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Electoral wardE05016228
Rushden Lakes ward, North Northamptonshire
Rushden Lakes is one of 31 electoral wards of North Northamptonshire Council (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 12,634 residents in 5,449 households — 1,632 people per km², the 14th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Wellingborough and Rushden constituency.
Residents, 202112,634council ward average 11,598
Households5,4492.32 residents per household
Density1,632/ km²about 7.74 km² · North Northamptonshire 364
Aged 65+16.8%North Northamptonshire: 18.2% · under 16: 19.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.3% · 795
5–96.2% · 785
10–157.4% · 930
16–194.1% · 517
20–245.6% · 706
25–3414.8% · 1,875
35–4919.2% · 2,429
50–6419.6% · 2,472
65–749.0% · 1,140
75–845.6% · 703
85+2.2% · 275
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van16.7% · 911
1 car or van42.3% · 2,304
2 cars or vans30.7% · 1,669
3 or more10.3% · 558
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; North Northamptonshire overall: 65.0% owned, 15.2% social rented, 18.5% private rented.
Owned outright29.2% · 1,591
With mortgage32.3% · 1,761
Shared ownership1.1% · 61
Social rented16.7% · 911
Private rented20.6% · 1,124
Lives rent free0.0% · 2
Type of home
Detached house21.6% · 1,174
Semi-detached house27.9% · 1,522
Terraced house33.6% · 1,832
Purpose-built flat12.9% · 703
Converted house1.2% · 68
Other conversion2.0% · 107
Above shop / office0.7% · 36
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 5
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016228- Constituency
- Wellingborough and Rushden
- Region
- East Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 16 of 31
Parishes in the ward
Rushden
Other wards in the same constituency
BBrickhill & Queensway18.3% aged 65+ · 50.8% owned16,873CCroyland & Swanspool12.9% aged 65+ · 51.3% owned11,496FFinedon24.4% aged 65+ · 65.2% owned4,555HHatton Park18.8% aged 65+ · 72.8% owned16,267HHigham Ferrers19.6% aged 65+ · 73.5% owned9,446IIrchester24.7% aged 65+ · 75.5% owned12,986IIrthlingborough17.5% aged 65+ · 65.5% owned9,311PPemberton20.7% aged 65+ · 68.6% owned10,325RRushden South21.9% aged 65+ · 76.3% owned8,731VVictoria10.7% aged 65+ · 46.1% owned10,076
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 6 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.