Photo: Bikeboy · CC BY-SA 2.0Bugbrooke ranks below 97% of UK towns on one-person households: 21%
The share of households in terraced houses is 6.8%, against 24% across England’s towns. Across Bugbrooke, nearly a third of households have dependent children. This Northamptonshire town has more households in detached houses than 84% of UK towns, at 44%. In 2021, the Census found 3,040 residents in the town, living in 1,208 households.
Bugbrooke ranks above 70% of UK towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 10%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The median age in Bugbrooke is 43.4, lower than in 58% of UK towns. To put it in context, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. In Bugbrooke, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Bugbrooke, 43.4. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Bugbrooke ranks below 94% of UK towns on residents who moved in within the year: 6.4%
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%.
5.3% of adults are full-time students; across England’s towns the figure is 7.9%. Measured more widely, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Larger households than 91% of UK towns: 2.5 people on average
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.
In Bugbrooke, 2.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
A lower share of households without a car or van than 90% of UK towns, at 8.3%
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 3.5% of households live in a flat or apartment, where the figure across England’s towns is 23%. For comparison, 24% of households have no car or van across England’s towns.
Above 94% of UK towns: 99% of residents have English as their main language
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
By its share of residents born outside the UK (4%), Bugbrooke is below 78% of UK towns. As a reference point, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (1.7%) or in the Middle East and Asia (0.8%).
Above 75% of UK towns: 95% of residents describe themselves as White British
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: 95% of Bugbrooke · Northamptonshire’s towns 77% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Beyond White British, the biggest groups are Other White (2%), Mixed or multiple (1.7%) and Indian (0.7%). The comparison figure for residents who describe themselves as White British is 73% across England’s towns. Few places have as many residents who describe themselves as Christian: 53% here, more than in 68% of UK towns. The share of residents with no religion tops 50% of UK towns: 41%.
Bugbrooke sits above 83% of UK towns for married adults and civil partners (54%)
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
Across England’s towns, the share of unpaid carers is 8.7%; Bugbrooke has 9.9%. The share of married adults and civil partners across England’s towns is 44%. In Bugbrooke, 29% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership.
31% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Bugbrooke counts 31% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 13% have no qualification (18%).
514 UK towns of 2,500 to 4,000 people: this is the 122nd youngest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Ages run from 20.6 in Keele to 63.1 in West Chiltington. Nearest to Bugbrooke in age: Desford (43.4), Manea (43.4), Watton at Stone (43.4) and Blaenau Ffestiniog (43.4).
No nearby town is as young as Bugbrooke
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bugbrooke | 3,040 | — | 43.4 | 21% | 32% |
| Nether Heyford | 1,504 | 1.5 mi | 51.3 | 28% | 26% |
| Kislingbury | 1,323 | 1.6 mi | 46.6 | 23% | 28% |
| Harpole | 1,349 | 2.2 mi | 50.5 | 29% | 24% |
| Pattishall and Astcote | 1,081 | 2.2 mi | 50.5 | 25% | 23% |
| Flore | 1,452 | 2.9 mi | 47 | 24% | 29% |
| Weedon Bec | 2,856 | 3.5 mi | 45.1 | 22% | 27% |
| Collingtree and Milton Malsor | 1,514 | 3.7 mi | 48 | 21% | 29% |
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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 Bugbrooke’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 Bugbrooke’s residents
What is the population of Bugbrooke?
The 2021 Census counted 3,040 people in Bugbrooke’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Bugbrooke?
The median age was 43.4 at the 2021 Census, younger than 58% of UK towns. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 21% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Bugbrooke?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 77% across Northamptonshire’s towns. 4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Bugbrooke?
41% said they had no religion and 53% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 5.2% didn’t answer.
Is Bugbrooke good for families?
32% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Bugbrooke’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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