Ruskington North & Billinghay

North Kesteven · East Midlands · population 8,537 · 4 LSOAs

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

32Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,673 of 6,856 in England
  • #407 of 575 in East Midlands
  • #13 of 13 in North Kesteven
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,499
Median age (est.)49
Density61per km²
No qualifications22%
Degree or above24%
No car or van11%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 9%25–44 19%45–64 31%65+ 25%

Tenure

Own outright: 39%Mortgage/shared: 28%Social rent: 20%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 39%Mortgage/shared 28%Social rent 20%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 9%Other: 18%
One person 27%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 9%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Skilled trades 14% · Professional 14% · Managers & directors 13%

All occupation groups
Skilled trades14%
Professional14%
Managers & directors13%
Caring & leisure12%
Associate professional12%
Elementary11%
Administrative10%
Process & plant8%
Sales & customer service7%

Ethnic group

White: 98%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 98%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 56% · No religion 37% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 4%

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

Ruskington North & Billinghay is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,673 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #13 of 13 in North Kesteven. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (80) but weak on Housing & access (6). Typical homes here sold for about £240,000 over the past year, up 23% across five years (from 84 sales), in line with the wider North Kesteven median of £244,500. Typical household take-home income is around £31,886 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 39 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 39 · #4,152
Employment 30 · #4,762
Education 30 · #4,769
Health 44 · #3,857
Crime 80 · #1,355
Housing & access 6 · #6,462
Living environment 31 · #4,721

House prices ?

£240,000median (12m) · +6.7% yr · n=84
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£240,00084+6.7%+23.1%
Detached£301,00048-14.6%+18.0%
Semi-detached£180,00030+5.9%+22.4%
Terraced£157,5006-12.6%+24.0%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£240,000
North Kesteven£244,500
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)£31,886±£4,650 · #5,981 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£31,806
Price-to-income ?7.5×typical home ÷ net income — similar to 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 ?

58Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

39 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 331 offences
North Kesteven41
East Midlands79
England83

Rank #1,150 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences181
Theft33
Burglary20
Vehicle crime9
Criminal damage & arson34
Public order & weapons30
Drugs2
Robbery0
Other22

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 82 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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