Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 47 min4:41 am – 9:29 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 42 min8:10 am – 3:52 pm
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People6,970 residentsin the Boughton census areaMedian age 37.62,640 households76% of homes owner-occupied36% owned outright8% social rented, 15% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting6.8% unemployment rate63% of adults are economically active, 3,402 in work, 21% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 18%, health and social work 15%, construction 12%Getting to work: 23% work from home, 62% go by car, 6% take public transport, 8% walk or cycle77% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages27% of adults hold a degree or higher17% have no qualifications, 7% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 89%2% cannot speak English wellSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 22°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 1°C639 mm of rain a year, 14 days with 10 mm or morewettest month October39 days of air frost, 15 summer days above 25°C in a typical yearSource: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991-2020 averages, 2 km grid (highs and lows from the 12 km grid)
Parks and green spacesKingsthorpe Parkpark · under a mile · 8 haKingsthorpe Golf Coursegolf course · under a mile · 30 haAbington Parkpark · 1.8 mi · 47 haEastfield Parkpark · 1.4 mi · 24 haThe Racecourseplaying field · 1.2 mi · 48 haWhite Hills Playgroundplaying field · under a mile · 2 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes50 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 19709 of magnitude 3+, 2 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 4.0 on 28 Oct 200139 mi away, Melton Mowbray, LeicsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 18 Aug 202520 mi away, Thornborough, BucksSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Flood riskRivers and sea: no mapped risk within 500 m of the centreSource: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea
Air qualityNO2 9.6 · PM2.5 7.5 · PM10 12 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband99% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband100% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)3,104 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation117 m384 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 66 to 132 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalSt Edmund's Hospital2.0 miGP surgeryThe Pines Surgery17 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyBoots18 pharmacies within 2 milesunder a mileDentistPurely Orthodonticsunder a mileSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi41 schools22 primary, 4 secondary, 1 all-through, 1 independent, 7 special, 4 nursery, 2 otherPrimaryGreen Oaks Primary Academyages 3-11, 220 pupilsunder a mileSecondaryKingsthorpe Collegeages 11-18, 1,415 pupilsunder a milePrimarySunnyside Primary Academyages 4-11, 364 pupilsunder a mileCollegeNorthampton College1.9 miUniversityUniversity of Northampton2.6 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportLondon Luton Airport LTN35 miRailway stationNorthampton2.3 miBus stationNorthampton Bus Interchange2.1 miBus stops117 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the NN2 postcode district.
