Photo: Wehha · CC BY-SA 3.0Half of Barrowden is over 59.1, older than 99% of UK towns
The figure for households without a car or van is 4.2% in Barrowden and 24% across England’s towns. The village’s 226 households held 476 residents at the 2021 Census. Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 71% of the total. Households with dependent children are rarer here than in 94% of UK towns.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 99% of UK towns, at 40%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 7.4%, below 97% of UK towns. To put it in context, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
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.
A lower share of residents who moved in within the year than 74% of UK towns, at 7.6%
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%.
Across England’s towns, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine work; in Barrowden, 53% and 9.1%. The usual figure: 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. Locally, 4.8% of adults are full-time students.
One-person households: 23%, a lower share than 93% of UK towns
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Rutland’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
In Barrowden the average household is 2.2 people, beside 2.4 across England’s towns. On the census count, 1.8% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. Across the comparison, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
Households in detached houses: 70%, a higher share than 99% 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
Across England’s towns, the share of households in terraced houses is 24%; Barrowden has 7.8%. Against that, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
100% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 99% 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 largest groups were born in the Middle East and Asia (2.3%) and in EU countries (1.9%). As a reference point, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns, against 7.2% in Barrowden.
Residents with no religion make up 25% in Barrowden, less than in 98% 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: 93% of Barrowden · Rutland’s towns 91% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Beyond White British, the biggest groups are Other White (2.7%), Mixed or multiple (2.5%) and African (0.4%). Typically, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Against a figure of 73% across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British in Barrowden comes in at 93%.
Barrowden: 70% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, above 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
Adults who have never married: 18% here and 39% across England’s towns. As a yardstick, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. For Barrowden, the census puts unpaid carers at 11%.
A degree-level qualification for 54% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Barrowden’s adults: 54% with a degree-level qualification and 6.7% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
Every nearby town is younger than Barrowden
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barrowden | 476 | — | 59.1 | 40% | 20% |
| Ketton | 1,618 | 3.3 mi | 51.2 | 29% | 25% |
| King's Cliffe | 1,581 | 4 mi | 42.7 | 20% | 34% |
| Easton on the Hill | 1,096 | 4.6 mi | 50.3 | 25% | 22% |
| Gretton | 1,519 | 4.8 mi | 47.4 | 22% | 30% |
| Uppingham | 4,272 | 5.1 mi | 41.5 | 23% | 23% |
| Stamford | 20,745 | 6.6 mi | 44.8 | 23% | 25% |
| Weldon | 3,042 | 6.7 mi | 40 | 18% | 32% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Rutland’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Rutland (or England), summed the same way as Barrowden’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 Barrowden’s residents
What is the population of Barrowden?
The 2021 Census counted 476 people in Barrowden’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Barrowden?
The median age was 59.1 at the 2021 Census. 7.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 40% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Barrowden?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 91% across Rutland’s towns. 7.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Barrowden?
25% said they had no religion and 71% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 3.4% didn’t answer.
Is Barrowden good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Barrowden’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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