Photo: David Howard · CC BY-SA 2.0A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 97% of UK towns: 7.5%
Against a figure of 44% across England’s towns, the share of married adults and civil partners in Cogenhoe comes in at 58%. The village had 1,475 residents in 647 households at the 2021 Census. Census figures put households in detached houses at 53% here. Lower than in 90% of UK towns: 3.7% of households live in a flat or apartment.
Older than 84% of UK towns: half of Cogenhoe is over 49.9
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
55–59 is the most common age band: nearly one in ten residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 26%.
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.
4.2% of adults are full-time students, below 77% 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%.
Managerial and professional jobs account for just over two fifths of Cogenhoe’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 19%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 61% of UK towns. Across the comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Shared households of unrelated adults: 1.7%, a lower share than 84% 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.
Here 25% of households have dependent children, where the figure across England’s towns is 29%. Across England’s towns, shared households of unrelated adults come to 4.3%. Average household size: 2.3 people.
Cogenhoe sits below 90% of UK towns for households in terraced houses (9.5%)
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 without a car or van make up 9.7%, against 24% across England’s towns.
Above 65% of UK towns: 98% 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
Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (2%), then in the Middle East and Asia (1.6%). The comparison figure for residents whose main language is English is 90% across England’s towns. The figure for residents born outside the UK is 6.1% in Cogenhoe and 18% across England’s towns.
Cogenhoe: 51% of residents describe themselves as Christian, above 57% 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: 93% of Cogenhoe · Northamptonshire’s towns 77% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents who describe themselves as White British is 93%, against 73% across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Leading the other groups after White British: Other White (2.6%), Mixed or multiple (2%) and Indian (1%).
Below 97% of UK towns: 23% of adults have never married or formed 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
Set against 8.7% across England’s towns, 7.6% of residents give unpaid care in Cogenhoe. Elsewhere, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
33% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 34% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Cogenhoe, 33%, and 16% have none, against 18%.
Older than Cogenhoe: 3 of the 7 towns nearby
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cogenhoe | 1,475 | — | 49.9 | 26% | 25% |
| Earls Barton | 6,067 | 2.5 mi | 43.1 | 21% | 29% |
| Sywell and Overstone | 1,636 | 4 mi | 57.2 | 34% | 17% |
| Great Doddington | 1,147 | 4 mi | 51.8 | 29% | 23% |
| Northampton | 243,527 | 4.2 mi | 37 | 14% | 33% |
| Moulton | 4,953 | 4.4 mi | 38.9 | 19% | 34% |
| Bozeat | 2,166 | 5 mi | 50.2 | 25% | 24% |
| Wollaston | 3,564 | 5.1 mi | 44.7 | 21% | 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 Cogenhoe’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 Cogenhoe’s residents
What is the population of Cogenhoe?
The 2021 Census counted 1,475 people in Cogenhoe’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Cogenhoe?
The median age was 49.9 at the 2021 Census. 7.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Cogenhoe?
93% 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 Cogenhoe?
41% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.5% were Muslim and 6.9% didn’t answer.
Is Cogenhoe good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Cogenhoe’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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