Caistor, Kelsey & Keelby

West Lindsey · East Midlands · population 9,954 · 5 LSOAs

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

54Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,165 of 6,856 in England
  • #284 of 575 in East Midlands
  • #6 of 11 in West Lindsey
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,841
Median age (est.)52
Density44per km²
No qualifications18%
Degree or above32%
No car or van10%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 8%25–44 18%45–64 32%65+ 27%

Tenure

Own outright: 44%Mortgage/shared: 28%Social rent: 11%Private rent: 18%
Own outright 44%Mortgage/shared 28%Social rent 11%Private rent 18%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 23%Couple with children: 22%Lone parent: 8%Other: 18%
One person 29%Couple, no children 23%Couple with children 22%Lone parent 8%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 19% · Managers & directors 16% · Skilled trades 13%

All occupation groups
Professional19%
Managers & directors16%
Skilled trades13%
Associate professional11%
Process & plant9%
Administrative9%
Caring & leisure9%
Elementary8%
Sales & customer service6%

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 57% · No religion 36% · 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

Caistor, Kelsey & Keelby sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,165 of 6,856 in England, and #6 of 11 in West Lindsey. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (81) but weak on Housing & access (8). Typical homes here sold for about £240,000 over the past year, up 17% across five years (from 129 sales), in line with the wider West Lindsey median of £230,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,076 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £38,984 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 47 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 62 · #2,569
Employment 53 · #3,227
Education 73 · #1,863
Health 64 · #2,432
Crime 81 · #1,273
Housing & access 8 · #6,305
Living environment 38 · #4,248

House prices ?

£240,000median (12m) · +9.1% yr · n=129
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£240,000129+9.1%+17.1%
Detached£328,50082+14.8%+25.1%
Semi-detached£193,50027+9.9%+23.6%
Terraced£145,00019+8.6%+19.1%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£240,000
West Lindsey£230,000
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)£38,984±£5,613 · #3,721 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£32,098
Price-to-income ?6.2×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 ?

84Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

47 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 469 offences
West Lindsey65
East Midlands79
England83

Rank #1,876 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences191
Theft58
Burglary69
Vehicle crime35
Criminal damage & arson59
Public order & weapons26
Drugs8
Robbery2
Other21

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 143 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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