Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 17 h 1 min4:34 am – 9:35 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 29 min8:16 am – 3:45 pm
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People10,500 residentsin the Gainsborough West census areaMedian age 40.45,060 households48% of homes owner-occupied27% owned outright14% social rented, 38% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting9.3% unemployment rate56% of adults are economically active, 4,311 in work, 21% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 19%, health and social work 16%, manufacturing 12%Getting to work: 15% work from home, 61% go by car, 2% take public transport, 22% walk or cycle58% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages18% of adults hold a degree or higher23% have no qualifications, 8% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 97%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 22°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 1°C648 mm of rain a year, 13 days with 10 mm or morewettest month July40 days of air frost, 14 summer days above 25°C in a typical yearSource: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991-2020 averages, 2 km grid (highs and lows from the 12 km grid)
Parks and green spacesRichmond Parkpark · under a mileThonock Park Golf Coursegolf course · under a mile · 51 haStans Pocket Parkpark · 1.0 miRoses Sports Groundsports ground · under a mile · 7 haHickman Bacon Memorial Parkplaying field · under a mile · 3 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes107 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197012 of magnitude 3+, 3 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 5.0 on 27 Feb 200819 mi away, Market Rasen, LincsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 25 Aug 202630 mi away, Grimsby, LincolnshireSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Flood riskRivers and sea: areas at High risk within 500 m of the centrea 1 in 30 chance of flooding in any year, or greaterAlso medium, low risk areas nearbySource: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea
Air qualityNO2 5.0 · PM2.5 7.1 · PM10 12 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband96% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband100% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)5,773 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation6 m20 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from -1 to 41 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalJohn Coupland Hospitalright hereGP surgeryGainsborough Utc6 surgeries within 2 milesright herePharmacyLincoln Co-Op Chemists LTD4 pharmacies within 2 milesunder a mileDentistThe Forumunder a mileSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi16 schools8 primary, 2 secondary, 2 independent, 3 special, 1 nurseryPrimaryMorton Trentside Primary Schoolages 3-11, 178 pupilsunder a mileSecondaryThe Queen Elizabeth's High School, Gainsboroughages 11-18, 1,139 pupilsunder a milePrimaryMercer's Wood Academyages 5-11, 157 pupilsunder a mileCollegeJohn Leggott Sixth Form College12.1 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportHumberside Airport HUY21 miMajor airportEast Midlands Airport EMA46 miRailway stationGainsborough Central1.1 miBus stationBus StationGainsborough1.1 miBus stops36 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the DN21 postcode district.
