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16% of commuters get to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. Population 9,770: a town in Lincolnshire, Yorkshire and The Humber.
Jobs and pay trail most towns: the mean household earns £40,560 a year. Taken together, its subjects give Immingham a C− overall, better than 21% of UK towns. The ranking puts it #44 of 61 in Lincolnshire. Where it does best is cost of living (B+): a typical home costs £155,000 and rent runs £643 a month. Safety is weaker too — police record 42.8 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, and 16.9 home and vehicle crimes. Set beside UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, its crime per resident is higher than in 91%. Health lags: men here can expect to live to 76.4, women to 79.7. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for schools and B for walkability.
Figures: prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · income and life expectancy, ONS · claimants, DWP · crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · commuting, Census 2021.
The 3 things Immingham does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Immingham is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 6 buildings inside Immingham’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade I.
5% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
The archive holds 2 old photos and postcards going back to 1910.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Immingham.
Immingham has a median age of 43.4 years. One measure of family life: 18% of residents are under 15. Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over, about level with Lincolnshire’s towns (22%) and above England’s towns (18%). Young adults of 15 to 24 are a tenth of the population.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Immingham | Lincolnshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 16% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 23% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 27% | 25% |
| 65+ | 22% | 22% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 27% | 21% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 6% | 6.7% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 17% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 17% | 25% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Lincolnshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Immingham’s four primaries and one secondary have 1,372 pupils between them. Two of its 5 schools are below, each with the reason it’s listed. Attainment 8 at the 2 secondary schools within 3 km averages 44.5, and 36% of pupils get grade 5 or above in English and maths.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eastfield Primary AcademyLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 232 | B+ |
| Oasis Academy ImminghamLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 568 | D |
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Homes from before 1919 make up 5% of the total, below Lincolnshire’s towns (14%) and England’s towns (16%) alike. Immingham’s listed buildings include the Church of St Andrew, Grade I.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Reported offences in Immingham came to 852 over twelve months to August 2026; nuisance and anti-social incidents added 129. Violence and sexual offences made up 47% of the total. Anti-social behaviour, shown but not graded, came to 10.5 reports per 1,000, above Lincolnshire’s towns (9.5) and England’s towns (7.8) alike.
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
At the census, 22% of people here had a disability, above both Lincolnshire’s towns (20%) and England’s towns (17%). Self-reported good health: 77% of Immingham’s residents. The nearest A&E to Immingham is Diana Princess of Wales Hospital, 6.9 miles away. Poor health, by residents’ own account, affects 6.7% of the town.
| Census 2021 | Immingham | Lincolnshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 77% | 79% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 6.7% | 5.9% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 22% | 20% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · These answers aren’t adjusted for age, so young towns look healthier; the Health Grade uses age-adjusted measures, including life expectancy and early deaths.
The median sale, £155,000, comes from 387 standard sales inside Immingham’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026. Social housing holds 18% of households, about level with England’s towns (18%) and above Lincolnshire’s towns (14%). 65% of households own their home.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £225,000 | 129 |
| Semi-detached | £145,000 | 204 |
| Terraced | £93,500 | 49 |
| Flat or maisonette | £54,500 | 5 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 12% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
About 27% of its commuters stay in Immingham for work. The town counts 1.6 jobs per working resident. Working mainly from home: 12% of workers, lower than both Lincolnshire’s towns (20%) and England’s towns (31%); what’s more, 40% of commuters travelled under 5 km to work.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Immingham | 9,770 | — | C− | B+ | D | D |
| South Killingholme | 1,234 | 2.2 | — | A | D | C |
| Stallingborough | 1,190 | 2.4 | — | B | A− | B− |
| Keelby | 2,098 | 3 | — | A+ | A− | B |
| Healing | 3,201 | 3.3 | B | C− | B | B− |
| Ulceby | 1,667 | 4.5 | — | A− | B− | C |
| Laceby | 3,284 | 5.3 | B | B | C+ | C+ |
| Grimsby | 85,915 | 6.3 | C− | A− | D− | D |
South Killingholme, Stallingborough, Keelby and Ulceby have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Homes cost less than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £155,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: flats £54,500, terraced houses £93,500, semi-detached houses £145,000 and detached houses £225,000.
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Town in Lincolnshire, England
Immingham is a built-up area of 9,770 people, in the North East Lincolnshire council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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