Photo: Kokai · CC BY-SA 2.0Below 99% of UK towns: 1% of households live in a flat or apartment
Against a figure of 24% across England’s towns, the share of households in terraced houses in Hackleton comes in at 6%. Half of the village’s residents are over 49.6, older than in 83% of UK towns. There were 315 households here at the 2021 Census, home to 733 residents. Locally, 58% of adults are married or in a civil partnership.
Hackleton ranks above 73% of UK towns on residents aged 65 and over: 25%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: 9.6% of residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. To put it in context, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. Locally, nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 85 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.
Residents who moved in within the year: 7.9%, a lower share than 67% 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%.
By class, just over two in five adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 15% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Across Hackleton, 5% of adults are full-time students. Elsewhere, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
Hackleton sits below 88% of UK towns for one-person households (24%)
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.
Across England’s towns, households average 2.4 people; in Hackleton, 2.4. Measured more widely, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. Locally, just over a quarter of households have dependent children. The village has more shared households of unrelated adults than 72% of UK towns, at 2.9%.
44% of households live in a detached house, more than in 84% of UK towns
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
The share of households without a car or van is 11%, against 24% across England’s towns. 1% of households live in a flat, less than in 99% of UK towns; 44% in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns.
In Hackleton, 5.2% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 62% 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
Against a figure of 90% across England’s towns, the share of residents whose main language is English in Hackleton comes in at 98%. Across England’s towns, 18% of residents were born outside the UK. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (1.5%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.2%).
Hackleton: 57% of residents describe themselves as Christian, above 89% 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: 93% of Hackleton · Northamptonshire’s towns 77% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
In Hackleton, 93% of residents describe themselves as White British, beside 73% across England’s towns. For comparison, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. The share of residents with no religion stands at 37%.
A lower share of adults who have never married than 95% of UK towns, at 24%
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: 8.8%. The wider picture: 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications: 38% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 38% of adults in Hackleton (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 15% (England’s towns: 18%).
Older than Hackleton: 2 of the 7 towns nearby
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hackleton | 733 | — | 49.6 | 25% | 26% |
| Hartwell | 1,493 | 3 mi | 44.7 | 20% | 31% |
| Cogenhoe | 1,475 | 3.7 mi | 49.9 | 26% | 25% |
| Roade | 3,571 | 3.9 mi | 39.7 | 18% | 32% |
| Collingtree and Milton Malsor | 1,514 | 4.5 mi | 48 | 21% | 29% |
| Northampton | 243,527 | 5 mi | 37 | 14% | 33% |
| Hanslope | 2,161 | 5.1 mi | 45.8 | 24% | 24% |
| Blisworth | 1,603 | 5.1 mi | 50.5 | 28% | 22% |
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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 Hackleton’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 Hackleton’s residents
What is the population of Hackleton?
The 2021 Census counted 733 people in Hackleton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Hackleton?
The median age was 49.6 at the 2021 Census. 9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Hackleton?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 77% across Northamptonshire’s towns. 5.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Hackleton?
37% said they had no religion and 57% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 2.7% didn’t answer.
Is Hackleton good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Hackleton’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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