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Mortgage-free owners make up 51% of households. In Lincolnshire, East Midlands, this town has 3,116 residents.
Skellingthorpe’s grades pull in different directions. Cost of living is its strong suit: the median home sold for £253,750, 4.7 years of area income. With a B+ overall, Skellingthorpe is better than 74% of UK towns. The ranking puts it #15 of 61 in Lincolnshire. What counts against it is hazard risk: 5% of homes face a high or medium risk of river or sea flooding.
Figures: prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · flood risk, Environment Agency.
The 3 things Skellingthorpe 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 Skellingthorpe is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Historic England lists 10 buildings inside Skellingthorpe’s built-up area.
6% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Skellingthorpe. Best known first.
CathedralLincoln Cathedral4.7 km outside town, to the east
CastleLincoln Castle4.4 km outside town, to the east
MuseumLincoln Museum4.6 km outside town, to the east
Historic house · English HeritageMedieval Bishop's Palace4.7 km outside town, to the east
Historic houseDoddington Hall1.6 km outside town, to the southwestPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Skellingthorpe.
28% of adults hold a degree, above Lincolnshire’s towns (25%) but below England’s towns (34%). Children are 13% of the town. The middle age in Skellingthorpe is 53.9. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 7.9% of the population.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Skellingthorpe | Lincolnshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 16% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 7.9% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 17% | 23% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 27% | 25% |
| 65+ | 31% | 22% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 18% | 21% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 7.9% | 6.7% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 20% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 28% | 25% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Lincolnshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
St Lawrence Church of England Primary School’s results beat just over four in five schools in England like it. Secondary results at the one secondary school within 3 km: an Attainment 8 score of 37.3, with 30% at grade 5 or above in English and maths. Below is one of its 2 schools, and why it was picked. Skellingthorpe’s two primaries have 388 pupils between them.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Lawrence Church of England Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 196 | A− |
5% live in social housing, below both Lincolnshire’s towns (14%) and England’s towns (18%). The private rented sector houses just over one in ten households. The £253,750 median rests on 116 standard sales inside the built-up area (September 2023 to August 2026).
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £255,000 | 93 |
| Semi-detached | £255,000 | 19 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
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 6% of the total. Relative to its size, Skellingthorpe keeps 32 listed buildings per 10,000 residents, lower than both Lincolnshire’s towns (42) and England’s towns (39).
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 30% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Nearly a third of commuters travelled under 5 km to work. At the census, 10% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Lincolnshire’s towns (18%) and England’s towns (27%). Among 16 to 64s, 1.8% claimed unemployment benefits in 2026.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Police recorded 110 crimes inside Skellingthorpe’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026, plus 39 reports of anti-social behaviour. For its size, Skellingthorpe records less crime per resident than 78% of the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. 47% of the crimes fell under violence and sexual offences.
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.
Seeing a GP means leaving Skellingthorpe: the nearest practice is 1.2 miles away. A fifth of residents have a disability, about level with Lincolnshire’s towns (20%) and above England’s towns (17%). The nearest A&E to Skellingthorpe is Lincoln County Hospital, 4 miles away.
| Census 2021 | Skellingthorpe | Lincolnshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 79% | 79% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 5.7% | 5.9% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 20% | 20% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Because the census answers ignore age, a younger population lifts them; that is why the Health Grade is built on age-adjusted measures like life expectancy and early deaths.
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skellingthorpe | 3,116 | — | B+ | A | B+ | B− |
| Lincoln | 104,553 | 2.8 | D− | C+ | D | D |
| Saxilby | 4,432 | 3.2 | A | A− | B | B+ |
| North Hykeham | 16,855 | 3.3 | A− | A | B | B− |
| South Hykeham | 1,070 | 3.5 | — | A | B− | B− |
| Bracebridge Heath | 5,794 | 4.5 | A− | A+ | B+ | B |
| Waddington | 6,828 | 4.8 | A | A+ | A− | C+ |
| Nettleham | 3,418 | 5.9 | A− | B+ | A− | A |
South Hykeham has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s flood risk service.
GCSE results trail 94% of towns in England, and primary results beat 64% (Department for Education, Attainment 8 and Key Stage 2). Skellingthorpe has 2 state schools; places are handled by Lincolnshire council.
Town in Lincolnshire, England
Skellingthorpe is a built-up area of 3,116 people, in the North Kesteven 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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