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Electoral wardE05015092

Town ward, North Lincolnshire

Town is one of 19 electoral wards of North Lincolnshire Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 8,655 residents in 3,575 households — 1,668 people per km², the 9th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Scunthorpe constituency.

Residents, 20218,655council ward average 8,931
Households3,5752.42 residents per household
Density1,668/ km²about 5.19 km² · North Lincolnshire 200
Aged 65+12.7%North Lincolnshire: 22.0% · under 16: 18.7%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.3% · 545
5–95.9% · 510
10–156.5% · 564
16–194.5% · 391
20–246.6% · 571
25–3418.2% · 1,574
35–4921.2% · 1,835
50–6418.1% · 1,563
65–746.5% · 564
75–844.4% · 380
85+1.7% · 151

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van36.1% · 1,290
1 car or van40.6% · 1,451
2 cars or vans17.4% · 620
3 or more5.9% · 210
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright22.8% · 817
With mortgage21.2% · 758
Shared ownership0.3% · 12
Social rented20.1% · 718
Private rented35.3% · 1,262
Lives rent free0.3% · 9

Type of home

Detached house9.4% · 336
Semi-detached house47.0% · 1,680
Terraced house14.5% · 518
Purpose-built flat22.3% · 796
Converted house3.4% · 121
Other conversion0.7% · 26
Above shop / office2.7% · 98
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
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 5 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.