Electoral wardE05015990
Duston ward, West Northamptonshire
Duston is one of 35 electoral wards of West Northamptonshire Council (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 15,850 residents in 6,789 households — 4,422 people per km², the 8th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Northampton South constituency.
Residents, 202115,850council ward average 12,164
Households6,7892.33 residents per household
Density4,422/ km²about 3.58 km² · West Northamptonshire 309
Aged 65+22.2%West Northamptonshire: 17.1% · under 16: 18.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.2% · 823
5–95.9% · 943
10–157.1% · 1,121
16–193.4% · 535
20–244.3% · 688
25–3412.1% · 1,923
35–4919.5% · 3,089
50–6420.2% · 3,209
65–7411.6% · 1,834
75–847.5% · 1,194
85+3.1% · 491
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van13.4% · 910
1 car or van41.5% · 2,816
2 cars or vans34.0% · 2,308
3 or more11.2% · 758
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; West Northamptonshire overall: 64.8% owned, 14.4% social rented, 19.1% private rented.
Owned outright41.4% · 2,810
With mortgage37.9% · 2,578
Shared ownership0.7% · 47
Social rented6.1% · 413
Private rented13.9% · 943
Lives rent free0.1% · 4
Type of home
Detached house30.8% · 2,091
Semi-detached house48.8% · 3,311
Terraced house12.3% · 834
Purpose-built flat7.6% · 517
Converted house0.2% · 12
Above shop / office0.3% · 18
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015990- Constituency
- Northampton South
- Region
- East Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 6 of 35
Parishes in the ward
Duston
Other wards in the same constituency
BBilling16.2% aged 65+ · 61.1% owned11,965BBlackthorn & Rectory Farm11.8% aged 65+ · 49.9% owned11,827CCastle7.2% aged 65+ · 23.3% owned19,849CCogenhoe & The Houghtons26.3% aged 65+ · 71.4% owned4,924DDallington Spencer12.6% aged 65+ · 45.8% owned19,949FFar Cotton, Delapre & Briar Hill10.1% aged 65+ · 50.0% owned17,166HHunsbury16.4% aged 65+ · 75.1% owned14,992NNene Valley11.8% aged 65+ · 74.8% owned16,202UUpton8.9% aged 65+ · 61.8% owned12,170WWeston Favell & Abington Vale21.7% aged 65+ · 81.9% owned10,589
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.