Photo: Andrew Roberts · CC BY-SA 3.03.7% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 99% of UK towns
Here 61% of households live in a detached house, where the figure across England’s towns is 21%. Compared with other places, married adults and civil partners are common here: 56%, more than in 91% of UK towns. The 2021 Census counted 700 residents in 272 households. Across Clipston, nearly a third of households have dependent children.
Half of Clipston is over 46.7, older than 66% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with nearly one in ten residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 19%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A higher share of full-time students than 65% of UK towns, at 5.2%
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%.
Residents who moved in within the year: 9.8% here and 11% across England’s towns. Against 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.
Below 98% of UK towns: 19% of households are one person living alone
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 typical household size is 2.6 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. More shared households of unrelated adults than in 83% of UK towns: 3.3%. As a yardstick, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
11% of households live in a terraced house, fewer than in 87% 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
Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. Elsewhere, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
In Clipston, 1.9% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 99% 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
Against a figure of 90% across England’s towns, the share of residents whose main language is English in Clipston comes in at 99%. The comparison figure for residents born outside the UK is 18% across England’s towns. Most residents from abroad were born in Africa (1.1%) or in EU countries (0.6%).
A larger share of residents who describe themselves as White British than 92% of UK towns: 96%
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: 96% of Clipston · Northamptonshire’s towns 77% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is 46%; Clipston has 56%. The comparison figure for residents who describe themselves as White British is 73% across England’s towns. The census found that 39% of residents said they have no religion in the village.
Only 27% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership in Clipston
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
Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 16. Measured more widely, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Compared with other places, unpaid carers are common here: 11%, more than in 81% of UK towns.
44% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Clipston, 13%, while 44% hold one at degree level (34%).
Clipston 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clipston | 700 | — | 46.7 | 19% | 32% |
| Market Harborough | 24,162 | 3.6 mi | 45.3 | 23% | 27% |
| Welford | 1,199 | 4.3 mi | 46.4 | 20% | 29% |
| Husbands Bosworth | 1,218 | 4.6 mi | 42.7 | 21% | 29% |
| Great Bowden | 1,510 | 4.8 mi | 43.9 | 22% | 32% |
| Desborough | 11,899 | 5.8 mi | 42.3 | 20% | 30% |
| Rothwell | 8,623 | 6.6 mi | 41.7 | 21% | 27% |
| Mawsley Village | 2,487 | 6.9 mi | 37 | 8.3% | 49% |
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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 Clipston’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 Clipston’s residents
What is the population of Clipston?
The 2021 Census counted 700 people in Clipston’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Clipston?
The median age was 46.7 at the 2021 Census. 9.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 19% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Clipston?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 77% across Northamptonshire’s towns. 1.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Clipston?
39% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.3% didn’t answer.
Is Clipston good for families?
32% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Clipston’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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