Photo: Robin Webster · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 95% of UK towns: half of Badby is over 53.8
Set against 24% across England’s towns, 7.3% of households have no car or van in Badby. Census day 2021: 701 residents and 278 households here. Across Badby, nearly a fifth of households have dependent children. Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 91% of UK towns, at 30%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.3%, below 89% of UK towns. As a yardstick, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Fewer full-time students than 96% of UK towns: 3.4%
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%.
Managerial and professional jobs take in two in five adults here, routine and semi-routine work 20% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Census figures put residents who moved in within the year at 9.6% in Badby. To put it in context, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Badby ranks below 89% of UK towns on one-person households: 24%
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.
Across England’s towns, the share of shared households of unrelated adults is 4.3%; Badby has 2.9%. To put it in context, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. Average household size: 2.3 people.
Below 91% of UK towns: 9.1% of households live in a terraced house
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 share of households in detached houses tops 87% of UK towns: 48%. To put it in context, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
A higher share of residents whose main language is English than 55% of UK towns, at 98%
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
6.7% of residents were born outside the UK, against 18% across Northamptonshire’s towns and 18% across England’s towns. For comparison, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (2.9%) or in Africa (1.7%).
Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 52% in Badby, more than in 65% 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 Badby · Northamptonshire’s towns 77% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Behind White British, the largest groups are Other White (4%), Mixed or multiple (1.3%) and African (0.7%). The wider picture: 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Badby has more residents who describe themselves as White British than three fifths of UK towns, at 93%. Residents with no religion are about as common here as across England’s towns: 37%.
A larger share of married adults and civil partners than 92% of UK towns: 56%
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: 7.7%, near enough the figure across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Census figures put adults who have never married at 26% in Badby.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 37%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Badby, 16%, while 37% hold one at degree level (34%).
Badby is older than every town around it
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Badby | 701 | — | 53.8 | 30% | 19% |
| Daventry | 27,783 | 2.7 mi | 38.9 | 16% | 30% |
| Woodford Halse | 4,288 | 4.2 mi | 40.2 | 15% | 30% |
| Weedon Bec | 2,856 | 4.2 mi | 45.1 | 22% | 27% |
| Byfield | 1,303 | 4.4 mi | 50.3 | 26% | 24% |
| Braunston | 1,519 | 4.5 mi | 52.4 | 31% | 23% |
| Flore | 1,452 | 5.2 mi | 47 | 24% | 29% |
| Napton on the Hill | 1,063 | 5.9 mi | 46.6 | 22% | 28% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “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 Badby’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 Badby’s residents
What is the population of Badby?
The 2021 Census counted 701 people in Badby’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Badby?
The median age was 53.8 at the 2021 Census. 8.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 30% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Badby?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 77% across Northamptonshire’s towns. 6.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Badby?
37% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 9.7% didn’t answer.
Is Badby good for families?
19% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Badby’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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