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A town in Northamptonshire, East Midlands, home to 6,067 people.
Earls Barton’s grades pull in different directions. Schools are its strong suit — primary results beat 85% of towns in England. The local economy does well: mean household income £54,045; 2.1% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits. Most journeys need a car: on the way to work, 10% walk, cycle or take a bus or train. Buying the median home, at £300,000, takes 5.9 years of household income in the North Northamptonshire council area. All told, that adds up to an A− overall and a rank of #7 of 31 in Northamptonshire. Set against the rest, it does better than 76% of UK towns.
Figures: income, ONS · claimants, DWP · commuting, Census 2021 · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years.
The 3 things Earls Barton does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Earls Barton is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 36 buildings inside Earls Barton’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade I, and 1 scheduled monument.
19% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Earls Barton.
Its one school is below. At the 5 primary schools within 3 km, 69% of pupils reach the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average).
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earls Barton Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 454 | C+ |
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 32% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
At the census, 88% of commuters went by car. About 8% of its commuters stay in Earls Barton for work. This Northamptonshire town counts 0.5 jobs per working resident.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Earls Barton’s listed buildings include the Church of All Saints, Grade I. It has one scheduled monument. Homes from before 1919 make up nearly a fifth of the total, above both Northamptonshire’s towns (17%) and England’s towns (16%).
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Social housing holds one in ten households, below Northamptonshire’s towns (15%) and England’s towns (18%) alike. The private rented sector houses 13% of households. The median sale, £300,000, comes from 300 standard sales inside Earls Barton’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £425,000 | 99 |
| Semi-detached | £290,000 | 118 |
| Terraced | £265,000 | 72 |
| Flat or maisonette | £181,000 | 11 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Homes see 6.9 burglaries and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year. Police figures for Earls Barton’s built-up area: 226 crimes and 60 anti-social behaviour reports in the 12 months to August 2026. For its size, Earls Barton records less crime per resident than 71% of the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Just over half of the crimes fell under violence and sexual offences.
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
The nearest A&E to Earls Barton is Northampton General Hospital, 6 miles away. One GP practice serves the town; 56% of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey. Men in Earls Barton can expect to live to 81.8, women to 85.1 (2019–23).
| Census 2021 | Earls Barton | Northamptonshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 84% | 83% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 3.7% | 4.5% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 16% | 16% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Self-reported health favours young towns, since these answers ignore age; the Health Grade leans on age-adjusted measures such as life expectancy and early deaths.
The middle age in Earls Barton is 43.1. People aged 15 to 24 make up 9.8% of the town, below Northamptonshire’s towns (11%) and England’s towns (12%) alike. Under-15s account for 17% of the population.
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Earls Barton | Northamptonshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 9.8% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 27% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 25% |
| 65+ | 21% | 17% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 14% | 19% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 6.9% | 6% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| Degree level | 33% | 29% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Northamptonshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Earls Barton. Best known first.
CastleCastle Ashby House3.7 km outside town, to the south
MuseumIrchester Railway Museum4.7 km outside town, to the east
MuseumSywell Aviation Museum3.5 km outside town, to the northwestMuseumMuseumWellingborough Museum4.7 km outside town, to the northeastWater parkWater parkSplash Park4.7 km outside town, to the northeastMuseumMuseumWollaston Museum4.4 km outside town, to the eastPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
36 listed buildings in Earls Barton, 1 of them Grade I.
Earls Barton motte castle: Photo: Hannah Forey · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stags Head Public House: Photo: Hannah Forey · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 36, The Square: Photo: Hannah Forey · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Parish Church Hall: Photo: Hannah Forey · CC BY-SA 4.0
3 notable people were born in Earls Barton.
Charles James: Harold Augustus Iddles (1896-1976), Public domain
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earls Barton | 6,067 | — | A− | C | B+ | B |
| Great Doddington | 1,147 | 1.6 | — | C | A | B+ |
| Cogenhoe | 1,475 | 2.5 | — | C+ | A | A |
| Sywell and Overstone | 1,636 | 3 | — | D | A− | B+ |
| Wellingborough | 54,421 | 3.3 | C− | B | D | C− |
| Wollaston | 3,564 | 3.5 | C+ | C | B | B− |
| Bozeat | 2,166 | 4.5 | — | C+ | A | B− |
| Moulton | 4,953 | 4.6 | B− | C+ | D | B+ |
Great Doddington, Cogenhoe, Sywell and Overstone and Bozeat have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
That is 2.4 times the typical UK town for its size. Its Grade I building is Church of All Saints. It also has 1 scheduled monument.
Primary results beat 85% of towns in England (Department for Education, Key Stage 2). One state school is inside the town; places are handled by North Northamptonshire council.
Town in Northamptonshire, England
Earls Barton is a built-up area of 6,067 people, in the North Northamptonshire council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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