Official Name: | Witham |
Councillor1: | Thomas Dyer |
Party1: | Conservative |
Councillor2: | Bill Mara |
Party2: | Conservative |
Councillor3: | Hilton Spratt |
Party3: | Conservative |
Country: | England |
Coordinates: | 53.1969°N -0.567°W |
Map Type: | Lincolnshire |
Static Image Caption: | Clockwise from top: Hykeham Road, Swallowbeck Church & Brant Road |
Population: | 8,136 |
Population Ref: | (2021 Census Ward Profile)[1] |
Shire District: | Lincoln |
Shire County: | Lincolnshire |
Region: | East Midlands |
Constituency Westminster: | Lincoln |
Civil Parish: | Unparished |
Post Town: | Lincoln |
Postcode District: | LN6 |
Postcode Area: | LN |
Dial Code: | 01522 |
London Distance Mi: | 157 |
London Direction: | S |
Witham[2] is a suburb[3] [4] and ward[5] of Lincoln in Lincolnshire, England. The population of the City of Lincoln ward at the 2021 census was 8,136. The ward is one of the eleven electoral districts within the City of Lincoln Council.
The ward encompasses the southern portion of Lincoln.[6] It lies close to the boundary with the town of North Hykeham and villages of Bracebridge Heath, Canwick and Waddington.[7] It covers the suburbs of Bracebridge Low Fields and Swallowbeck, which are separated from the River Witham which runs between them to Lincoln City Centre.
At the 2021 census, the ward profile population was 8,136. Of the findings, the ethnicity and religious composition of the ward was:
Witham: Ethnicity: 2021 Census | |||||||||||||
Ethnic group | Population | % | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
White | 7,832 | 96.3% | |||||||||||
Asian or Asian British | 135 | 1.7% | |||||||||||
Mixed | 99 | 1.2% | |||||||||||
Black or Black British | 44 | 0.5% | |||||||||||
Other Ethnic Group | 20 | 0.2% | |||||||||||
Arab | 6 | 0.1% | |||||||||||
Total | 8,136 | 100% |
Witham: Religion: 2021 Census | |||||||||||||
Religious | Population | % | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Christian | 4,024 | 52.2% | |||||||||||
Irreligious | 3,542 | 45.9% | |||||||||||
Muslim | 66 | 0.9% | |||||||||||
Other religion | 34 | 0.4% | |||||||||||
Hindu | 25 | 0.3% | |||||||||||
Buddhist | 15 | 0.2% | |||||||||||
Jewish | 6 | 0.2% | |||||||||||
Sikh | 3 | 0.1% | |||||||||||
Total | 8,136 | 100% |