Photo: Kokai · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer households in flats than 99% of UK towns: 1.2%
By its share of households in terraced houses (11%), Spratton is below 86% of UK towns. The 2021 Census put the village’s population at 1,288, in 515 households. 24% of households are one person living alone. With a median age of 48.8, Spratton is older than 79% of UK towns.
8.3% of residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 88% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
In Irchester, the oldest of Northamptonshire’s towns by this measure, it is 25%. Across England’s towns, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
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.
A smaller share of full-time students than 83% of UK towns: 4%
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%.
7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier (England’s towns: 11%). Across England’s towns, 7.9% of adults are full-time students.
Spratton ranks below 82% of UK towns on shared households of unrelated adults: 1.8%
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 are about as common here as across England’s towns: 29%. Measured more widely, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns.
Spratton ranks below 92% of UK towns on households without a car or van: 8%
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 in detached houses tops 81% of UK towns: 43%. As a yardstick, 24% of households have no car or van across England’s towns.
99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 95% 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
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (2.5%) or in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.5%). To put it in context, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. 5.8% of residents were born outside the UK, against 18% across England’s towns.
Above 75% of UK towns: 54% 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: 94% of Spratton · Northamptonshire’s towns 77% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Where 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns, Spratton has 94%. For residents who describe themselves as Christian, the comparison across England’s towns is 46%. Beyond White British, the biggest groups are Other White (2.1%), Caribbean (1.3%) and Indian (1.1%).
30% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 66% 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
The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 37. Set beside that, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Married adults and civil partners are more common here than in nearly two thirds of UK towns. Unpaid carers make up 9.1%, close to the figure across England’s towns.
35% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
35% of Spratton’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 18% have none (18%).
Around Spratton, 2 of 7 towns have a higher median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spratton | 1,288 | — | 48.8 | 25% | 29% |
| Brixworth | 5,769 | 2 mi | 43.4 | 18% | 32% |
| Moulton | 4,953 | 4.8 mi | 38.9 | 19% | 34% |
| West Haddon | 1,985 | 5.4 mi | 42.8 | 14% | 39% |
| Long Buckby | 3,821 | 5.8 mi | 46.6 | 24% | 26% |
| Harpole | 1,349 | 6.1 mi | 50.5 | 29% | 24% |
| Northampton | 243,527 | 6.1 mi | 37 | 14% | 33% |
| Sywell and Overstone | 1,636 | 6.5 mi | 57.2 | 34% | 17% |
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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 Spratton’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 Spratton’s residents
What is the population of Spratton?
The 2021 Census counted 1,288 people in Spratton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Spratton?
The median age was 48.8 at the 2021 Census. 8.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Spratton?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 77% across Northamptonshire’s towns. 5.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Spratton?
40% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 4.3% didn’t answer.
Is Spratton good for families?
29% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Spratton’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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