Photo: Malc McDonald · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer car-free households than 98% of UK towns: 5.3%
Compared with 30% across England’s towns, nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone here. Fewer households in flats than in 96% of UK towns: 2.3%. Walgrave had 948 residents in 391 households at the 2021 Census. In Walgrave, 55% of adults are married or in a civil partnership.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 9%, a lower share than 74% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
50–54 is the most common age band: 9.8% of residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. To put it in context, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. Here, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over. With a median age of 47.1, Walgrave is older than 69% 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.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 10% in Walgrave, more than in 78% 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%.
7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns, against 4.7% in Walgrave. Set beside that, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
2.4 people per household, more than in 79% 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.
Households with dependent children are about as common here as across England’s towns, at 29%. Walgrave has fewer shared households of unrelated adults than 67% of UK towns, at 2.1%.
Walgrave sits above 84% of UK towns for households in detached houses (45%)
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 terraced houses stands at 21%.
Residents whose main language is English: 99%, a higher share than 84% 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 (2.6%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.5%). The benchmark for residents whose main language is English across England’s towns: 90%. Against a figure of 18% across England’s towns, the share of residents born outside the UK in Walgrave comes in at 6.6%.
Residents with no religion make up 49% in Walgrave, more than in 91% 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: 91% of Walgrave · Northamptonshire’s towns 77% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Besides White British, the main groups are Other White (3.8%), Mixed or multiple (2.8%) and Chinese (0.5%). The comparison figure for residents with no religion is 37% across England’s towns. On residents who describe themselves as Christian, Walgrave sits lower than 79% of UK towns: 45%. Add to that, across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British is 73%; Walgrave has 91%.
Adults who have never married: 28%, a lower share than 79% 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
For 16 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. Across England’s towns, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership. On unpaid carers, 9.5% here is much the same as across England’s towns.
40% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Walgrave counts 40% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 15% have no qualification (18%).
Walgrave sits below 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walgrave | 948 | — | 47.1 | 22% | 29% |
| Mawsley Village | 2,487 | 2.3 mi | 37 | 8.3% | 49% |
| Broughton | 1,982 | 2.8 mi | 48.1 | 24% | 24% |
| Brixworth | 5,769 | 3.4 mi | 43.4 | 18% | 32% |
| Sywell and Overstone | 1,636 | 3.5 mi | 57.2 | 34% | 17% |
| Moulton | 4,953 | 4 mi | 38.9 | 19% | 34% |
| Spratton | 1,288 | 5.4 mi | 48.8 | 25% | 29% |
| Rothwell | 8,623 | 5.6 mi | 41.7 | 21% | 27% |
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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 Walgrave’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 Walgrave’s residents
What is the population of Walgrave?
The 2021 Census counted 948 people in Walgrave’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Walgrave?
The median age was 47.1 at the 2021 Census. 9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Walgrave?
91% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 77% across Northamptonshire’s towns. 6.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Walgrave?
49% said they had no religion and 45% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 3.8% didn’t answer.
Is Walgrave good for families?
29% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Walgrave’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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