Scunthorpe Lakeside

North Lincolnshire · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 8,820 · 6 LSOAs

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

12Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,010 of 6,856 in England
  • #537 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #21 of 23 in North Lincolnshire
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,825
Median age (est.)35
Density3,871per km²
No qualifications24%
Degree or above19%
No car or van27%

Age

0–14 22%15–24 11%25–44 30%45–64 23%65+ 14%

Tenure

Own outright: 20%Mortgage/shared: 32%Social rent: 29%Private rent: 19%
Own outright 20%Mortgage/shared 32%Social rent 29%Private rent 19%

Households

One person: 32%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 15%Other: 10%
One person 32%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 15%Other 10%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 17% · Process & plant 15% · Skilled trades 12%

All occupation groups
Elementary17%
Process & plant15%
Skilled trades12%
Caring & leisure11%
Professional11%
Associate professional10%
Sales & customer service9%
Managers & directors8%
Administrative8%

Ethnic group

White: 96%Asian: 2%Black: 1%Mixed: 1%Other: 1%
White 96%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 1%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 47% · Christian 44% · 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

Scunthorpe Lakeside is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #6,010 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #21 of 23 in North Lincolnshire. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (84) but weak on Crime (5). Typical homes here sold for about £140,000 over the past year, up 24% across five years (from 103 sales), 20% below the wider North Lincolnshire median of £175,000. Typical household take-home income is around £32,129 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 145 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 15 · #5,839
Employment 12 · #6,003
Education 9 · #6,243
Health 12 · #5,996
Crime 5 · #6,490
Housing & access 84 · #1,067
Living environment 67 · #2,274

House prices ?

£140,000median (12m) · +8.5% yr · n=103
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£140,000103+8.5%+24.4%
Detached£230,000150.0%+13.6%
Semi-detached£133,50054+3.5%+27.1%
Terraced£135,00033+5.9%+36.4%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£140,000
North Lincolnshire£175,000
Yorkshire and The Humber£215,000
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)£32,129±£4,544 · #5,926 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£27,717
Price-to-income ?4.4×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 ?

35Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

145 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,281 offences
North Lincolnshire85
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #5,862 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences589
Theft196
Burglary66
Vehicle crime54
Criminal damage & arson118
Public order & weapons124
Drugs53
Robbery15
Other66

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 170 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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