Morton & Billingborough

South Kesteven · East Midlands · population 7,831 · 4 LSOAs

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

48Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,528 of 6,856 in England
  • #312 of 575 in East Midlands
  • #12 of 16 in South Kesteven
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,884
Median age (est.)51
Density58per km²
No qualifications17%
Degree or above30%
No car or van9%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 9%25–44 18%45–64 32%65+ 26%

Tenure

Own outright: 42%Mortgage/shared: 33%Social rent: 11%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 42%Mortgage/shared 33%Social rent 11%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 25%Couple, no children: 22%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 6%Other: 21%
One person 25%Couple, no children 22%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 6%Other 21%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 17% · Managers & directors 16% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Professional17%
Managers & directors16%
Associate professional13%
Skilled trades12%
Caring & leisure10%
Administrative9%
Elementary8%
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 58% · No religion 34% · Other 0%

Born outside the UK: 5%

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

Morton & Billingborough sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,528 of 6,856 in England, and #12 of 16 in South Kesteven. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (76) but weak on Housing & access (5). Typical homes here sold for about £265,000 over the past year, up 10% across five years (from 109 sales), in line with the wider South Kesteven median of £260,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,820 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £39,062 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 30 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 61 · #2,699
Employment 54 · #3,145
Education 58 · #2,863
Health 68 · #2,171
Crime 76 · #1,650
Housing & access 5 · #6,483
Living environment 23 · #5,283

House prices ?

£265,000median (12m) · -2.3% yr · n=109
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£265,000109-2.3%+10.4%
Detached£342,50066+0.7%+13.2%
Semi-detached£197,00031+0.5%+20.9%
Terraced£195,0009+34.5%+25.8%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=3)
This area£265,000
South Kesteven£260,000
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)£39,062±£5,584 · #3,699 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,945
Price-to-income ?6.8×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 ?

73Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

30 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 232 offences
South Kesteven55
East Midlands79
England83

Rank #382 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences126
Theft23
Burglary15
Vehicle crime11
Criminal damage & arson17
Public order & weapons27
Drugs2
Robbery0
Other11

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 74 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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