Photo: Mat Fascione · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of North Luffenham is over 52.6, older than 93% of UK towns
Across England’s towns, the share of households with dependent children is 29%; North Luffenham has 22%. 744 residents in 334 households: that is North Luffenham at the 2021 Census. On the census count, 21% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership. The village has fewer households in terraced houses than 82% of UK towns, at 12%.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of UK towns, at 5.6%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 50–54: 9.7% of residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. 27% of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A lower share of full-time students than 99% of UK towns, at 2.6%
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%.
By class, 45% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 16% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Here, nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier. On average, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Smaller households than 74% of UK towns: 2.2 people on average
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.
28% of households are one person living alone, against 30% across England’s towns. Locally, 2.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
Only 4.2% of households in North Luffenham have no car or van
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
With households in flats at 1.5%, North Luffenham is behind 98% of UK towns on that count. The benchmark for households without a car or van across England’s towns: 24%. For North Luffenham, the census puts households in detached houses at 46%.
A larger share of residents whose main language is English than 79% of UK towns: 99%
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
Set against 18% across England’s towns, 8% of residents were born outside the UK in North Luffenham. Across England’s towns, the share of residents whose main language is English is 90%. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (2.7%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (2.3%).
North Luffenham sits above 88% of UK towns for residents who describe themselves as Christian (57%)
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 North Luffenham · Rutland’s towns 91% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 93%, against 73% across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Census figures put residents with no religion at 36% in North Luffenham.
Above 95% of UK towns: 58% of adults are married or in a civil partnership
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
On unpaid carers, 8.9% here is much the same as across England’s towns. Set beside that, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 18 residents.
Degree-level qualifications: 41% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
41% of North Luffenham’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 13% have none (18%).
Every neighbour of North Luffenham has a younger population
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Luffenham | 744 | — | 52.6 | 27% | 22% |
| Ketton | 1,618 | 2.8 mi | 51.2 | 29% | 25% |
| Easton on the Hill | 1,096 | 4.6 mi | 50.3 | 25% | 22% |
| Uppingham | 4,272 | 5 mi | 41.5 | 23% | 23% |
| King's Cliffe | 1,581 | 5.6 mi | 42.7 | 20% | 34% |
| Stamford | 20,745 | 5.9 mi | 44.8 | 23% | 25% |
| Oakham | 12,159 | 6 mi | 46.9 | 27% | 24% |
| Gretton | 1,519 | 6.2 mi | 47.4 | 22% | 30% |
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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 North Luffenham’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 North Luffenham’s residents
What is the population of North Luffenham?
The 2021 Census counted 744 people in North Luffenham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in North Luffenham?
The median age was 52.6 at the 2021 Census. 5.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is North Luffenham?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 91% across Rutland’s towns. 8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in North Luffenham?
36% said they had no religion and 57% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.9% didn’t answer.
Is North Luffenham good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on North Luffenham’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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