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Gainsborough North ward, West Lindsey

Gainsborough North is one of 20 electoral wards of West Lindsey District Council, in Lincolnshire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 7,596 residents in 3,380 households — 3,170 people per km², the 4th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Gainsborough constituency; for county elections it is in the Gainsborough Hill and Gainsborough Trent divisions.

Residents, 20217,596council ward average 4,758
Households3,3802.25 residents per household
Density3,170/ km²about 2.40 km² · West Lindsey 82
Aged 65+17.0%West Lindsey: 25.2% · under 16: 20.4%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.0% · 453
5–97.2% · 544
10–157.3% · 554
16–194.6% · 349
20–245.9% · 447
25–3414.8% · 1,121
35–4917.7% · 1,346
50–6419.6% · 1,491
65–749.8% · 748
75–845.7% · 434
85+1.4% · 110

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van22.5% · 760
1 car or van46.9% · 1,584
2 cars or vans23.9% · 807
3 or more6.8% · 229
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; West Lindsey overall: 70.2% owned, 10.9% social rented, 17.9% private rented.

Owned outright31.2% · 1,057
With mortgage29.0% · 981
Shared ownership0.7% · 22
Social rented13.8% · 468
Private rented25.2% · 852
Lives rent free0.1% · 3

Type of home

Detached house21.7% · 735
Semi-detached house45.4% · 1,533
Terraced house26.4% · 892
Purpose-built flat5.6% · 190
Converted house0.5% · 16
Other conversion0.1% · 3
Above shop / office0.2% · 7
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 4
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.