Photo: sixball · CC BY-SA 3.0Denton sits below 99% of UK towns for shared households of unrelated adults (0.9%)
With a median age of 50.8, Denton is older than 89% of UK towns. On the census count, 1.2% of households live in a flat or apartment. The village had 743 residents in 323 households at the 2021 Census. Married adults and civil partners make up 59%, against 44% across England’s towns.
7.2% of residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 98% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns, against 26% in Denton. Against 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 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
4% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 83% 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%.
Set against 11% across England’s towns, 7.4% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in Denton. Full-time students make up 7.9% across England’s towns.
Fewer families than 87% of UK towns: 23% of households have children
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.
30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns, against 27% in Denton. As a yardstick, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
A smaller share of households without a car or van than 96% of UK towns: 6.5%
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
9.9% of households live in a terraced house; across England’s towns the figure is 24%. Households in detached houses account for 41%. Every 15th household or so has no car or van.
98% of residents have English as their main language, a share 66% of UK towns don’t reach
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
Where 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns, Denton has 6.9%. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (2.6%), then in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.5%). Set beside that, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
48% said they have no religion, more than in 88% 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: 90% of Denton · Northamptonshire’s towns 77% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
By its share of residents who describe themselves as Christian (44%), Denton is below just over four fifths of UK towns. Across England’s towns, the share of residents with no religion is 37%. Residents who describe themselves as White British: 90% of the total.
A smaller share of adults who have never married than 99% of UK towns: 21%
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
Unpaid carers: 6.7% here and 8.7% across England’s towns. As a reference point, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 37%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Denton, 37% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 13% have no qualification at all (18%).
1 of the 7 nearest towns are older than Denton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denton | 743 | — | 50.8 | 26% | 23% |
| Cogenhoe | 1,475 | 1.8 mi | 49.9 | 26% | 25% |
| Earls Barton | 6,067 | 3.9 mi | 43.1 | 21% | 29% |
| Bozeat | 2,166 | 4.5 mi | 50.2 | 25% | 24% |
| Olney | 6,600 | 4.9 mi | 47.6 | 25% | 28% |
| Great Doddington | 1,147 | 5 mi | 51.8 | 29% | 23% |
| Northampton | 243,527 | 5.2 mi | 37 | 14% | 33% |
| Wollaston | 3,564 | 5.3 mi | 44.7 | 21% | 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 Denton’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 Denton’s residents
What is the population of Denton?
The 2021 Census counted 743 people in Denton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Denton?
The median age was 50.8 at the 2021 Census. 7.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Denton?
90% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 77% across Northamptonshire’s towns. 6.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Denton?
48% said they had no religion and 44% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.8% were Muslim and 5% didn’t answer.
Is Denton good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Denton’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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