Photo: Dr Steven Plunkett · CC BY-SA 3.0A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 92% of UK towns: 8%
Households in flats make up 3.8%, against 23% across England’s towns. Broughton had 1,982 residents in 871 households at the 2021 Census. Here, 55% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. Compared with other places, households without a car or van are scarce here: 9.6%, fewer than in 84% of UK towns.
Older than 75% of UK towns: half of Broughton is over 48.1
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
24% of residents are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. No age band is larger than 50–54: 8.4% of residents.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Full-time students make up 4.8% in Broughton, less than in 51% 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%.
36% of Broughton’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 22% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. The wider picture: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Census figures put residents who moved in within the year at 8.7% in the village.
Only 24% of households in Broughton have dependent children
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 25%, against 30% across England’s towns. The usual figure: 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. 2.1% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
Above 74% of UK towns: 39% of households live in a detached 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
Here 18% of households live in a terraced house, where the figure across England’s towns is 24%. Meanwhile, 3.8% of households live in a flat, less than in 89% of UK towns; 39% in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns.
More residents whose main language is English than 59% of UK towns: 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
The largest groups were born in EU countries (2.9%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.1%). Across the comparison, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Born abroad and arrived since 2017: 13% of that group, against 21% across England’s towns.
52% describe themselves as Christian, 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: 92% of Broughton · Northamptonshire’s towns 77% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Other White (4.1%), Mixed or multiple (1.6%) and Indian (0.5%). Across England’s towns, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian. Set against 37% across England’s towns, just over two in five residents said they have no religion in Broughton.
27% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, below 86% of UK towns
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
The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 69. The usual figure: 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. At 11%, the share of unpaid carers is higher than in 88% of UK towns.
28% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
15% of Broughton’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 28% have one at degree level (34%).
Nearby, 1 of 7 towns have older populations than Broughton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broughton | 1,982 | — | 48.1 | 24% | 24% |
| Mawsley Village | 2,487 | 1.6 mi | 37 | 8.3% | 49% |
| Kettering | 63,149 | 3.2 mi | 39.6 | 17% | 31% |
| Rothwell | 8,623 | 3.6 mi | 41.7 | 21% | 27% |
| Burton Latimer | 10,440 | 4.2 mi | 38.4 | 16% | 34% |
| Desborough | 11,899 | 5.3 mi | 42.3 | 20% | 30% |
| Sywell and Overstone | 1,636 | 5.4 mi | 57.2 | 34% | 17% |
| Wellingborough | 54,421 | 5.7 mi | 38.6 | 16% | 32% |
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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 Broughton’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 Broughton’s residents
What is the population of Broughton?
The 2021 Census counted 1,982 people in Broughton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Broughton?
The median age was 48.1 at the 2021 Census. 8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Broughton?
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 Broughton?
41% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 5.3% didn’t answer.
Is Broughton good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Broughton’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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