Photo: Ian Rob · CC BY-SA 2.00.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, below 99% of UK towns
The median age in Helmdon is 50, higher than in 84% of UK towns. At the 2021 Census, 753 people lived in the village, in 322 households. The census found that 6.5% of households have no car or van here. 98% of residents describe themselves as White British, against 73% across England’s towns.
Above 67% of UK towns: 24% of residents are 65 or over
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 50–54: 11% of residents, 1.6 times the share across England’s towns. As a yardstick, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 10%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 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.
Helmdon: 7.3% of adults are full-time students, above 93% 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%.
Across England’s towns, the share of residents who moved in within the year is 11%; Helmdon has 8.2%. As a yardstick, 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.
28% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 64% 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.
Households with dependent children: 29%, near enough the figure across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. Average household size: 2.3 people.
Helmdon sits below 99% of UK towns for households in flats (1.2%)
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
Here 53% of households live in a detached house, where the figure across England’s towns is 21%. Households in terraced houses: 16% of the total. For comparison, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
99% of residents have English as their main language, a share 98% of UK towns don’t reach
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 two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (2.1%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.5%). Measured more widely, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. 4.5% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 70% of UK towns.
A smaller share of residents with no religion than 96% of UK towns: 27%
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: 98% of Helmdon · Northamptonshire’s towns 77% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
In Helmdon, two thirds of residents describe themselves as Christian, beside 46% across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns.
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
Across England’s towns, the share of unpaid carers is 8.7%; Helmdon has 7.6%. The benchmark for married adults and civil partners across England’s towns: 44%. For Helmdon, the census puts adults who have never married at 26%.
39% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 39% of adults in Helmdon (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 12% (England’s towns: 18%). Many of the 17% whose highest qualification is A levels are students working towards a degree.
No nearby town is as old as Helmdon
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helmdon | 753 | — | 50 | 24% | 29% |
| Brackley | 16,180 | 3.5 mi | 39.8 | 16% | 31% |
| Silverstone | 2,542 | 5.1 mi | 40.9 | 17% | 34% |
| Middleton Cheney | 4,127 | 5.5 mi | 46 | 22% | 30% |
| Greens Norton | 1,525 | 6.4 mi | 47.8 | 27% | 27% |
| Woodford Halse | 4,288 | 6.6 mi | 40.2 | 15% | 30% |
| Croughton | 1,200 | 6.7 mi | 30 | 14% | 30% |
| Kings Sutton | 2,306 | 7 mi | 47 | 23% | 27% |
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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 Helmdon’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 Helmdon’s residents
What is the population of Helmdon?
The 2021 Census counted 753 people in Helmdon’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Helmdon?
The median age was 50 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Helmdon?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 77% across Northamptonshire’s towns. 4.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Helmdon?
27% said they had no religion and 67% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.3% didn’t answer.
Is Helmdon good for families?
29% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Helmdon’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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