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Daventry South ward, West Northamptonshire

Daventry South is one of 35 electoral wards of West Northamptonshire Council (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 18,991 residents in 7,970 households — 1,842 people per km², the 4th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Daventry constituency.

Residents, 202118,991council ward average 12,164
Households7,9702.38 residents per household
Density1,842/ km²about 10.31 km² · West Northamptonshire 309
Aged 65+18.1%West Northamptonshire: 17.1% · under 16: 19.7%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.1% · 1,156
5–96.5% · 1,235
10–157.1% · 1,350
16–193.9% · 742
20–245.5% · 1,047
25–3415.2% · 2,888
35–4919.6% · 3,721
50–6418.0% · 3,415
65–749.9% · 1,880
75–846.0% · 1,136
85+2.2% · 415

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van20.6% · 1,645
1 car or van42.5% · 3,387
2 cars or vans27.6% · 2,202
3 or more9.2% · 735
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright27.7% · 2,207
With mortgage28.0% · 2,231
Shared ownership0.9% · 71
Social rented23.6% · 1,884
Private rented19.7% · 1,570
Lives rent free0.1% · 6

Type of home

Detached house22.0% · 1,752
Semi-detached house33.5% · 2,670
Terraced house31.1% · 2,479
Purpose-built flat11.0% · 879
Converted house0.9% · 74
Other conversion0.5% · 42
Above shop / office1.0% · 76
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 4
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.