Photo: Cj1340 · Public domainCottesbrooke is older than 92% of UK towns: a median age of 52.2
Set against 24% across England’s towns, 3.7% of households live in a terraced house in Cottesbrooke. On households with dependent children, Cottesbrooke sits lower than 95% of UK towns: 20%. Its 56 households held 129 residents at the 2021 Census. The share of households in detached houses stands at 50%.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 71% of UK towns, at 25%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Compared with 12% across England’s towns, 10% of residents are aged 15 to 24 here. By way of comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
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.
More residents who moved in within the year than 95% of UK towns: 14%
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%.
In Cottesbrooke, 46% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 17% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Elsewhere, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. Full-time students account for 6.3%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
A lower share of one-person households than 86% of UK towns, at 25%
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.
On shared households of unrelated adults, 3.6% here is much the same as across England’s towns. One-person households: 30% across England’s towns, for comparison. A household here holds 2.3 people on average.
A smaller share of households without a car or van than 78% of UK towns: 11%
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
7.4% of households live in a flat or apartment (England’s towns: 23%). Typically, 24% of households have no car or van across England’s towns.
Cottesbrooke: 11% of residents were born outside the UK, above 77% 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
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (4.7%) and in the Middle East and Asia (3.1%). 95% of residents have English as their main language, fewer than in 77% of UK towns. The usual figure: 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
Below 78% of UK towns: 85% 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: 85% of Cottesbrooke · Northamptonshire’s towns 77% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The largest groups after White British are Other White (7%), Mixed or multiple (3.9%) and Caribbean (1.6%). More residents who describe themselves as Christian than in 69% of UK towns: 53%. Set beside that, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 37% of residents said they have no religion; in Cottesbrooke, 42%.
Cottesbrooke ranks below 94% of UK towns on adults who have never married: 25%
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
Nothing unusual on unpaid carers: 7.8%, close to the figure across England’s towns. The share of adults who have never married across England’s towns is 39%. Across Cottesbrooke, 48% of adults are married or in a civil partnership.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 33%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 33% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 15% hold no qualification (18%). A levels are as far as 21% have gone so far, many of them students midway to a degree.
The towns around Cottesbrooke are all younger
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cottesbrooke | 129 | — | 52.2 | 25% | 20% |
| Spratton | 1,288 | 2.2 mi | 48.8 | 25% | 29% |
| Brixworth | 5,769 | 3.1 mi | 43.4 | 18% | 32% |
| West Haddon | 1,985 | 5 mi | 42.8 | 14% | 39% |
| Welford | 1,199 | 6 mi | 46.4 | 20% | 29% |
| Mawsley Village | 2,487 | 6.2 mi | 37 | 8.3% | 49% |
| Long Buckby | 3,821 | 6.4 mi | 46.6 | 24% | 26% |
| Moulton | 4,953 | 6.5 mi | 38.9 | 19% | 34% |
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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 Cottesbrooke’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 Cottesbrooke’s residents
What is the population of Cottesbrooke?
The 2021 Census counted 129 people in Cottesbrooke’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Cottesbrooke?
The median age was 52.2 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Cottesbrooke?
85% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 77% across Northamptonshire’s towns. 11% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Cottesbrooke?
42% said they had no religion and 53% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.7% didn’t answer.
Is Cottesbrooke good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Cottesbrooke’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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