Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0A lower share of households in flats than 99% of UK towns, at 1.3%
5.9% of households have no car or van (England’s towns: 24%). Fewer one-person households than in 97% of UK towns: 21%. Syresham counted 776 residents and 326 households at the 2021 Census. Locally, just over a quarter of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership.
Syresham is older than 79% of UK towns: a median age of 48.9
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
People aged 65 and over make up just over a fifth of residents, against 18% across England’s towns. Compared with other places, residents aged 15 to 24 are common here: 10%, more than in 63% of UK towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A higher share of residents who moved in within the year than 55% of UK towns, at 9%
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%.
46% of Syresham’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 15% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. Here, 4.9% of adults are full-time students.
Larger households than 73% of UK towns: 2.4 people 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.
Where 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns, Syresham has 26%. The census found that 2.8% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home in the village.
Below 91% of UK towns: 9.1% of households live in a terraced 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
Households in detached houses: 48%, above 87% of UK towns. For comparison, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
A larger share of residents whose main language is English than 80% of UK towns: 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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Across England’s towns, 18% of residents were born outside the UK; in Syresham, 5.4%. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (3.4%) and in Africa (0.9%). Set beside that, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
Syresham sits above 91% of UK towns for residents who describe themselves as Christian (58%)
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 Syresham · Northamptonshire’s towns 77% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the most common groups are Other White (3.2%), Mixed or multiple (1.8%) and African (1%). Lower than in 86% of UK towns: 34% of residents said they have no religion. Across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is 46%. Set against 73% across England’s towns, 93% of residents describe themselves as White British in Syresham.
A higher share of married adults and civil partners than 96% of UK towns, at 58%
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
13 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week. Elsewhere, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Syresham sits close to the norm on unpaid carers: 9.2%, about the same as across England’s towns.
Among adults, 40% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 40% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 13% hold no qualification (18%).
The towns around Syresham are all younger
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Syresham | 776 | — | 48.9 | 21% | 26% |
| Silverstone | 2,542 | 2.9 mi | 40.9 | 17% | 34% |
| Brackley | 16,180 | 3.6 mi | 39.8 | 16% | 31% |
| Greens Norton | 1,525 | 5.7 mi | 47.8 | 27% | 27% |
| Towcester | 11,333 | 5.7 mi | 40.5 | 17% | 29% |
| Buckingham | 14,296 | 6.6 mi | 40.7 | 18% | 32% |
| Croughton | 1,200 | 7.1 mi | 30 | 14% | 30% |
| Middleton Cheney | 4,127 | 7.9 mi | 46 | 22% | 30% |
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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 Syresham’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 Syresham’s residents
What is the population of Syresham?
The 2021 Census counted 776 people in Syresham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Syresham?
The median age was 48.9 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 21% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Syresham?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 77% across Northamptonshire’s towns. 5.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Syresham?
34% said they had no religion and 58% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.8% didn’t answer.
Is Syresham good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Syresham’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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