Photo: Philip Jeffrey · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Ecton is over 53.2, older than 94% of UK towns
46% of households live in a detached house (England’s towns: 21%). Adults who have never married are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. Ecton’s 229 households held 488 residents at the 2021 Census. On the census count, nearly three in five residents describe themselves as Christian.
Ecton ranks below 99% of UK towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 5%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
55–59 is the most common age band: 11% of residents, 1.6 times the share across England’s towns. As a yardstick, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. In Ecton, 28% of residents are 65 or over.
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.
Below 99% of UK towns: 2.6% of adults are full-time students
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%.
By class, 47% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 14% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). 4.3% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. Across England’s towns, 7.9% of adults are full-time students.
Ecton ranks below 94% of UK towns on households with dependent children: 20%
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 2.1 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. The census found that 1.8% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home in Ecton. At 31%, the share of one-person households is higher than in 57% of UK towns.
Fewer households without a car or van than 94% of UK towns: 7.4%
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
23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns, against 9.1% in Ecton. On households in terraced houses, Ecton sits lower than 74% of UK towns: 14%. Set beside that, nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns.
Residents whose main language is English: 100%, a higher share than 99% 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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Across England’s towns the share born abroad is 18%; in Ecton it is 4.7%. Against that, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. The largest groups were born in EU countries (2.5%) and in Africa (1%).
Ecton sits above 82% of UK towns for residents who describe themselves as White British (95%)
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: 95% of Ecton · Northamptonshire’s towns 77% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents with no religion trails 79% of UK towns: 36%. Across England’s towns, residents who describe themselves as White British come to 73%. Leading the other groups after White British: Other White (2.5%), Mixed or multiple (0.8%) and Indian (0.6%).
A larger share of married adults and civil partners than 97% of UK towns: 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 12 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. Married adults and civil partners make up 44% across England’s towns. One in ten residents give unpaid care, more than in 76% of UK towns.
36% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 36% of Ecton’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 12% have no qualification (18%).
A younger town than 1 of the 7 around it: Ecton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ecton | 488 | — | 53.2 | 28% | 20% |
| Earls Barton | 6,067 | 1.6 mi | 43.1 | 21% | 29% |
| Cogenhoe | 1,475 | 1.7 mi | 49.9 | 26% | 25% |
| Sywell and Overstone | 1,636 | 2.3 mi | 57.2 | 34% | 17% |
| Great Doddington | 1,147 | 3.2 mi | 51.8 | 29% | 23% |
| Moulton | 4,953 | 3.3 mi | 38.9 | 19% | 34% |
| Northampton | 243,527 | 4.4 mi | 37 | 14% | 33% |
| Wellingborough | 54,421 | 4.6 mi | 38.6 | 16% | 32% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Ecton’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 Ecton’s residents
What is the population of Ecton?
The 2021 Census counted 488 people in Ecton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Ecton?
The median age was 53.2 at the 2021 Census. 5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Ecton?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 77% across Northamptonshire’s towns. 4.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Ecton?
36% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.5% didn’t answer.
Is Ecton good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Ecton’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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