Photo: Ian Rob · CC BY-SA 2.0More households with dependent children than 97% of UK towns: 39%
The figure for households without a car or van is 5.2% in West Haddon and 24% across England’s towns. At the 2021 Census West Haddon was home to 1,985 people in 770 households. One-person households account for 21%. The village has more households in detached houses than 95% of UK towns, at 58%.
What the Census says about West Haddon’s people
A village of families
39% of West Haddon’s 770 households had dependent children in 2021, more than in 97% of UK towns. 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Fewer residents aged 65 and over than 92% of UK towns: 14%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Little separates the share of residents aged 15 to 24 here, 12%, from the figure across England’s towns. For comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. The median age in West Haddon is 42.8, lower than in 63% of UK towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
More students than 89% of UK towns: 6.6% of adults in West Haddon
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%.
11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns, against 7.9% in West Haddon. Across England’s towns, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; West Haddon has 46% and 14%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
2.6 people per household, more than in 94% 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.
Against a figure of 4.3% across England’s towns, the share of shared households of unrelated adults in West Haddon comes in at 1.8%.
A lower share of households in flats than 88% of UK towns, at 4%
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
Set against 24% across England’s towns, 13% of households live in a terraced house in West Haddon. For comparison, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
Residents born outside the UK make up 5.3% in West Haddon, less than in 61% 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (2.7%) and in Africa (1.2%). The benchmark for residents born outside the UK across England’s towns: 18%. 98% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 62% of UK towns. Arrivals from 2017 on account for 11% of residents born abroad, beside 21% across England’s towns.
West Haddon: 94% of residents describe themselves as White British, above 66% 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: 94% of West Haddon · Northamptonshire’s towns 77% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Next after White British come Other White (3.4%), Mixed or multiple (1.8%) and Indian (0.5%). On average, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. 50% of residents describe themselves as Christian, against 46% across England’s towns.
West Haddon ranks above 83% of UK towns on married adults and civil partners: 54%
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
31% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, against 39% across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 42.
Degree-level qualifications reach 40% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
10% of West Haddon’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 40% have one at degree level (34%). Many still at university: 19% list A levels as their highest qualification.
6 of the 7 nearest towns are older than West Haddon
Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
Health, work and homes have their own pages
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “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 West Haddon’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 West Haddon’s residents
What is the population of West Haddon?
The 2021 Census counted 1,985 people in West Haddon’s built-up area.
What is the average age in West Haddon?
The median age was 42.8 at the 2021 Census. 12% of residents were 15 to 24 and 14% were 65 or over.
How diverse is West Haddon?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 77% across Northamptonshire’s towns. 5.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in West Haddon?
42% said they had no religion and 50% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 7% didn’t answer.
Is West Haddon good for families?
39% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on West Haddon’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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