Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.06.9% of residents are aged 15 to 24, below 99% of UK towns
Across England’s towns, the share of unpaid carers is 8.7%; Blakesley has 5.9%. There were 217 households here at the 2021 Census, home to 537 residents. The share of households in terraced houses stands at 8.4%. Fewer households without a car or van than in 98% of UK towns: 5.5%.
A median age of 45.8: Blakesley is older than 60% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Set against 18% across England’s towns, 23% of residents are 65 or over in Blakesley. The biggest five-year age group is 50–54, with 9.1% of residents, 1.3 times the share across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Above 89% of UK towns: 12% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
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%.
In Blakesley, 50% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 11% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. The census found that 4.8% of adults are full-time students here.
A smaller share of one-person households than 95% of UK towns: 22%
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.
Households with dependent children are about as common here as across England’s towns, at 29%. On average, 2.5 people share a household. As a yardstick, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
Households in flats: 1.9%, a lower share than 97% 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
57% of households live in a detached house (England’s towns: 21%). Households in flats make up 23% across England’s towns.
Residents whose main language is English: 99%, a higher share than 94% 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
Residents born outside the UK: 4.1%, below 76% of UK towns. On average, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in the Middle East and Asia (1.1%) and in Africa (1.1%).
94% of residents describe themselves as White British, a share 64% of UK towns don’t reach
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: 94% of Blakesley · Northamptonshire’s towns 77% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the largest groups are Other White (2.8%), Mixed or multiple (1.5%) and Indian (0.4%). Compared with other places, residents who describe themselves as Christian are common here: 51%, more than in just over three fifths of UK towns. Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 73% across England’s towns. Here 40% of residents said they have no religion, where the figure across England’s towns is 37%.
A larger share of married adults and civil partners than 95% of UK towns: 58%
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
Compared with 39% across England’s towns, 27% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership here. Measured more widely, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. For 11 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week.
A degree-level qualification for 46% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 46% of its adults qualified to degree level, Blakesley compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 9.5% hold no qualification (18%).
Blakesley is younger than 2 of its 7 nearest neighbours
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blakesley | 537 | — | 45.8 | 23% | 29% |
| Greens Norton | 1,525 | 2.8 mi | 47.8 | 27% | 27% |
| Pattishall and Astcote | 1,081 | 3.6 mi | 50.5 | 25% | 23% |
| Towcester | 11,333 | 4.4 mi | 40.5 | 17% | 29% |
| Silverstone | 2,542 | 4.9 mi | 40.9 | 17% | 34% |
| Woodford Halse | 4,288 | 5.5 mi | 40.2 | 15% | 30% |
| Bugbrooke | 3,040 | 5.6 mi | 43.4 | 21% | 32% |
| Weedon Bec | 2,856 | 5.6 mi | 45.1 | 22% | 27% |
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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 Blakesley’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 Blakesley’s residents
What is the population of Blakesley?
The 2021 Census counted 537 people in Blakesley’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Blakesley?
The median age was 45.8 at the 2021 Census. 6.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Blakesley?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 77% across Northamptonshire’s towns. 4.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Blakesley?
40% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 7.2% didn’t answer.
Is Blakesley good for families?
29% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Blakesley’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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