Skegness Town

East Lindsey · East Midlands · population 6,357 · 4 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

2Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,682 of 6,856 in England
  • #568 of 575 in East Midlands
  • #18 of 18 in East Lindsey
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,244
Median age (est.)45
Density2,783per km²
No qualifications32%
Degree or above16%
No car or van40%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 11%25–44 24%45–64 29%65+ 22%

Tenure

Own outright: 25%Mortgage/shared: 15%Social rent: 8%Private rent: 53%
Own outright 25%Mortgage/shared 15%Social rent 8%Private rent 53%

Households

One person: 44%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 17%Lone parent: 9%Other: 15%
One person 44%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 17%Lone parent 9%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 20% · Caring & leisure 13% · Sales & customer service 12%

All occupation groups
Elementary20%
Caring & leisure13%
Sales & customer service12%
Managers & directors12%
Skilled trades12%
Process & plant9%
Professional7%
Associate professional7%
Administrative6%

Ethnic group

White: 95%Asian: 2%Black: 0%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 95%Asian 2%Black 0%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 47% · Christian 46% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 10%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Skegness Town is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, sitting at #6,682 of 6,856 nationally on the deprivation index, and #18 of 18 in East Lindsey. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (82) but weak on Crime (2). Typical homes here sold for about £169,950 over the past year, up 12% across five years (from 49 sales), 22% below the wider East Lindsey median of £218,498. Typical household take-home income is around £24,364 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 288 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 6 · #6,449
Employment 3 · #6,627
Education 2 · #6,695
Health 3 · #6,654
Crime 2 · #6,743
Housing & access 82 · #1,218
Living environment 4 · #6,579

House prices ?

£169,950median (12m) · +3.0% yr · n=49
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£169,95049+3.0%+11.8%
Detached£227,50016-16.4%+18.5%
Semi-detached£200,00014+25.0%+40.4%
Terraced£115,00013-28.1%
Flat£83,0006-26.9%+7.8%
This area£169,950
East Lindsey£218,498
East Midlands£250,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£24,364±£3,898 · #6,838 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£26,066
Price-to-income ?7.0×typical home ÷ net income — less stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

7Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

288 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,828 offences
East Lindsey72
East Midlands79
England83

Rank #6,337 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences794
Theft422
Burglary61
Vehicle crime33
Criminal damage & arson176
Public order & weapons200
Drugs69
Robbery36
Other37

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 423 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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