Photo: Richard Croft · CC BY-SA 2.023% of households have dependent children, fewer than in 87% of UK towns
30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns, against 34% in Finedon. The town had 4,554 residents in 2,126 households at the 2021 Census. Census figures put residents with no religion at 46% in the town. The median age here is 46.8, higher than in 67% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Finedon’s people
Growing faster than most
ONS mid-year estimates put Finedon at 4,300 in 2011 and 5,200 in 2024, up 21%, against 10% for England: faster growth than in 88% of UK towns. Since 2011 ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area) and ONS mid-year population estimates.
+21% since 2011, a pace 88% of UK towns didn’t match
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Finedon’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 4,300 people in 2011; 5,200 in 2024.
Between mid-2022 and mid-2023 the population rose by 320, its biggest one-year gain. The 0 to 15 age group moved most (+35%); the 45 to 64 group moved least (+12%).
24% of residents are 65 or over, a share 69% of UK towns don’t reach
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 50–54, with 8.1% of residents. Set beside that, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. In Irchester, the oldest of Northamptonshire’s towns by this measure, it is 25%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Finedon, 46.8. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Fewer full-time students than 91% of UK towns: 3.7%
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%.
9% of residents lived at another address a year earlier; across England’s towns the figure is 11%. By way of comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Finedon households average 2.2 people, smaller than in 85% of UK towns
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.
4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns, against 1.8% in Finedon.
Finedon sits above 72% of UK towns for households in terraced houses (26%)
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
Households in detached houses: 20%, below three quarters of UK towns. Locally, just over one in ten households live in a flat or apartment. Measured more widely, 24% of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
Fewer residents whose main language is English than 60% of UK towns: 97%
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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Arrivals from 2017 on account for 18% of residents born abroad, beside 21% across England’s towns. For residents whose main language is English, the comparison across England’s towns is 90%. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (4.2%) or in Africa (1.3%).
90% of residents describe themselves as White British, fewer than in 63% 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 Finedon · Northamptonshire’s towns 77% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the largest groups are Other White (4.2%), Mixed or multiple (2.7%) and African (0.9%). Measured more widely, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. 49% of residents describe themselves as Christian (England’s towns: 46%).
A larger share of adults who have never married than 60% of UK towns: 34%
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
Little separates the share of married adults and civil partners here, 44%, from the figure across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. The census found that one in ten residents give unpaid care in Finedon.
Degree-level qualifications reach 23% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Finedon counts 23% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 23% have no qualification (18%).
Ranked by age, 331st oldest of 695 UK towns this size
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Bailrigg (18.9), the youngest, and Sutton on Sea and Trusthorpe (64.7), the oldest. Nearest to Finedon in age: Holmfirth (46.8), Tutbury (46.8), Overton (46.8) and Brotton (46.9).
Finedon sits below 2 of its 7 closest neighbours on median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finedon | 4,554 | — | 46.8 | 24% | 23% |
| Irthlingborough | 9,308 | 1.7 mi | 40.3 | 17% | 30% |
| Burton Latimer | 10,440 | 2.1 mi | 38.4 | 16% | 34% |
| Higham Ferrers | 8,825 | 3.1 mi | 42.4 | 19% | 32% |
| Wellingborough | 54,421 | 3.1 mi | 38.6 | 16% | 32% |
| Stanwick | 1,891 | 3.8 mi | 51.3 | 27% | 27% |
| Irchester | 4,543 | 3.9 mi | 47.9 | 25% | 25% |
| Rushden | 31,689 | 4.1 mi | 42.3 | 20% | 29% |
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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 Finedon’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Finedon’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 4,554 people in 2021, against 4,554 in the built-up area.
- 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 Finedon’s residents
What is the population of Finedon?
The 2021 Census counted 4,554 people in Finedon’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 5,200 people in mid-2024, 21% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Finedon?
The median age was 46.8 at the 2021 Census, older than 67% of UK towns. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Finedon?
90% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 77% across Northamptonshire’s towns. 7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Finedon?
46% said they had no religion and 49% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 4% didn’t answer.
Is Finedon good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Finedon’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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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