Housing in DN17 1BF
What the homes in DN17 1BF are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Scunthorpe Central Park
- Council
- North Lincolnshire
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,565 (2024)
DN17 1BFScunthorpe
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are purpose-built flats (41.3%). Flats make up 42.7%, well above the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
24.7% of households in the DN17 1BF area own their home, less than half the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 10.5% of households, well below the England figure of 20.5%. 12% own outright and 12.7% with a mortgage.
- Owned24.7%61.3%
- Shared ownership0.3%1%
- Private rented10.5%20.5%
- Social rented64.1%17.1%
- Lives rent free0.4%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.0 people living in it. 44.8% 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 (29.2%). 25.7% 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 DN17 1BF (Scunthorpe Central Park) (about 1,565 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.