Photo: Rob Farrow · CC BY-SA 2.0More households in detached houses than 91% of UK towns: 52%
One-person households make up 24%, against 30% across England’s towns. Brixworth counted 5,769 residents and 2,340 households at the 2021 Census. Nearly a third of households have dependent children. At 8.6%, the share of households without a car or van is lower than in 89% of UK towns.
A median age of 43.4: Brixworth is younger than 58% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 18%, close to the figure across England’s towns. Here, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Brixworth, 43.4. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Brixworth: 5% of adults are full-time students, above 59% 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%.
Across England’s towns, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine work; in Brixworth, 43% and 17%. Locally, 8.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. Set beside that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Brixworth households average 2.5 people, larger than in 86% 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.
Against a figure of 4.3% across England’s towns, the share of shared households of unrelated adults in Brixworth comes in at 2.5%.
Households in flats make up 4.4% in Brixworth, less than in 86% 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
With households in terraced houses at 15%, Brixworth is behind 71% of UK towns on that count. As a reference point, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
Brixworth ranks above 70% of UK towns on residents whose main language is English: 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (2.6%) and in Africa (1.4%). Residents whose main language is English make up 90% across England’s towns. Of residents born abroad, 13% arrived in 2017 or later, against 21% across England’s towns.
More residents with no religion than 63% of UK towns: 43%
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: 92% of Brixworth · Northamptonshire’s towns 77% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Set against 46% across England’s towns, nearly half of residents describe themselves as Christian in Brixworth. The usual figure: 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (3.1%), Mixed or multiple (2%) and Indian (0.9%).
Above 80% of UK towns: 53% of adults are married or in a civil partnership
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
111 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week. Compared with other places, adults who have never married are scarce here: 30%, fewer than in 70% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, the share of married adults and civil partners is 44%. At 7.9%, the share of unpaid carers is in line with the figure across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications reach 36% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Brixworth, 36% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 12% have no qualification at all (18%).
202nd youngest of 624 UK towns of 4,000 to 8,000 people
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
The youngest is Bailrigg (18.9) and the oldest Barton on Sea (65.3). Nearest to Brixworth in age: Ystalyfera (43.3), Pontyclun (43.3), Sawston (43.5) and Lenham and Harrietsham (43.5).
Brixworth and its 7 nearest towns: 4 of them are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brixworth | 5,769 | — | 43.4 | 18% | 32% |
| Spratton | 1,288 | 2 mi | 48.8 | 25% | 29% |
| Moulton | 4,953 | 3.4 mi | 38.9 | 19% | 34% |
| Sywell and Overstone | 1,636 | 4.7 mi | 57.2 | 34% | 17% |
| Mawsley Village | 2,487 | 5 mi | 37 | 8.3% | 49% |
| Northampton | 243,527 | 5.6 mi | 37 | 14% | 33% |
| Broughton | 1,982 | 6.2 mi | 48.1 | 24% | 24% |
| Harpole | 1,349 | 6.9 mi | 50.5 | 29% | 24% |
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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 Brixworth’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 Brixworth’s residents
What is the population of Brixworth?
The 2021 Census counted 5,769 people in Brixworth’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Brixworth?
The median age was 43.4 at the 2021 Census, younger than 58% of UK towns. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 18% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Brixworth?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 77% across Northamptonshire’s towns. 6.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Brixworth?
43% said they had no religion and 49% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 6.1% didn’t answer.
Is Brixworth good for families?
32% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Brixworth’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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