Photo: Tim Heaton · CC BY-SA 2.06.2% of households live in a terraced house, below 97% of UK towns
Across England’s towns, nearly a quarter of households have no car or van; in Weldon, 7%. At 21%, the share of one-person households is lower than in 96% of UK towns. The 2021 Census counted 3,042 residents in 1,232 households. On the census count, 87% of residents describe themselves as White British.
Half of Weldon is under 40, younger than 80% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails 58% of UK towns: 9.6%. On the census count, 18% of residents are 65 or over.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Weldon, 40. The typical town is 44.4.
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.
12% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, a share 91% of UK towns don’t reach
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%.
In Weldon, 37% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 23% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year: 11% across England’s towns, for comparison. The share of full-time students stands at 4.8%.
Above 86% of UK towns: 32% of households have dependent children
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.
Set against 4.3% across England’s towns, 3.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home in Weldon. A household here holds 2.5 people on average. To put it in context, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
Households in detached houses: 46%, a higher share than 85% of UK towns
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
4.8% of households live in a flat or apartment, against 23% across England’s towns. The wider picture: 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
Weldon sits above 76% of UK towns for residents born outside the UK (11%)
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
Where nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns, Weldon has 95%. For residents born outside the UK, the comparison across England’s towns is 18%. The largest groups were born in EU countries (5.9%) and in Africa (2.4%).
Weldon sits above 60% of UK towns for residents with no religion (42%)
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: 87% of Weldon · Northamptonshire’s towns 77% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Compared with 46% across England’s towns, just over half of residents describe themselves as Christian here. As a reference point, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. After White British, the most common groups are Other White (6.4%), African (2.2%) and Mixed or multiple (1.7%).
Weldon sits above 65% of UK towns for married adults and civil partners (50%)
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
Weldon sits close to the norm on unpaid carers: 8.5%, about the same as across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. 74 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week. At 33%, the share of adults who have never married is higher than in 51% of UK towns.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 30%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Weldon’s adults: 30% with a degree-level qualification and 17% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
56th youngest of 514 UK towns of 2,500 to 4,000 people
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
The youngest is Keele (20.6) and the oldest West Chiltington (63.1). Nearest to Weldon in age: Bethesda (39.8), Repton (39.9), Penllergaer (40.1) and Barlby (40.2).
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 6 are older than Weldon
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weldon | 3,042 | — | 40 | 18% | 32% |
| Brigstock | 1,436 | 2.9 mi | 50.9 | 25% | 25% |
| Corby | 68,164 | 3.2 mi | 37 | 13% | 35% |
| Gretton | 1,519 | 3.3 mi | 47.4 | 22% | 30% |
| Geddington | 1,525 | 4.7 mi | 49.8 | 25% | 27% |
| Cottingham and Middleton | 1,365 | 5.3 mi | 53.6 | 28% | 23% |
| Oundle | 6,252 | 6.8 mi | 43.8 | 23% | 24% |
| King's Cliffe | 1,581 | 6.9 mi | 42.7 | 20% | 34% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Weldon’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 Weldon’s residents
What is the population of Weldon?
The 2021 Census counted 3,042 people in Weldon’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Weldon?
The median age was 40 at the 2021 Census, younger than 80% of UK towns. 9.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 18% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Weldon?
87% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 77% across Northamptonshire’s towns. 11% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Weldon?
42% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.5% were Muslim and 5% didn’t answer.
Is Weldon good for families?
32% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Weldon’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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