Photo: Ian Rob · CC BY-SA 2.0A lower share of households without a car or van than 99% of UK towns, at 4.4%
Here 1.8% of households live in a flat or apartment, where the figure across England’s towns is 23%. Households with dependent children are rarer here than in 83% of UK towns. 528 residents in 230 households: that is Rushton at the 2021 Census. On the census count, 7.9% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
A median age of 50: Rushton is older than 84% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Here 22% of residents are 65 or over, where the figure across England’s towns is 18%. The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with 12% of residents, 1.7 times the share across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
6.8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 87% 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%.
Nearly two fifths of Rushton’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 18% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. The wider picture: just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. Full-time students: 4.8% of the total.
Rushton ranks below 95% of UK towns on one-person households: 22%
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.
Little separates the share of shared households of unrelated adults here, 4.4%, from the figure across England’s towns. For comparison, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. There are 2.3 people in the average household.
Households in detached houses make up 37% in Rushton, more than in 70% 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
Terraced houses are home to nearly a quarter of households, against 24% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house.
Below 60% of UK towns: 5.5% 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
98% of residents have English as their main language, against 90% across England’s towns. Typically, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (2.1%) and in Africa (1.5%).
Above 59% of UK towns: 51% 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: 93% of Rushton · Northamptonshire’s towns 77% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Asked about religion, 41% answered none, against 37% across England’s towns. The share of residents who describe themselves as White British stands at 93%. Elsewhere, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
Rushton ranks above 91% of UK towns on married adults and civil partners: 56%
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
Set against 39% across England’s towns, 27% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership in Rushton. Against that, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Locally, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care.
Degree-level qualifications reach 34% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 34% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 13% hold no qualification (18%).
Median age: 1 of the 7 towns around Rushton are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rushton | 528 | — | 50 | 22% | 23% |
| Rothwell | 8,623 | 1.9 mi | 41.7 | 21% | 27% |
| Desborough | 11,899 | 2.5 mi | 42.3 | 20% | 30% |
| Geddington | 1,525 | 3.1 mi | 49.8 | 25% | 27% |
| Kettering | 63,149 | 3.4 mi | 39.6 | 17% | 31% |
| Corby | 68,164 | 4 mi | 37 | 13% | 35% |
| Cottingham and Middleton | 1,365 | 4.5 mi | 53.6 | 28% | 23% |
| Broughton | 1,982 | 4.7 mi | 48.1 | 24% | 24% |
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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 Rushton’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 Rushton’s residents
What is the population of Rushton?
The 2021 Census counted 528 people in Rushton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Rushton?
The median age was 50 at the 2021 Census. 7.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Rushton?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 77% across Northamptonshire’s towns. 5.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Rushton?
41% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.7% didn’t answer.
Is Rushton good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Rushton’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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