Photo: Forester2009 · CC BY-SA 3.0A median age of 59: Yarwell is older than 99% of UK towns
Across England’s towns, 29% of households have dependent children; in Yarwell, 14%. 503 residents in 241 households: that is Yarwell at the 2021 Census. For Yarwell, the census puts households in flats at 1.7%. More residents who describe themselves as White British than in 92% of UK towns: 96%.
In Yarwell, 5.2% of residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Across England’s towns, 18% of residents are 65 or over; in Yarwell, 35%. The usual figure: 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Yarwell ranks below 99% of UK towns on full-time students: 2.9%
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%.
Managerial and professional jobs take in just over two in five adults here, routine and semi-routine work 16% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). The usual figure: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. The share of residents who moved in within the year stands at 13%.
Yarwell households average 2.1 people, smaller than in 93% 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.
A quarter of households are one person living alone; across England’s towns the figure is 30%. The share of shared households of unrelated adults stands at 2.5%.
Fewer households in terraced houses than 99% of UK towns: 2.5%
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
21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns, against 44% in Yarwell. By contrast, fewer households without a car or van than in 97% of UK towns: 6.3%. Elsewhere, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
Residents whose main language is English make up 99% in Yarwell, more than in 92% 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 share of residents born outside the UK is 4.2%, against 18% across England’s towns. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (2%) or in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.2%). Across England’s towns, 90% of residents have English as their main language.
Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 59% in Yarwell, more than in 93% 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: 96% of Yarwell · Northamptonshire’s towns 77% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The largest groups after White British are Other White (2%), Mixed or multiple (1.4%) and Caribbean (0.2%). Yarwell has fewer residents with no religion than 85% of UK towns, at 34%. The usual figure: 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
16% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 99% 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
The figure for unpaid carers is 11% in Yarwell and 8.7% across England’s towns. The share of married adults and civil partners stands at 63%. The comparison figure for adults who have never married is 39% across England’s towns.
Qualified to degree level: 37% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 37% of adults in Yarwell, 34% across England’s towns; 17% have no qualification, against 18%.
Every nearby town is younger than Yarwell
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yarwell | 503 | — | 59 | 35% | 14% |
| Wittering | 2,678 | 3 mi | 32.5 | 5.6% | 40% |
| Castor and Ailsworth | 1,461 | 3.2 mi | 49.7 | 25% | 26% |
| King's Cliffe | 1,581 | 4 mi | 42.7 | 20% | 34% |
| Warmington | 1,045 | 4 mi | 50.7 | 27% | 26% |
| Barnack | 1,007 | 4.6 mi | 45.7 | 22% | 29% |
| Easton on the Hill | 1,096 | 5.5 mi | 50.3 | 25% | 22% |
| Helpston | 1,249 | 5.7 mi | 45 | 19% | 35% |
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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 Yarwell’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 Yarwell’s residents
What is the population of Yarwell?
The 2021 Census counted 503 people in Yarwell’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Yarwell?
The median age was 59 at the 2021 Census. 5.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 35% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Yarwell?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 77% across Northamptonshire’s towns. 4.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Yarwell?
34% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.6% didn’t answer.
Is Yarwell good for families?
14% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Yarwell’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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