East Lindsey: local statistics
East Lindsey is a district council area in the East Midlands, home to an estimated 146,756 people (mid-2025). This page brings together 10 official figures for the area, each with its period, publisher and the address it was read from. See also who has power over East Lindsey, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
For 2026-27 the average Band D council tax bill in East Lindsey is £2,275.88, 3.4% more than in 2025-26. That makes it the 2nd lowest in the East Midlands. In 2016-17 the figure was £1,501.17, so it has risen 52%.
In April 2025 the middle full-time earner living in East Lindsey took home £646.00 a week before tax (£31,516 a year). That is 10.4% below the figure for the East Midlands and the 31st highest of all 35 council areas in the East Midlands. Jobs based in East Lindsey paid a median £627.50 a week, £18.50 less than the figure for people who live there. Ten years earlier, in 2015, it was £462.10: a change of +40% before inflation.
The Annual Population Survey estimates that 67.4% of East Lindsey residents aged 16 to 64 were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, with a margin of error of 8.3 points either way; the figure for the East Midlands was 75.4%. Over the 11 years shown it ranged from 55.8% to 76.0%.
Life expectancy at birth in East Lindsey is 81.7 years for women and 77.6 years for men (2022 to 2024), compared with 83.3 and 79.5 years across England. For women that is 0.6 years less than in 2012 to 2014; for men, 1.1 less. It is the 28th highest for women of 35 in the East Midlands.
The average house price in East Lindsey was £214,508 in July 2026, up 4.3% on a year before. That is 25th of 35 in the East Midlands, counting from the highest; the average for the East Midlands was £242,274. Since July 2016 prices have risen 45%; the July high in the series was £214,968 in 2022. Dividing the average price by the median annual pay of full-time employees living in East Lindsey (£31,516) gives a ratio of 6.8. That ratio is mid-table in the East Midlands, 16th of 35.
In March 2026, 6,520 VAT or PAYE-registered businesses were based in East Lindsey, 2% more than in 2016. There are 44 per 1,000 residents, the 13th highest of all 35 council areas in the East Midlands.
In mid-2025 the population of East Lindsey was estimated at 146,756, up 1.0% on mid-2024. Over ten years, since mid-2015, it has grown by 6.5% (the East Midlands: +8.6%). That is the 25th fastest growth of 35 in the East Midlands. The mid-2025 estimate is the highest in the series.
In August 2026, 2,545 people in East Lindsey were on the claimant count, 3.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 (the East Midlands: 3.5%). A year earlier the rate was 2.8%. Since August 2021 the rate has ranged between 2.5% (September 2023) and 4.5% (August 2021).
The police recorded 70.3 crimes per 1,000 residents in East Lindsey in the year to March 2026 (10,314 offences in all), 12th of 32 in the East Midlands, counting from the highest rate. That compares with 69.1 per 1,000 the year before. Across the 11 years shown it ranged from 48.8 to 81.5 per 1,000. Fraud is not included.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 137,753 |
| 2016 | 138,488 |
| 2017 | 140,072 |
| 2018 | 141,073 |
| 2019 | 142,039 |
| 2020 | 141,665 |
| 2021 | 142,916 |
| 2022 | 144,293 |
| 2023 | 145,140 |
| 2024 | 145,345 |
| 2025 | 146,756 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £148,092 |
| July 2017 | £161,494 |
| July 2018 | £169,678 |
| July 2019 | £169,600 |
| July 2020 | £169,457 |
| July 2021 | £188,332 |
| July 2022 | £214,968 |
| July 2023 | £214,657 |
| July 2024 | £205,062 |
| July 2025 | £205,722 |
| July 2026 | £214,508 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £462.10 a week |
| 2016 | £459.30 a week |
| 2017 | £485.40 a week |
| 2018 | £483.60 a week |
| 2019 | £498.10 a week |
| 2020 | £485.80 a week |
| 2021 | £527.60 a week |
| 2022 | £553.90 a week |
| 2023 | £574.90 a week |
| 2024 | £607.80 a week |
| 2025 | £646.00 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,501.17 |
| 2017-18 | £1,563.11 |
| 2018-19 | £1,641.45 |
| 2019-20 | £1,735.53 |
| 2020-21 | £1,800.57 |
| 2021-22 | £1,849.68 |
| 2022-23 | £1,935.17 |
| 2023-24 | £2,030.68 |
| 2024-25 | £2,128.67 |
| 2025-26 | £2,201.57 |
| 2026-27 | £2,275.88 |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 48.8 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 53.7 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 55.6 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 73.7 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 81.5 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 68.4 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 74.0 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 80.3 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 74.1 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 69.1 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 70.3 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 67.1% |
| 2016/17 | 72.9% |
| 2017/18 | 70.0% |
| 2018/19 | 68.0% |
| 2019/20 | 64.3% |
| 2020/21 | 70.5% |
| 2021/22 | 55.8% |
| 2022/23 | 64.7% |
| 2023/24 | 76.0% |
| 2024/25 | 68.3% |
| 2025/26 | 67.4% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 82.3 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 82.2 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 82.2 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 82.1 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 82.1 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 82.2 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 81.7 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 81.1 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 80.8 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 81.1 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 81.7 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 6,415 |
| 2017 | 6,450 |
| 2018 | 6,395 |
| 2019 | 6,410 |
| 2020 | 6,435 |
| 2021 | 6,475 |
| 2022 | 6,475 |
| 2023 | 6,465 |
| 2024 | 6,505 |
| 2025 | 6,470 |
| 2026 | 6,520 |
Questions about East Lindsey
How much is Band D council tax in East Lindsey?
£2,275.88 on average for 2026-27, including police, fire and parish precepts (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government).
What is the average salary in East Lindsey?
£646.00 a week before tax, the median for full-time employees who live there (April 2025, ONS).
What is life expectancy in East Lindsey?
For 2022 to 2024 the ONS gives 77.6 years for men and 81.7 for women.
What is the average house price in East Lindsey?
£214,508 in July 2026, on HM Land Registry's UK House Price Index (+4.3% on a year).
What is the population of East Lindsey?
The ONS estimates 146,756 people lived in East Lindsey in mid-2025.
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in East Lindsey?
2,545 in August 2026 (3.2% of residents aged 16 to 64), on the ONS claimant count, which is not the unemployment rate.
What is the crime rate in East Lindsey?
Home Office figures show 10,314 offences in the year to March 2026, or 70.3 per 1,000 people, not counting fraud.
Who has power over East Lindsey
Every body that makes decisions for East Lindsey, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Parish, town and community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 3: Local councils
- East Lindsey council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- East Lindsey in official figures this page
Level 4: County councils, combined authorities and metro mayors
- Lincolnshire County Council county council
- Greater Lincolnshire Combined Authority combined authority
- Lincolnshire Police police force
- NHS Lincolnshire Integrated Care Board NHS
- United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust NHS
- East Midlands in official figures
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
England has no devolved parliament of its own: its laws are made by the UK Parliament.
Level 6: National government
- Boston and Skegness: Richard Tice (Reform UK) MP
- Louth and Horncastle: Victoria Atkins (Conservative) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
Each value above links to the official file or query it was read from, on 14 October 2026. What each figure measures.
- Recorded crime: Years before April 2020 come from the earlier Home Office table.
More on this area and these figures
- Council money: spending, reserves and debt
- Figures for the whole region: the East Midlands
- UK figures: UK average weekly earnings growth · UK employment rate · Life expectancy at birth (UK)
- Other council areas in the East Midlands: Amber Valley · Ashfield · Bassetlaw · Newark and Sherwood · Rushcliffe · South Kesteven
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