Housing in PE6 8DS
What the homes in PE6 8DS are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Market Deeping
- Council
- South Kesteven
- Region
- East Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,991 (2024)
PE6 8DSPeterborough
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are detached houses (30.8%). Flats make up 24%, broadly in line with the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
56.4% of households in the PE6 8DS area own their home, broadly in line with the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 10.2% of households, less than half the England figure of 20.5%. 31.8% own outright and 24.5% with a mortgage.
- Owned56.4%61.3%
- Shared ownership0.9%1%
- Private rented10.2%20.5%
- Social rented32.3%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 2.2 people living in it. 35.3% 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 (20.3%). 23.1% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in South Kesteven
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in South Kesteven (August 2026, +1.8% 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 PE6 8DS (Market Deeping) (about 1,991 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.