Photo: Gilgongo · Public domainCreaton is older than 92% of UK towns: a median age of 52.2
The share of shared households of unrelated adults trails 99% of UK towns: 1%. Married adults and civil partners account for 60%. A fifth of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 98% of UK towns. Creaton counted 498 residents and 203 households at the 2021 Census.
14% of residents are aged 15 to 24, more than in 96% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
50–54 is the most common age band: 10% of residents, 1.5 times the share across England’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over account for 26%. Set beside that, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 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.
Only 5.3% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in Creaton
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%.
Across England’s towns, 7.9% of adults are full-time students; in Creaton, 6.1%. As a yardstick, 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.
Bigger households than 85% of UK towns: 2.5 people each 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.
The share of households with dependent children is 25%, against 29% across England’s towns.
Creaton sits below 99% of UK towns for households in flats (0.5%)
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 in detached houses: 65% here and 21% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment. On the census count, 6.4% of households have no car or van. 9.5% of households live in a terraced house, a lower share than in 90% of UK towns.
A smaller share of residents born outside the UK than 77% of UK towns: 4%
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 (1.2%), then in Africa (1%). On residents whose main language is English, Creaton sits higher than 80% of UK towns: 99%. Against that, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
Residents who describe themselves as White British: 96%, a higher share than 87% 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: 96% of Creaton · Northamptonshire’s towns 77% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The groups that follow White British are Other White (2.2%), Mixed or multiple (0.6%) and African (0.2%). On average, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. More residents who describe themselves as Christian than in 82% of UK towns: 55%. With residents with no religion at 35%, Creaton is behind 83% of UK towns on that count.
Creaton ranks below 89% of UK towns on adults who have never married: 26%
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
Some 8 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. On unpaid carers, Creaton sits higher than 53% of UK towns: 9.5%. By way of comparison, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 41%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 41% of Creaton’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 9.4% have no qualification (18%).
No nearby town is as old as Creaton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Creaton | 498 | — | 52.2 | 26% | 25% |
| Spratton | 1,288 | 1.2 mi | 48.8 | 25% | 29% |
| Brixworth | 5,769 | 2.7 mi | 43.4 | 18% | 32% |
| West Haddon | 1,985 | 4.7 mi | 42.8 | 14% | 39% |
| Long Buckby | 3,821 | 5.7 mi | 46.6 | 24% | 26% |
| Moulton | 4,953 | 5.9 mi | 38.9 | 19% | 34% |
| Welford | 1,199 | 6.6 mi | 46.4 | 20% | 29% |
| Mawsley Village | 2,487 | 6.7 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 Creaton’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 Creaton’s residents
What is the population of Creaton?
The 2021 Census counted 498 people in Creaton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Creaton?
The median age was 52.2 at the 2021 Census. 14% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Creaton?
96% 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 Creaton?
35% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 7.7% didn’t answer.
Is Creaton good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Creaton’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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