough DN21 4LZ · hours listed PBurton upon Stather Parish CouncilParish council · Scunthorpe DN15 9DE · hours listed PMessingham Parish CouncilParish council · Scunthorpe DN17 3AX

Westminster

Constituencies

Scunthorpe · 14 wards Brigg and Immingham · 5 wards Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme · 3 wards

Source: Wikidata Q175945 (CC0)Figures as recorded with their reference year; boundaries may have changed since.