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Electoral wardE05015090

Messingham ward, North Lincolnshire

Messingham is one of 19 electoral wards of North Lincolnshire Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 4,069 residents in 1,819 households — 70 people per km², the 18th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Scunthorpe constituency.

Residents, 20214,069council ward average 8,931
Households1,8192.24 residents per household
Density70/ km²about 57.96 km² · North Lincolnshire 200
Aged 65+30.2%North Lincolnshire: 22.0% · under 16: 13.7%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–43.7% · 152
5–94.3% · 174
10–155.7% · 233
16–193.7% · 152
20–243.9% · 160
25–347.1% · 289
35–4915.9% · 645
50–6425.4% · 1,035
65–7415.1% · 613
75–8411.8% · 481
85+3.3% · 134

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van10.1% · 184
1 car or van39.8% · 725
2 cars or vans34.7% · 632
3 or more15.3% · 279
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; North Lincolnshire overall: 67.5% owned, 15.0% social rented, 17.2% private rented.

Owned outright52.3% · 952
With mortgage29.9% · 543
Shared ownership0.1% · 2
Social rented5.9% · 108
Private rented11.8% · 214

Type of home

Detached house63.5% · 1,155
Semi-detached house27.2% · 495
Terraced house6.5% · 118
Purpose-built flat0.9% · 17
Converted house0.6% · 11
Other conversion0.3% · 5
Above shop / office0.9% · 16
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 1
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.