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Electoral wardE05016208
Desborough ward, North Northamptonshire
Desborough is one of 31 electoral wards of North Northamptonshire Council (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 15,803 residents in 6,611 households — 182 people per km², the 6th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Kettering constituency.
Residents, 202115,803council ward average 11,598
Households6,6112.39 residents per household
Density182/ km²about 86.78 km² · North Northamptonshire 364
Aged 65+22.1%North Northamptonshire: 18.2% · under 16: 18.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.4% · 851
5–95.8% · 916
10–157.1% · 1,118
16–194.1% · 654
20–244.3% · 686
25–3410.8% · 1,701
35–4918.8% · 2,969
50–6421.6% · 3,420
65–7412.7% · 2,010
75–847.1% · 1,122
85+2.3% · 361
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van9.8% · 647
1 car or van37.4% · 2,473
2 cars or vans36.9% · 2,440
3 or more15.8% · 1,045
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; North Northamptonshire overall: 65.0% owned, 15.2% social rented, 18.5% private rented.
Owned outright39.4% · 2,600
With mortgage36.6% · 2,420
Shared ownership1.3% · 86
Social rented9.0% · 597
Private rented13.6% · 896
Lives rent free0.1% · 6
Type of home
Detached house47.0% · 3,106
Semi-detached house31.0% · 2,048
Terraced house16.1% · 1,065
Purpose-built flat3.9% · 260
Converted house0.5% · 34
Other conversion0.7% · 43
Above shop / office0.4% · 29
Caravan, mobile0.5% · 30
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016208- Constituency
- Kettering
- Region
- East Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 27 of 31
Parishes in the ward
AshleyBrampton AshBraybrookeCottinghamDesboroughDingleyEast CarltonMiddletonStoke AlbanySutton BassettWeston by WellandWilbarston
Other wards in the same constituency
AAvondale Grange12.7% aged 65+ · 41.9% owned6,935BBarton Seagrave & Burton Latimer17.6% aged 65+ · 73.4% owned16,472GGeddington & Stanion19.9% aged 65+ · 73.7% owned7,174IIse21.1% aged 65+ · 82.6% owned8,698KKettering Central11.8% aged 65+ · 36.6% owned11,668KKettering North17.7% aged 65+ · 67.7% owned10,565KKingswood14.5% aged 65+ · 50.7% owned16,601PPipers Hill22.6% aged 65+ · 71.1% owned5,076RRothwell & Mawsley19.6% aged 65+ · 69.4% owned15,028SSt Michael18.1% aged 65+ · 56.8% owned8,097SSt Peter17.8% aged 65+ · 70.2% owned5,778
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0This ward was drawn after the 2021 Census: figures are built up from the 10 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.