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Electoral wardE05015991
Far Cotton, Delapre & Briar Hill ward, West Northamptonshire
Far Cotton, Delapre & Briar Hill is one of 35 electoral wards of West Northamptonshire Council (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 17,166 residents in 6,445 households — 2,815 people per km², the 5th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Northampton South constituency.
Residents, 202117,166council ward average 12,164
Households6,4452.66 residents per household
Density2,815/ km²about 6.10 km² · West Northamptonshire 309
Aged 65+10.1%West Northamptonshire: 17.1% · under 16: 20.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.0% · 1,023
5–96.6% · 1,134
10–157.9% · 1,348
16–197.6% · 1,298
20–249.0% · 1,542
25–3415.4% · 2,651
35–4921.8% · 3,739
50–6415.7% · 2,692
65–746.0% · 1,037
75–843.1% · 533
85+1.0% · 168
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van22.3% · 1,442
1 car or van43.8% · 2,825
2 cars or vans26.4% · 1,704
3 or more7.5% · 482
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; West Northamptonshire overall: 64.8% owned, 14.4% social rented, 19.1% private rented.
Owned outright19.6% · 1,265
With mortgage30.4% · 1,960
Shared ownership1.1% · 71
Social rented20.3% · 1,306
Private rented28.4% · 1,829
Lives rent free0.2% · 13
Type of home
Detached house13.7% · 880
Semi-detached house34.8% · 2,239
Terraced house30.7% · 1,978
Purpose-built flat18.4% · 1,183
Converted house1.4% · 87
Other conversion0.5% · 30
Above shop / office0.7% · 43
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015991- Constituency
- Northampton South
- Region
- East Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 10 of 35
Parishes in the ward
Far Cotton and DelapreNorthampton
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% owned19,949DDuston22.2% aged 65+ · 79.3% owned15,850HHunsbury16.4% 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.