Photo: DS Pugh · CC BY-SA 2.0A lower share of households without a car or van than 99% of UK towns, at 4.9%
The figure for households with dependent children is 34% in Silverstone and 29% across England’s towns. In Silverstone, 22% of households are one person living alone. The median age here is 40.9, lower than in just over three quarters of UK towns. Its 1,003 households held 2,542 residents at the 2021 Census.
Below 83% of UK towns: 17% of residents are 65 or over
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 11% in Silverstone and 12% across England’s towns. Set beside that, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. The largest age band is 50–54: 7.6% of residents.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Silverstone, 40.9. 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.
Silverstone sits above 88% of UK towns for residents who moved in within the year (11%)
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 or semi-routine work; Silverstone has 43% and 17%. The share of full-time students stands at 5%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Bigger households than 92% of UK towns: 2.5 people each on average
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.
Shared households of unrelated adults: 4.3%, near enough the figure across England’s towns.
A larger share of households in detached houses than 88% of UK towns: 49%
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
6.2% of households live in a flat or apartment, against 23% across England’s towns. Households in terraced houses account for 15%. The wider picture: 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
A higher share of residents whose main language is English than 70% of UK towns, at 99%
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
Among those born abroad, the share arriving in 2017 or later is 17% (England’s towns: 21%). As a reference point, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (2.6%) and in Africa (1.5%).
Residents with no religion: 43%, a higher share than 65% 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 Silverstone · Northamptonshire’s towns 77% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents who describe themselves as White British is 93%, against 73% across England’s towns. Against that, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. After White British, the most common groups are Other White (3.8%), Mixed or multiple (1.9%) and Indian (0.6%).
Unpaid carers make up 7% in Silverstone, less than in 96% 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
34 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week. As a yardstick, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. Married adults and civil partners are more common here than in 73% of UK towns. In Silverstone, 33% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, beside 39% across England’s towns.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 36%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 36% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 12% hold no qualification (18%).
Among 219 UK towns of 2,500 to 3,000 people, the 32nd youngest
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 Keele (20.6), the youngest, and St Mary's Bay (60.8), the oldest. Nearest to Silverstone in age: Holywell Green and Stainland (40.5), Denholme (40.7), Catterall (41) and Coundon and Leeholme (41.1).
A younger town than 5 of the 7 around it: Silverstone
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silverstone | 2,542 | — | 40.9 | 17% | 34% |
| Towcester | 11,333 | 3.1 mi | 40.5 | 17% | 29% |
| Greens Norton | 1,525 | 3.7 mi | 47.8 | 27% | 27% |
| Potterspury | 1,637 | 5.5 mi | 47.2 | 24% | 28% |
| Yardley Gobion | 1,283 | 5.7 mi | 48.9 | 24% | 27% |
| Deanshanger | 4,128 | 6.2 mi | 41.4 | 17% | 35% |
| Pattishall and Astcote | 1,081 | 6.3 mi | 50.5 | 25% | 23% |
| Brackley | 16,180 | 6.5 mi | 39.8 | 16% | 31% |
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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 Silverstone’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 Silverstone’s residents
What is the population of Silverstone?
The 2021 Census counted 2,542 people in Silverstone’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Silverstone?
The median age was 40.9 at the 2021 Census, younger than 76% of UK towns. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 17% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Silverstone?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 77% across Northamptonshire’s towns. 6.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Silverstone?
43% said they had no religion and 50% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.4% didn’t answer.
Is Silverstone good for families?
34% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Silverstone’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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