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Electoral wardE05015978
Blackthorn & Rectory Farm ward, West Northamptonshire
Blackthorn & Rectory Farm is one of 35 electoral wards of West Northamptonshire Council (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 11,827 residents in 4,361 households — 5,235 people per km², the 22nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Northampton North and Northampton South constituencies.
Residents, 202111,827council ward average 12,164
Households4,3612.71 residents per household
Density5,235/ km²about 2.26 km² · West Northamptonshire 309
Aged 65+11.8%West Northamptonshire: 17.1% · under 16: 24.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.8% · 800
5–98.0% · 943
10–1510.1% · 1,194
16–195.3% · 625
20–245.3% · 621
25–3414.8% · 1,746
35–4922.0% · 2,600
50–6416.1% · 1,898
65–747.6% · 904
75–843.3% · 389
85+0.9% · 102
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van20.1% · 876
1 car or van43.5% · 1,900
2 cars or vans28.3% · 1,237
3 or more8.0% · 351
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; West Northamptonshire overall: 64.8% owned, 14.4% social rented, 19.1% private rented.
Owned outright20.7% · 902
With mortgage29.2% · 1,276
Shared ownership2.6% · 115
Social rented28.1% · 1,226
Private rented19.3% · 843
Lives rent free0.1% · 5
Type of home
Detached house18.8% · 822
Semi-detached house29.7% · 1,294
Terraced house42.4% · 1,848
Purpose-built flat8.7% · 379
Converted house0.3% · 12
Other conversion0.0% · 2
Above shop / office0.1% · 5
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015978- Constituency
- Northampton North, Northampton South
- Region
- East Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 3 of 35
Parishes in the ward
Northampton
Other wards in the same constituency
AAbington & Phippsville11.0% aged 65+ · 54.1% owned11,390BBilling16.2% aged 65+ · 61.1% owned11,965CCastle7.2% aged 65+ · 23.3% owned19,849CCogenhoe & The Houghtons26.3% aged 65+ · 71.4% owned4,924DDallington Spencer12.6% aged 65+ · 45.8% owned19,949DDuston22.2% aged 65+ · 79.3% owned15,850FFar Cotton, Delapre & Briar Hill10.1% aged 65+ · 50.0% owned17,166HHeadlands18.9% aged 65+ · 65.8% owned19,380HHunsbury16.4% aged 65+ · 75.1% owned14,992KKingsley & Semilong12.5% aged 65+ · 44.1% owned15,834KKingsthorpe North25.2% aged 65+ · 77.8% owned15,657KKingsthorpe South10.1% aged 65+ · 48.4% owned11,640MMoulton19.6% aged 65+ · 78.4% owned12,520NNene Valley11.8% aged 65+ · 74.8% owned16,202
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 7 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.