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Electoral wardE05010153

Bourne West ward, South Kesteven

Bourne West is one of 30 electoral wards of South Kesteven District Council, in Lincolnshire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 5,180 residents in 2,263 households — 858 people per km², the 12th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Grantham and Bourne constituency; for county elections it is in the Bourne North and Morton division.

Residents, 20215,180council ward average 4,780
Households2,2632.29 residents per household
Density858/ km²about 6.03 km² · South Kesteven 152
Aged 65+28.6%South Kesteven: 23.1% · under 16: 16.2%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–43.8% · 199
5–95.1% · 262
10–157.3% · 377
16–194.0% · 205
20–244.3% · 225
25–348.8% · 457
35–4916.0% · 829
50–6422.2% · 1,149
65–7415.0% · 778
75–849.1% · 473
85+4.4% · 229

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van14.3% · 324
1 car or van42.4% · 960
2 cars or vans31.7% · 717
3 or more11.6% · 262
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; South Kesteven overall: 68.3% owned, 12.5% social rented, 18.0% private rented.

Owned outright48.8% · 1,104
With mortgage29.9% · 676
Shared ownership0.5% · 11
Social rented6.7% · 152
Private rented14.1% · 318
Lives rent free0.1% · 2

Type of home

Detached house62.3% · 1,410
Semi-detached house21.9% · 495
Terraced house11.0% · 249
Purpose-built flat3.9% · 88
Converted house0.4% · 9
Other conversion0.3% · 7
Above shop / office0.1% · 2
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 5
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.