Cherry Willingham & Bardney

West Lindsey · East Midlands · population 9,928 · 5 LSOAs

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

57Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,932 of 6,856 in England
  • #259 of 575 in East Midlands
  • #5 of 11 in West Lindsey
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,769
Median age (est.)48
Density93per km²
No qualifications18%
Degree or above29%
No car or van10%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 9%25–44 22%45–64 26%65+ 27%

Tenure

Own outright: 45%Mortgage/shared: 34%Social rent: 9%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 45%Mortgage/shared 34%Social rent 9%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 8%Other: 20%
One person 27%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 8%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 18% · Associate professional 13% · Skilled trades 13%

All occupation groups
Professional18%
Associate professional13%
Skilled trades13%
Managers & directors12%
Administrative11%
Caring & leisure10%
Elementary8%
Process & plant8%
Sales & customer service7%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 97%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 56% · No religion 37% · 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

Cherry Willingham & Bardney is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #2,932 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #5 of 11 in West Lindsey. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (89) but weak on Housing & access (10). Typical homes here sold for about £243,750 over the past year, up 22% across five years (from 132 sales), 6% above the wider West Lindsey median of £230,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #954 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £37,470 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 36 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 63 · #2,534
Employment 58 · #2,857
Education 56 · #3,014
Health 59 · #2,815
Crime 89 · #732
Housing & access 10 · #6,161
Living environment 64 · #2,459

House prices ?

£243,750median (12m) · -0.5% yr · n=132
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£243,750132-0.5%+21.9%
Detached£270,00092-3.6%+10.2%
Semi-detached£189,50026-6.7%+18.4%
Terraced£164,00014-8.9%+5.8%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£243,750
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)£37,470±£5,324 · #4,213 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,565
Price-to-income ?6.5×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 ?

86Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

36 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 357 offences
West Lindsey65
East Midlands79
England83

Rank #918 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences180
Theft54
Burglary20
Vehicle crime12
Criminal damage & arson43
Public order & weapons23
Drugs8
Robbery1
Other16

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 130 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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