Cathedral & West Common

Lincoln · East Midlands · population 13,338 · 7 LSOAs

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

56Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,987 of 6,856 in England
  • #265 of 575 in East Midlands
  • #2 of 11 in Lincoln
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents13,622
Median age (est.)36
Density2,034per km²
No qualifications11%
Degree or above39%
No car or van24%

Age

0–14 13%15–24 21%25–44 27%45–64 22%65+ 17%

Tenure

Own outright: 31%Mortgage/shared: 25%Social rent: 9%Private rent: 35%
Own outright 31%Mortgage/shared 25%Social rent 9%Private rent 35%

Households

One person: 34%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 18%Lone parent: 8%Other: 19%
One person 34%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 18%Lone parent 8%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 25% · Associate professional 14% · Managers & directors 12%

All occupation groups
Professional25%
Associate professional14%
Managers & directors12%
Elementary10%
Sales & customer service9%
Caring & leisure9%
Administrative8%
Skilled trades8%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 92%Asian: 3%Black: 2%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 92%Asian 3%Black 2%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 46% · Christian 43% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 12%

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

Cathedral & West Common is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #2,987 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #2 of 11 in Lincoln. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Income (69) and lowest on Living environment (28). Typical homes here sold for about £220,000 over the past year, up 16% across five years (from 194 sales), 17% above the wider Lincoln median of £188,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #690 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £37,749 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 133 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 69 · #2,103
Employment 66 · #2,349
Education 66 · #2,356
Health 38 · #4,241
Crime 34 · #4,536
Housing & access 46 · #3,720
Living environment 28 · #4,968

House prices ?

£220,000median (12m) · +2.3% yr · n=194
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£220,000194+2.3%+15.8%
Detached£411,50040+4.2%+22.1%
Semi-detached£282,50038+16.5%+27.0%
Terraced£184,00097+6.1%+18.7%
Flat£146,50019-0.7%-2.3%
This area£220,000
Lincoln£188,000
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)£37,749±£6,148 · #4,131 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£34,664
Price-to-income ?5.8×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 ?

90Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

133 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,779 offences
Lincoln120
East Midlands79
England83

Rank #5,709 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences793
Theft484
Burglary44
Vehicle crime43
Criminal damage & arson123
Public order & weapons203
Drugs21
Robbery12
Other56

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 458 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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