Photo: Bikeboy · CC BY-SA 2.0Croughton is younger than 99% of UK towns: a median age of 30
The share of one-person households trails 95% of UK towns: 22%. For Croughton, the census puts unpaid carers at 6.6%. Fewer households without a car or van than in 97% of UK towns: 5.9%. At the 2021 Census, 1,200 people lived here, in 369 households.
What the Census says about Croughton’s people
More born abroad than most towns
41% of residents were born outside the UK, against 18% across Northamptonshire’s towns and 18% across England’s towns. The largest groups were born in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (35%) and in EU countries (2.8%). Where people were born ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of Croughton’s residents are under 30 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 28% are 15 to 24 and 14% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
A village people move to
17% of residents gave a different address a year before the 2021 Census, 1.6 times the share across England’s towns. Students & newcomers ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
28% of residents are 15 to 24, more than in 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 14%, against 18% across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
42% women, 58% men
About 73 women for every 100 men. Across England, 51% of residents are women. A large institution, such as a prison, barracks, boarding school, university or care home, can tilt a town’s split: the census counts the people living there as residents.
17% of residents moved in within a year, more than in 98% 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%.
Across England’s towns, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Croughton has 39% and 16%. The share of full-time students stands at 4.7%. Measured more widely, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
Below 96% of UK towns: 1.4% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home
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 average household has 2.5 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. The census found that 30% of households have dependent children in Croughton. Across the comparison, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns.
3.6% of households live in a flat or apartment, below 90% 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
Across England’s towns, the share of households in terraced houses is 24%; Croughton has 15%. Elsewhere, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns. 44% of households live in a detached house.
Croughton: 41% of residents born outside the UK
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 50%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
The newest arrivals, from 2017 or later, are 90% of those born abroad (against 21% across England’s towns). Across the comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. 98% of residents have English as their main language.
66% of residents describe themselves as White British, below 95% 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: 66% of Croughton · Northamptonshire’s towns 77% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents with no religion make up 37%, close to the figure across England’s towns. Across the comparison, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (18%), Mixed or multiple (5.6%) and African (2.6%).
43% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, a share 94% of UK towns don’t reach
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
Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 21 residents. Across England’s towns, the share of adults who have never married is 39%. Here 47% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, where the figure across England’s towns is 44%.
Degree-level qualifications reach 30% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 30% of adults in Croughton (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 33% (England’s towns: 18%).
Every nearby town is older than Croughton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Croughton | 1,200 | — | 30 | 14% | 30% |
| Kings Sutton | 2,306 | 3.5 mi | 47 | 23% | 27% |
| Brackley | 16,180 | 3.5 mi | 39.8 | 16% | 31% |
| Adderbury and Twyford | 3,318 | 4.8 mi | 47.2 | 25% | 31% |
| Deddington | 1,769 | 5.3 mi | 50 | 28% | 25% |
| Upper Heyford | 2,481 | 5.3 mi | 34.2 | 7.9% | 43% |
| Bodicote | 4,752 | 5.9 mi | 36.1 | 15% | 39% |
| Middleton Cheney | 4,127 | 5.9 mi | 46 | 22% | 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 Croughton’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 Croughton’s residents
What is the population of Croughton?
The 2021 Census counted 1,200 people in Croughton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Croughton?
The median age was 30 at the 2021 Census. 28% of residents were 15 to 24 and 14% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Croughton?
66% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 77% across Northamptonshire’s towns. 41% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Croughton?
37% said they had no religion and 49% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.5% were Muslim and 12% didn’t answer.
Is Croughton good for families?
30% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Croughton’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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