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Brackley ward, West Northamptonshire

Brackley is one of 35 electoral wards of West Northamptonshire Council (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 16,187 residents in 6,694 households — 2,354 people per km², the 7th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the South Northamptonshire constituency.

Residents, 202116,187council ward average 12,164
Households6,6942.42 residents per household
Density2,354/ km²about 6.88 km² · West Northamptonshire 309
Aged 65+16.1%West Northamptonshire: 17.1% · under 16: 19.5%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.4% · 1,039
5–96.3% · 1,016
10–156.8% · 1,101
16–193.6% · 577
20–245.0% · 812
25–3415.5% · 2,515
35–4919.5% · 3,149
50–6420.8% · 3,365
65–748.7% · 1,412
75–845.1% · 833
85+2.3% · 365

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van10.2% · 680
1 car or van35.7% · 2,388
2 cars or vans39.2% · 2,624
3 or more15.0% · 1,001
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; West Northamptonshire overall: 64.8% owned, 14.4% social rented, 19.1% private rented.

Owned outright30.7% · 2,059
With mortgage44.1% · 2,956
Shared ownership1.8% · 122
Social rented9.1% · 611
Private rented14.2% · 948

Type of home

Detached house41.7% · 2,792
Semi-detached house28.1% · 1,878
Terraced house18.2% · 1,216
Purpose-built flat9.7% · 647
Converted house0.7% · 47
Other conversion0.8% · 55
Above shop / office0.8% · 51
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
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.