Local fact sheet
Lincoln's homes, by the numbers
Lincoln in the 2021 census: 42,509 households, 80% houses, 20% flats.
Home ownership in Lincoln has fallen to 50.5%, from 55.1% ten years earlier, while private renting has climbed to 27.2%. LN1 and LN2 reach Carholme, Castle, Minster, Abbey, Boultham and Glebe, then continue out to Nettleham, Saxilby, Sudbrooke, Cherry Willingham, Scampton, Stow, Collingham and Dunholme and Welton. Semi-detached housing is the largest single type at 30.7%, with terraces just behind on 29.6%. A rented market of that size turns floors over quickly, so how easily a covering can be lifted and replaced counts for as much as its wear rating; click-fit systems over a decent underlay suit it. Older terraces in the inner wards commonly have suspended timber below; airbricks should be left clear and the boards checked for damp before anything is fixed down.
Half of Lincoln's households own their home and more than a quarter rent privately, a share that has risen by six points in a decade. The city divides on a hill: the Minster and Castle wards above it, Boultham, Glebe and Abbey below, and the ground between them is steep enough to shape the houses on it.
The city divides on a hill, and on a sloping site the ground floor is often not one floor. A house built into the slope may step down between rooms, and an internal step needs its own nosing — the part most often left to the fitting day.
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