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Electoral wardE05009642
Gainsborough South-West ward, West Lindsey
Gainsborough South-West is one of 20 electoral wards of West Lindsey District Council, in Lincolnshire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 5,463 residents in 2,757 households — 2,111 people per km², the 9th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Gainsborough constituency; for county elections it is in the Gainsborough Trent division.
Residents, 20215,463council ward average 4,758
Households2,7571.98 residents per household
Density2,111/ km²about 2.59 km² · West Lindsey 82
Aged 65+18.0%West Lindsey: 25.2% · under 16: 17.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.9% · 325
5–95.5% · 301
10–155.9% · 325
16–193.7% · 200
20–246.4% · 352
25–3414.6% · 796
35–4918.4% · 1,006
50–6421.6% · 1,178
65–749.5% · 519
75–846.1% · 332
85+2.4% · 130
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van38.4% · 1,059
1 car or van41.4% · 1,141
2 cars or vans16.1% · 445
3 or more4.1% · 112
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; West Lindsey overall: 70.2% owned, 10.9% social rented, 17.9% private rented.
Owned outright24.2% · 668
With mortgage18.2% · 502
Shared ownership0.5% · 13
Social rented11.4% · 315
Private rented45.6% · 1,258
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house8.3% · 230
Semi-detached house26.2% · 721
Terraced house43.4% · 1,197
Purpose-built flat14.1% · 389
Converted house2.0% · 55
Other conversion3.1% · 86
Above shop / office2.0% · 54
Caravan, mobile0.9% · 25
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05009642- County council
- Lincolnshire County Council
- County division
- Gainsborough Trent
- Constituency
- Gainsborough
- Region
- East Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 2 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 East17.6% aged 65+ · 45.1% owned7,477GGainsborough North17.0% aged 65+ · 60.2% owned7,596HHemswell24.4% 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.