Photo: Bikeboy · CC BY-SA 2.0Evenley is older than 96% of UK towns: a median age of 54.6
In Evenley, nearly three in five households live in a detached house, beside 21% across England’s towns. The village had 584 residents in 257 households at the 2021 Census. Here, 23% of households are one person living alone. Few places have so few households without a car or van: 5.4% here, fewer than in 98% of UK towns.
Evenley ranks above 95% of UK towns on residents aged 65 and over: 33%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Against a figure of 12% across England’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Evenley comes in at 9.2%. To put it in context, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Evenley sits above 92% of UK towns for full-time students (7.2%)
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%.
Residents who moved in within the year are about as common here as across England’s towns: 11%. By way of comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
A lower share of households with dependent children than 73% of UK towns, at 25%
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 2.3 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Evenley has more shared households of unrelated adults than nearly four fifths of UK towns, at 3.1%. Households with dependent children make up 29% across England’s towns.
Evenley ranks below 94% of UK towns on households in flats: 2.7%
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
Compared with 24% across England’s towns, 18% of households live in a terraced house here. Typically, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
Above 59% of UK towns: 7.4% of residents were 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 25%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns, against 98% in Evenley. The usual figure: 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (3.1%) or in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (2.1%).
A higher share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 88% of UK towns, at 57%
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: 93% of Evenley · Northamptonshire’s towns 77% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents with no religion is 36%, against 37% across England’s towns. Typically, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (4.5%), Mixed or multiple (1%) and Chinese (0.2%).
Married adults and civil partners: 59%, a higher share than 97% 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
With adults who have never married at 25%, Evenley is behind 92% of UK towns on that count. Higher than in 64% of UK towns: 9.9% of residents give unpaid care. The share of married adults and civil partners across England’s towns is 44%. The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 10.
Qualified to degree level: 44% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Evenley’s adults: 44% with a degree-level qualification and 8% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns. A levels top the qualifications of 17%, many of them students on the way to a degree.
Every nearby town is younger than Evenley
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evenley | 584 | — | 54.6 | 33% | 25% |
| Brackley | 16,180 | 2 mi | 39.8 | 16% | 31% |
| Croughton | 1,200 | 2.5 mi | 30 | 14% | 30% |
| Kings Sutton | 2,306 | 5.4 mi | 47 | 23% | 27% |
| Middleton Cheney | 4,127 | 6.9 mi | 46 | 22% | 30% |
| Adderbury and Twyford | 3,318 | 7 mi | 47.2 | 25% | 31% |
| Buckingham | 14,296 | 7.1 mi | 40.7 | 18% | 32% |
| Upper Heyford | 2,481 | 7.2 mi | 34.2 | 7.9% | 43% |
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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 Evenley’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 Evenley’s residents
What is the population of Evenley?
The 2021 Census counted 584 people in Evenley’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Evenley?
The median age was 54.6 at the 2021 Census. 9.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 33% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Evenley?
93% 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 Evenley?
36% said they had no religion and 57% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.2% didn’t answer.
Is Evenley good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Evenley’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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