Photo: Ian Rob · CC BY-SA 2.0In Ashton, 4.2% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 99% of UK towns
Here a fifth of households are one person living alone, where the figure across England’s towns is 30%. At the same time, at 57%, the share of married adults and civil partners is higher than in 94% of UK towns. Ashton’s 164 households held 403 residents at the 2021 Census. In Ashton, 1.2% of households live in a flat or apartment.
Half of Ashton is over 47.9, older than 74% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 55–59: 10% of residents, 1.6 times the share across England’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over account for 18%. Compared with other places, residents aged 15 to 24 are common here: 12%, more than in 91% of UK towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Ashton: 6.6% of adults are full-time students, above 89% of UK towns
What adults did at the 2021 Census (the ONS’s NS-SEC classes), and where residents lived a year earlier.
Adults by occupation class · residents 16 and over
Address a year before the Census
Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.
Nearly half of Ashton’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 14% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. For Ashton, the census puts residents who moved in within the year at 8.3%. Across England’s towns, the share of full-time students is 7.9%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Ashton ranks below 98% of UK towns on shared households of unrelated adults: 1.2%
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Northamptonshire’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
The average household has 2.4 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. As a yardstick, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns. For Ashton, the census puts households with dependent children at 29%.
Households in detached houses make up 53% in Ashton, more than in 92% of UK towns
Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
Type of home
Cars or vans · share of households
The census found that 21% of households live in a terraced house in Ashton.
Residents whose main language is English: 98%, a higher share than 70% of UK towns
Country of birth, year of arrival and main language, Census 2021.
Born outside the UK, by region · share of all residents; the bar runs to 25%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (2.2%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.2%). Across England’s towns, the share of residents whose main language is English is 90%. Lower than in nearly two thirds of UK towns: 5% of residents were born outside the UK.
56% describe themselves as Christian, more than in 86% of UK towns
How residents described themselves at the 2021 Census. Lines join the lowest and highest of the three figures.
Ethnic groups other than White British · all residents
White British, not charted: 93% of Ashton · Northamptonshire’s towns 77% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Little separates the share of residents with no religion here, 37%, from the figure across England’s towns. Set beside that, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. The next-largest groups, after White British, are Other White (4.5%), Mixed or multiple (2.2%) and African (0.5%).
Ashton sits below 79% of UK towns for adults who have never married (28%)
Legal partnership status (residents 16 and over) and unpaid care (residents 5 and over), Census 2021.
Partnership status · residents 16 and over
Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over
Unpaid carers make up 7.8%, close to the figure across England’s towns. The comparison figure for adults who have never married is 39% across England’s towns. Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 12 residents.
Degree-level qualifications reach 43% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 43% of adults in Ashton, 34% across England’s towns; 13% have no qualification, against 18%. A levels are as far as 15% have gone so far, many of them students midway to a degree.
A younger town than 3 of the 7 around it: Ashton
Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Homes with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashton | 403 | — | 47.9 | 18% | 29% |
| Roade | 3,571 | 1.2 mi | 39.7 | 18% | 32% |
| Hartwell | 1,493 | 1.5 mi | 44.7 | 20% | 31% |
| Hanslope | 2,161 | 3 mi | 45.8 | 24% | 24% |
| Blisworth | 1,603 | 3.1 mi | 50.5 | 28% | 22% |
| Yardley Gobion | 1,283 | 3.3 mi | 48.9 | 24% | 27% |
| Collingtree and Milton Malsor | 1,514 | 4 mi | 48 | 21% | 29% |
| Castlethorpe | 1,112 | 4 mi | 45.9 | 21% | 28% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “Northamptonshire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Northamptonshire (or England), summed the same way as Ashton’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out.
- Small counts are blurred. The ONS adds small random changes to Census counts to protect privacy, so the same total differs a little between tables, and the shares of a small town can move by a point or two.
Questions about Ashton’s residents
What is the population of Ashton?
The 2021 Census counted 403 people in Ashton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Ashton?
The median age was 47.9 at the 2021 Census. 12% of residents were 15 to 24 and 18% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Ashton?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 77% across Northamptonshire’s towns. 5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Ashton?
37% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.5% didn’t answer.
Is Ashton good for families?
29% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Ashton’s schools page.
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area (TS002, TS003, TS004, TS007A, TS008, TS015, TS017, TS019, TS021, TS029, TS030, TS039, TS044, TS045, TS062, TS067). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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