Housing in DN15 7LY
What the homes in DN15 7LY are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Scunthorpe Central & Crosby
- Council
- North Lincolnshire
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,972 (2024)
DN15 7LYScunthorpe
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are terraced houses (43.1%). Flats make up 22.8%, broadly in line with the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
27.2% of households in the DN15 7LY area own their home, less than half the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 54.8% of households, more than double the England figure of 20.5%. 14.5% own outright and 12.7% with a mortgage.
- Owned27.2%61.3%
- Shared ownership0.9%1%
- Private rented54.8%20.5%
- Social rented16.9%17.1%
- Lives rent free0.2%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.7 people living in it. 28.1% of households are one person living alone, against 30.1% across England.
Who lives together
The most common household is one person living alone aged under 66 (22.4%). 25.1% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in North Lincolnshire
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in North Lincolnshire (August 2026, +6% on a year earlier). ONS publishes rent figures at council level rather than by neighbourhood.
Census figures aren’t published for single postcodes, so the neighbourhood figures on this tab cover the area around DN15 7LY (Scunthorpe Central & Crosby) (about 1,972 residents).
Source: Census 2021, Office for National Statistics. Population: ONS mid-year estimates. Open Government Licence v3.0. Rents: ONS Price Index of Private Rents.