Photo: Bikeboy · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 95% of UK towns: half of Eydon is over 54
Nearly a fifth of households have dependent children, against 29% across England’s towns. Eydon is home to 436 residents in 201 households, by the 2021 Census. In Eydon, 4% of households have no car or van. More households in detached houses than in 97% of UK towns: 63%.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 76% of UK towns: 8.9%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: just over one in ten residents, 1.8 times the share across England’s towns. A quarter of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 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.
In Eydon, 5.1% of adults are full-time students, more than in 64% 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%.
Here just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier, where the figure across England’s towns is 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.
Smaller households than 75% of UK towns: 2.2 people on average
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 make up 4.5%, close to the figure across England’s towns. At 27%, the share of one-person households is lower than in 71% of UK towns.
A lower share of households in flats than 93% of UK towns, at 3%
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
8.5% of households live in a terraced house, against 24% across England’s towns. The wider picture: 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
Above 99% of UK towns: 100% of residents have English as their main language
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
The figure for residents born outside the UK is 3.9% in Eydon and 18% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, residents whose main language is English come to 90%. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (1.4%) or in Africa (1.4%).
Above 88% of UK towns: 57% of residents describe themselves as Christian
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: 96% of Eydon · Northamptonshire’s towns 77% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Across England’s towns, the share of residents with no religion is 37%; Eydon has 35%. Few places have as many residents who describe themselves as White British: 96% here, more than in 84% of UK towns. As a yardstick, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Muslims make up 1.1% of residents.
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
Unpaid carers are about as common here as across England’s towns: 8.6%. As a yardstick, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. For Eydon, the census puts adults who have never married at 26%.
46% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Eydon counts 46% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 10% have no qualification (18%).
The towns around Eydon are all younger
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eydon | 436 | — | 54 | 25% | 19% |
| Woodford Halse | 4,288 | 1.6 mi | 40.2 | 15% | 30% |
| Byfield | 1,303 | 2.5 mi | 50.3 | 26% | 24% |
| Middleton Cheney | 4,127 | 5.9 mi | 46 | 22% | 30% |
| Weedon Bec | 2,856 | 7.7 mi | 45.1 | 22% | 27% |
| Greens Norton | 1,525 | 7.9 mi | 47.8 | 27% | 27% |
| Brackley | 16,180 | 8.1 mi | 39.8 | 16% | 31% |
| Pattishall and Astcote | 1,081 | 8.2 mi | 50.5 | 25% | 23% |
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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 Eydon’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 Eydon’s residents
What is the population of Eydon?
The 2021 Census counted 436 people in Eydon’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Eydon?
The median age was 54 at the 2021 Census. 8.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Eydon?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 77% across Northamptonshire’s towns. 3.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Eydon?
35% said they had no religion and 57% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.1% were Muslim and 7.1% didn’t answer.
Is Eydon good for families?
19% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Eydon’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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