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Whaplode and Holbeach St John's ward, South Holland

Whaplode and Holbeach St John's is one of 18 electoral wards of South Holland District Council, in Lincolnshire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 4,327 residents in 1,856 households — 68 people per km², the 13th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the South Holland and the Deepings constituency; for county elections it is in the Crowland and Holbeach and Holbeach Rural divisions.

Residents, 20214,327council ward average 5,284
Households1,8562.33 residents per household
Density68/ km²about 64.10 km² · South Holland 127
Aged 65+28.5%South Holland: 23.9% · under 16: 13.7%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–43.7% · 162
5–94.4% · 191
10–155.5% · 239
16–193.7% · 159
20–244.4% · 192
25–348.7% · 376
35–4914.9% · 645
50–6426.1% · 1,131
65–7415.7% · 681
75–849.5% · 409
85+3.3% · 141

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van7.1% · 131
1 car or van34.3% · 636
2 cars or vans37.7% · 700
3 or more21.0% · 389
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; South Holland overall: 69.6% owned, 12.1% social rented, 17.0% private rented.

Owned outright49.9% · 927
With mortgage30.3% · 563
Shared ownership0.6% · 12
Social rented8.6% · 160
Private rented10.3% · 192
Lives rent free0.1% · 2

Type of home

Detached house75.2% · 1,395
Semi-detached house21.4% · 397
Terraced house2.2% · 41
Purpose-built flat0.1% · 1
Converted house0.3% · 5
Other conversion0.1% · 1
Above shop / office0.2% · 3
Caravan, mobile0.7% · 13
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.