Photo: Cj1340 · CC BY-SA 3.0Blisworth is older than 87% of UK towns: a median age of 50.5
Across England’s towns, the share of households with dependent children is 29%; Blisworth has 22%. At the 2021 Census Blisworth was home to 1,603 people in 722 households. Census figures put households in flats at 4.1% in the village. Just over one in ten households live in a terraced house, fewer than in 83% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Blisworth’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Blisworth’s residents are under 50.5 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 28% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
8.3% of residents are aged 15 to 24, below 89% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 28%, against 18% across England’s towns. As a yardstick, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Fewer full-time students than 90% of UK towns: 3.8%
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%.
Where just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns, Blisworth has 7.3%. To put it in context, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Blisworth households average 2.2 people, smaller than in 69% of UK towns
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.
One-person households make up 28%, against 30% across England’s towns. For Blisworth, the census puts shared households of unrelated adults at 2.4%.
Below 81% of UK towns: 10% of households have no car or van
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
Here 22% of households live in a detached house, where the figure across England’s towns is 21%. On average, 24% of households have no car or van across England’s towns.
Residents born outside the UK: 4.7%, a lower share than 68% 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
Set against 90% across England’s towns, 98% of residents have English as their main language in Blisworth. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (2.1%) and in Africa (0.9%). Against that, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
Blisworth ranks above 69% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as Christian: 53%
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 Blisworth · Northamptonshire’s towns 77% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
By its share of residents who describe themselves as White British (94%), Blisworth is above 67% of UK towns. Typically, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. For Blisworth, the census puts residents with no religion at 39%.
A smaller share of adults who have never married than 86% of UK towns: 27%
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
Set against 44% across England’s towns, 54% of adults are married or in a civil partnership in Blisworth. 40 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week. Unpaid carers are rarer here than in 62% of UK towns. By way of comparison, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications reach 30% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Blisworth, 30% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 16% have no qualification at all (18%).
Blisworth 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blisworth | 1,603 | — | 50.5 | 28% | 22% |
| Collingtree and Milton Malsor | 1,514 | 1.6 mi | 48 | 21% | 29% |
| Roade | 3,571 | 2.1 mi | 39.7 | 18% | 32% |
| Pattishall and Astcote | 1,081 | 3.8 mi | 50.5 | 25% | 23% |
| Towcester | 11,333 | 3.8 mi | 40.5 | 17% | 29% |
| Bugbrooke | 3,040 | 3.9 mi | 43.4 | 21% | 32% |
| Hartwell | 1,493 | 4 mi | 44.7 | 20% | 31% |
| Greens Norton | 1,525 | 4.3 mi | 47.8 | 27% | 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 Blisworth’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 Blisworth’s residents
What is the population of Blisworth?
The 2021 Census counted 1,603 people in Blisworth’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Blisworth?
The median age was 50.5 at the 2021 Census. 8.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Blisworth?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 77% across Northamptonshire’s towns. 4.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Blisworth?
39% said they had no religion and 53% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 5.6% didn’t answer.
Is Blisworth good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Blisworth’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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