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Electoral wardE05009640
Gainsborough East ward, West Lindsey
Gainsborough East is one of 20 electoral wards of West Lindsey District Council, in Lincolnshire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 7,477 residents in 3,142 households — 1,583 people per km², the 6th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Gainsborough constituency; for county elections it is in the Gainsborough Hill division.
Residents, 20217,477council ward average 4,758
Households3,1422.38 residents per household
Density1,583/ km²about 4.72 km² · West Lindsey 82
Aged 65+17.6%West Lindsey: 25.2% · under 16: 23.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.9% · 517
5–98.1% · 603
10–158.9% · 666
16–194.4% · 329
20–245.6% · 416
25–3412.8% · 955
35–4918.0% · 1,345
50–6417.7% · 1,327
65–749.7% · 725
75–845.8% · 435
85+2.1% · 159
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van27.5% · 863
1 car or van45.6% · 1,433
2 cars or vans21.1% · 664
3 or more5.8% · 182
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; West Lindsey overall: 70.2% owned, 10.9% social rented, 17.9% private rented.
Owned outright23.4% · 735
With mortgage21.7% · 680
Shared ownership1.1% · 33
Social rented39.9% · 1,253
Private rented13.8% · 433
Lives rent free0.2% · 6
Type of home
Detached house21.2% · 665
Semi-detached house28.8% · 905
Terraced house40.1% · 1,258
Purpose-built flat8.9% · 280
Converted house0.5% · 15
Other conversion0.1% · 2
Above shop / office0.3% · 10
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 6
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05009640- County council
- Lincolnshire County Council
- County division
- Gainsborough Hill
- Constituency
- Gainsborough
- Region
- East Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 3 of 20
Parishes in the ward
Gainsborough
Other wards in the same constituency
BBardney24.6% aged 65+ · 71.3% owned2,759CCaistor and Yarborough27.2% aged 65+ · 69.3% owned5,575CCherry Willingham27.1% aged 65+ · 80.6% owned7,938DDunholme and Welton23.5% aged 65+ · 79.2% owned8,704GGainsborough North17.0% aged 65+ · 60.2% owned7,596GGainsborough South-West18.0% aged 65+ · 42.4% owned5,463HHemswell24.4% aged 65+ · 63.6% owned2,625KKelsey Wold25.7% aged 65+ · 81.6% owned2,676LLea32.4% aged 65+ · 85.5% owned2,116MMarket Rasen29.2% aged 65+ · 70.0% owned8,486NNettleham31.8% aged 65+ · 79.4% owned4,472SSaxilby28.7% aged 65+ · 74.5% owned5,739SScampton16.4% aged 65+ · 71.0% owned2,806SScotter and Blyton27.5% aged 65+ · 79.7% owned7,580
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.