Photo: Tim Heaton · CC BY-SA 2.0Chacombe is older than 93% of UK towns: a median age of 52.6
The share of households without a car or van trails 94% of UK towns: 7.5%. In 2021, the Census found 705 residents in Chacombe, living in 268 households. The census found that 4.9% of households live in a terraced house in the village. At 58%, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is higher than in 91% of UK towns.
6.8% of residents are aged 15 to 24, below 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Compared with 18% across England’s towns, 32% of residents are 65 or over here. Typically, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A smaller share of full-time students than 92% of UK towns: 3.7%
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%.
The figure for residents who moved in within the year is 6.2% in Chacombe and 11% across England’s towns. Typically, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
One-person households: 22%, a lower share than 95% 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.
The average household has 2.4 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. In Chacombe, 1.9% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. The benchmark for one-person households across England’s towns: 30%.
Chacombe sits above 88% of UK towns for households in detached houses (48%)
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
Flats are home to 7.5% of households, against 23% across England’s towns. The wider picture: 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
Above 72% 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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
The share of residents born outside the UK is 5.2%, against 18% across England’s towns. Across the comparison, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (2.4%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.7%).
In Chacombe, 34% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 85% 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: 95% of Chacombe · Northamptonshire’s towns 77% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns, against 95% in Chacombe. Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Other White (2.3%), Pakistani (0.9%) and Mixed or multiple (0.7%). For residents with no religion, the comparison across England’s towns is 37%.
Fewer adults who have never married than 99% of UK towns: 21%
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
Married adults and civil partners: 58%, above 96% of UK towns. Compared with other places, unpaid carers are scarce here: 7.3%, fewer than in 94% of UK towns. The benchmark for adults who have never married across England’s towns: 39%.
Qualified to degree level: 30% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 30% of Chacombe’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 14% have no qualification (18%).
No nearby town is as old as Chacombe
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chacombe | 705 | — | 52.6 | 32% | 28% |
| Middleton Cheney | 4,127 | 1.3 mi | 46 | 22% | 30% |
| Banbury | 52,041 | 3.3 mi | 37.8 | 15% | 30% |
| Bodicote | 4,752 | 4.1 mi | 36.1 | 15% | 39% |
| Kings Sutton | 2,306 | 4.5 mi | 47 | 23% | 27% |
| Adderbury and Twyford | 3,318 | 5.1 mi | 47.2 | 25% | 31% |
| Byfield | 1,303 | 6.2 mi | 50.3 | 26% | 24% |
| Woodford Halse | 4,288 | 6.3 mi | 40.2 | 15% | 30% |
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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 Chacombe’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 Chacombe’s residents
What is the population of Chacombe?
The 2021 Census counted 705 people in Chacombe’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Chacombe?
The median age was 52.6 at the 2021 Census. 6.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 32% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Chacombe?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 77% across Northamptonshire’s towns. 5.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Chacombe?
34% said they had no religion and 58% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.6% were Muslim and 6.4% didn’t answer.
Is Chacombe good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Chacombe’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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