Photo: Geoff Pick · CC BY-SA 2.0Stanwick is older than 90% of UK towns: a median age of 51.3
Against a figure of 23% across England’s towns, the share of households in flats in Stanwick comes in at 0.8%. Adults who have never married are rarer here than in 97% of UK towns. The 2021 Census counted 1,891 residents in 768 households. Here, 8.3% of households have no car or van.
What the Census says about Stanwick’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Stanwick’s residents are under 51.3 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 27% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Only 8.5% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Stanwick
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Here 27% of residents are 65 or over, where the figure across England’s towns is 18%. Across the comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
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.
4.1% of adults are full-time students, below 79% 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%.
Managerial and professional jobs account for 39% of Stanwick’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 21%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Against that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. The share of residents who moved in within the year stands at 8.8%.
In Stanwick, 20% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 98% 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.
Across England’s towns, households average 2.4 people; in Stanwick, 2.4. Here, 2.1% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. At 27%, the share of households with dependent children is higher than in half of UK towns. The benchmark for one-person households across England’s towns: 30%.
Above 88% of UK towns: 49% of households live in a detached house
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
24% of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns, against 18% in Stanwick. On average, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
Residents born outside the UK make up 4.8% in Stanwick, less than in 66% 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
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (2.7%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.9%). The share of residents born outside the UK across England’s towns is 18%. Stanwick has more residents whose main language is English than 70% of UK towns, at 98%.
95% of residents describe themselves as White British, a share 72% of UK towns don’t reach
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: 95% of Stanwick · Northamptonshire’s towns 77% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
43% of residents said they have no religion, against 37% across England’s towns. The census found that nearly half of residents describe themselves as Christian in Stanwick. For residents who describe themselves as White British, the comparison across England’s towns is 73%.
60% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 98% 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
43 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. Set beside that, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. At 9.1%, the share of unpaid carers is lower than in 57% of UK towns.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 32%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
18% of Stanwick’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 32% have one at degree level (34%).
Stanwick sits below 1 of its 7 closest neighbours on 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stanwick | 1,891 | — | 51.3 | 27% | 27% |
| Raunds | 10,231 | 1.2 mi | 42.2 | 21% | 28% |
| Higham Ferrers | 8,825 | 2 mi | 42.4 | 19% | 32% |
| Irthlingborough | 9,308 | 2.3 mi | 40.3 | 17% | 30% |
| Ringstead | 1,369 | 2.4 mi | 48.4 | 25% | 26% |
| Rushden | 31,689 | 3.5 mi | 42.3 | 20% | 29% |
| Woodford | 1,472 | 3.5 mi | 51.7 | 28% | 20% |
| Finedon | 4,554 | 3.8 mi | 46.8 | 24% | 23% |
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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 Stanwick’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 Stanwick’s residents
What is the population of Stanwick?
The 2021 Census counted 1,891 people in Stanwick’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Stanwick?
The median age was 51.3 at the 2021 Census. 8.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Stanwick?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 77% across Northamptonshire’s towns. 4.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Stanwick?
43% said they had no religion and 49% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 7% didn’t answer.
Is Stanwick good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Stanwick’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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