Ashby population rockets 30 per cent, Bottesford declines and 167,000 people now live in North Lincolnshire

Ashby has the fastest growing population in North Lincolnshire with a whopping rise of almost one-third in 10 years.

But Bottesford - once the boom town of Glanford when estates of new homes were built in the 1970s and 1980s - is the only place where the total population declined over a decade, official figures show.

North Lincolnshire Council says all its electoral wards have grown in terms of population in recent years, with the exception of Bottesford.

What the authority describes as the Census 2011 Ward Profile Population Changes have now been made public.

In the 10 years since the last Census, 16 or the 17 wards saw rising populations.

However, Bottesford's fell by 1.2 per cent from 2001 - 11,177 residents to 11,038 in 2011.

The biggest percentage increase in population since the 2001 Census was seen in the Ashby ward, with a 30.3% rise from 9,304 in 2001 to 12,123 in 2011.

This was almost twice the percentage increase of the Barton ward which, with an increase of 16.7%, saw the second biggest increase in North Lincolnshire.

The official figure for the total population of North Lincolnshire is now given as 167,446.

POPULATION BY WARD 2011

Ashby 12,123

Axholme Central 7,247

Axholme North 8,288

Axholme South 7,162

Barton 11,066

Bottesford 11,038

Brigg and Wolds 11,539

Broughton and Appleby 6,793

Brumby 11,749

Burringham and Gunness 3,816

Burton upon Stather and Winterton 11,326

Crosby and Park 13,266

Ferry 11,154

Frodingham 8,201

Kingsway with Lincoln Gardens 11,341

Ridge 12,855

Town (Scunthorpe) 8,482