Photo: Mr Biz · CC BY-SA 2.0Households with dependent children make up 35% in Deanshanger, more than in 94% of UK towns
Households without a car or van: 7.8%, below 93% of UK towns. In 2021, the Census found 4,128 residents in Deanshanger, living in 1,642 households. Census figures put households in flats at 2.2% here. Few places have so few one-person households: 21% here, fewer than in 97% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Deanshanger’s people
A town of families
35% of Deanshanger’s 1,642 households had dependent children in 2021, more than in 94% of UK towns and the highest share in Northamptonshire. 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
More with no religion than most
48% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 43% Christian, against 37% and 46% across England’s towns. Ethnicity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area) and ONS mid-year population estimates.
Faster growth than 54% of UK towns: Deanshanger changed by +8% since 2011
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Deanshanger’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 4,100 people in 2011; 4,500 in 2024.
The 65 and over age group moved most (+63%); the 0 to 15 group moved least (−7%). Between mid-2014 and mid-2015 the population rose by 240, its biggest one-year gain.
Half of Deanshanger is under 41.4, younger than 73% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 40–44 than any other five-year age: 8% of residents, 1.3 times the share across England’s towns. In Deanshanger, 17% of residents are 65 or over. 10% of residents are aged 15 to 24, more than in 61% of UK towns.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Deanshanger, 41.4. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
In Deanshanger, 7.8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 71% 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 take in 38% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 20% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Across England’s towns, the share of residents who moved in within the year is 11%. Here, 5.2% of adults are full-time students.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
2.5 people per household, more than in 92% 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.
Shared households of unrelated adults: 2.3% of the total.
A larger share of households in detached houses than 62% of UK towns: 33%
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 terraced houses: 19% here and 24% across England’s towns. 2.2% of households live in a flat, less than in 97% of UK towns; 33% in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns.
7.4% of residents were born outside the UK, more than in 60% 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Where just over a fifth of those born abroad across England’s towns arrived in 2017 or later, here the share is 14%. Across England’s towns, 18% of residents were born outside the UK. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (2.8%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.7%).
Residents with no religion: 48%, a higher share than 89% 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: 89% of Deanshanger · Northamptonshire’s towns 77% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Against a figure of 73% across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British in Deanshanger comes in at 89%. On top of that, this Northamptonshire town has fewer residents who describe themselves as Christian than 84% of UK towns, at 43%. For residents with no religion, the comparison across England’s towns is 37%. The next-largest groups, after White British, are Other White (3.6%), Mixed or multiple (2.1%) and Indian (1.9%).
56% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 91% of UK towns
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
In Deanshanger, 29% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, beside 39% across England’s towns. What’s more, 7.4% of residents give unpaid care, a lower share than in 92% of UK towns. Married adults and civil partners: 44% across England’s towns, for comparison.
30% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 30% of adults in Deanshanger (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 15% (England’s towns: 18%).
Among 695 UK towns of 3,000 to 6,000 people, the 115th youngest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Bailrigg (18.9), the youngest, and Sutton on Sea and Trusthorpe (64.7), the oldest. Nearest to Deanshanger in age: Bloxham (41.1), Warton (Fylde) (41.2), Sible Hedingham (41.4) and Walter's Ash and Naphill (41.4).
Deanshanger is younger than 4 of its 7 nearest neighbours
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deanshanger | 4,128 | — | 41.4 | 17% | 35% |
| Old Stratford | 2,427 | 1.2 mi | 41.1 | 17% | 34% |
| Potterspury | 1,637 | 2 mi | 47.2 | 24% | 28% |
| Yardley Gobion | 1,283 | 2.9 mi | 48.9 | 24% | 27% |
| Castlethorpe | 1,112 | 3.5 mi | 45.9 | 21% | 28% |
| Hanslope | 2,161 | 4.9 mi | 45.8 | 24% | 24% |
| Buckingham | 14,296 | 5.5 mi | 40.7 | 18% | 32% |
| Milton Keynes | 197,328 | 5.6 mi | 36.7 | 12% | 36% |
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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 Deanshanger’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Deanshanger’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 4,456 people in 2021, against 4,128 in the built-up area.
- 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 Deanshanger’s residents
What is the population of Deanshanger?
The 2021 Census counted 4,128 people in Deanshanger’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 4,500 people in mid-2024, 8% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Deanshanger?
The median age was 41.4 at the 2021 Census, younger than 73% of UK towns. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 17% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Deanshanger?
89% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 77% across Northamptonshire’s towns. 7.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Deanshanger?
48% said they had no religion and 43% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.7% were Muslim and 5.2% didn’t answer.
Is Deanshanger good for families?
35% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Deanshanger’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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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