Photo: Philip Halling · CC BY-SA 2.0Families with children: 35% of households, more than in 93% of UK towns
Across England’s towns, the share of households in detached houses is 21%; Crick has 51%. At 7.7%, the share of households in terraced houses is lower than in 94% of UK towns. Census day 2021: 2,245 residents and 911 households locally. The census found that 22% of households are one person living alone here.
What the Census says about Crick’s people
A village of families
35% of Crick’s 911 households had dependent children in 2021, more than in 93% of UK towns. 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Crick sits below 81% of UK towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (8.7%)
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Little separates the share of residents aged 65 and over here, 18%, from the figure across England’s towns. More residents are 50–54 than any other five-year age: nearly one in ten residents. Half of Crick’s residents are under 43.1, younger than in 61% of UK towns. 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
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A lower share of residents who moved in within the year than 90% of UK towns, at 6.7%
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%.
Managerial and professional jobs account for 47% of Crick’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 18%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. On the census count, 4.2% of adults are full-time students.
2.5 people per household, more than in 89% 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.
Across England’s towns, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home; in Crick, 2%.
Fewer flats than 96% of UK towns: 2.2% of households
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
In Crick, 7.7% of households have no car or van, beside 24% across England’s towns. Elsewhere, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
Crick ranks above 64% of UK towns on residents whose main language is English: 98%
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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (3.6%) and in Africa (1.2%). Across England’s towns, nine in ten residents have English as their main language. 7.1% of residents were born outside the UK (England’s towns: 18%).
Crick: 52% of residents describe themselves as Christian, above 62% 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: 91% of Crick · Northamptonshire’s towns 77% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Next after White British come Other White (4.1%), Mixed or multiple (1.5%) and African (1.1%). Residents with no religion are more common here than in just over three fifths of UK towns. Across England’s towns, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian. 91% of residents describe themselves as White British; across England’s towns the figure is 73%.
A higher share of married adults and civil partners than 97% of UK towns, at 59%
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
For 41 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. At 26%, the share of adults who have never married is lower than in 89% of UK towns. Measured more widely, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Nothing unusual on unpaid carers: 8.1%, close to the figure across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications: 43% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Crick counts 43% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 11% have no qualification (18%).
Around Crick, 4 of 7 towns have a higher median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crick | 2,245 | — | 43.1 | 18% | 35% |
| Kilsby | 1,341 | 2 mi | 52.2 | 32% | 23% |
| West Haddon | 1,985 | 2.7 mi | 42.8 | 14% | 39% |
| Long Buckby | 3,821 | 4 mi | 46.6 | 24% | 26% |
| Clifton upon Dunsmore | 1,216 | 4.3 mi | 50.3 | 27% | 22% |
| Onley | 1,667 | 4.9 mi | 37.9 | 9.7% | 26% |
| Braunston | 1,519 | 5 mi | 52.4 | 31% | 23% |
| Rugby | 78,130 | 5.2 mi | 39.2 | 17% | 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 Crick’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 Crick’s residents
What is the population of Crick?
The 2021 Census counted 2,245 people in Crick’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Crick?
The median age was 43.1 at the 2021 Census. 8.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 18% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Crick?
91% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 77% across Northamptonshire’s towns. 7.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Crick?
43% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 4.5% didn’t answer.
Is Crick good for families?
35% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Crick’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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