Photo: Cj1340 · Public domainHalf of Horton is over 52.2, older than 92% of UK towns
Households with dependent children: 24%, below 81% of UK towns. In 2021, the Census found 401 residents in Horton, living in 165 households. One-person households: 18% of the total. On households without a car or van, Horton sits lower than 98% of UK towns: 5.4%.
Fewer young people than 97% of UK towns: 7.5% are 15 to 24
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 60–64: one in ten residents, 1.8 times the share across England’s towns. Set beside that, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. In Horton, 28% of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Full-time students make up 3.5% in Horton, less than in 95% 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, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine work; in Horton, 54% and 12%. As a yardstick, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. The share of residents who moved in within the year stands at 8.5%.
2.4 people per household, more than in 80% 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.
By its share of shared households of unrelated adults (3%), Horton is above 77% of UK towns.
Horton sits above 99% of UK towns for households in detached houses (72%)
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
Across England’s towns, the share of households in flats is 23%; Horton has 4.8%. Here, 15% of households live in a terraced house. Typically, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
Above 64% of UK towns: 8% 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
Residents born abroad were most often born in the Middle East and Asia (3%), then in EU countries (2.3%). For residents born outside the UK, the comparison across England’s towns is 18%. Where 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns, Horton has 98%.
A lower White British share than 72% of UK towns: 88% of residents
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: 88% of Horton · Northamptonshire’s towns 77% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The largest groups after White British are Other White (3.7%), Indian (3.5%) and Bangladeshi (1.7%). Across England’s towns, residents who describe themselves as White British come to 73%. Half of residents describe themselves as Christian (England’s towns: 46%).
Above 99% of UK towns: 66% of adults are married or in a civil partnership
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 make up 6.5%, against 8.7% across England’s towns. The usual figure: 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. The census found that 19% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership in Horton.
51% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 51% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 8.2% hold no qualification (18%).
Horton is older than every town around it
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horton | 401 | — | 52.2 | 28% | 24% |
| Hartwell | 1,493 | 3.1 mi | 44.7 | 20% | 31% |
| Cogenhoe | 1,475 | 3.8 mi | 49.9 | 26% | 25% |
| Roade | 3,571 | 4.3 mi | 39.7 | 18% | 32% |
| Olney | 6,600 | 4.5 mi | 47.6 | 25% | 28% |
| Hanslope | 2,161 | 4.9 mi | 45.8 | 24% | 24% |
| Collingtree and Milton Malsor | 1,514 | 5.2 mi | 48 | 21% | 29% |
| Northampton | 243,527 | 5.6 mi | 37 | 14% | 33% |
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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 Horton’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 Horton’s residents
What is the population of Horton?
The 2021 Census counted 401 people in Horton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Horton?
The median age was 52.2 at the 2021 Census. 7.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Horton?
88% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 77% across Northamptonshire’s towns. 8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Horton?
40% said they had no religion and 50% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 2.7% were Muslim and 3.7% didn’t answer.
Is Horton good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Horton’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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