Great Oakley and Danesholme

North Northamptonshire · East Midlands · population 6,627 · 4 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

44Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,809 of 6,856 in England
  • #336 of 575 in East Midlands
  • #26 of 40 in North Northamptonshire
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,649
Median age (est.)42
Density2,289per km²
No qualifications21%
Degree or above24%
No car or van15%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 10%25–44 26%45–64 27%65+ 18%

Tenure

Own outright: 35%Mortgage/shared: 35%Social rent: 15%Private rent: 16%
Own outright 35%Mortgage/shared 35%Social rent 15%Private rent 16%

Households

One person: 23%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 12%Other: 18%
One person 23%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 12%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 17% · Professional 12% · Process & plant 12%

All occupation groups
Elementary17%
Professional12%
Process & plant12%
Associate professional11%
Managers & directors11%
Skilled trades11%
Administrative10%
Caring & leisure9%
Sales & customer service8%

Ethnic group

White: 93%Asian: 2%Black: 3%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 93%Asian 2%Black 3%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 49% · No religion 43% · Sikh 1%

Born outside the UK: 16%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Great Oakley and Danesholme is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #3,809 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #26 of 40 in North Northamptonshire. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (87) but weak on Education (21). Typical homes here sold for about £227,500 over the past year, up 13% across five years (from 63 sales), 12% below the wider North Northamptonshire median of £260,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,516 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £37,547 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 54 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 41 · #4,036
Employment 42 · #3,988
Education 21 · #5,393
Health 41 · #4,036
Crime 55 · #3,090
Housing & access 55 · #3,097
Living environment 87 · #869

House prices ?

£227,500median (12m) · +2.3% yr · n=63
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£227,50063+2.3%+12.6%
Detached£345,00017+18.7%+20.0%
Semi-detached£219,00029+5.0%+15.3%
Terraced£202,25014-4.8%+22.6%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=3)
This area£227,500
North Northamptonshire£260,000
East Midlands£250,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£37,547±£5,414 · #4,188 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£34,122
Price-to-income ?6.1×typical home ÷ net income — less stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

78Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

54 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 357 offences
North Northamptonshire71
East Midlands79
England83

Rank #2,405 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences206
Theft38
Burglary9
Vehicle crime8
Criminal damage & arson34
Public order & weapons32
Drugs16
Robbery6
Other8

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 113 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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