Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 48 min4:41 am – 9:29 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 41 min8:10 am – 3:52 pm
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People8,655 residentsin the Brixworth & Spratton census areaMedian age 46.03,483 households77% of homes owner-occupied40% owned outright9% social rented, 13% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting3.0% unemployment rate65% of adults are economically active, 4,436 in work, 24% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 15%, education 12%, health and social work 12%Getting to work: 38% work from home, 55% go by car, 6% walk or cycle43% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages37% of adults hold a degree or higher12% have no qualifications, 6% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 99%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 22°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 1°C710 mm of rain a year, 16 days with 10 mm or morewettest month October50 days of air frost, 14 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 spacesBrixworth Country Parkpark · 1.6 mi · 14 haScaldwell Allotment Gardensallotments · under a mileSt Davids Recreation Groundplaying field · 1.8 mi · 3 haThe Greenpark · 3.8 miSource: 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 200134 mi away, Melton Mowbray, LeicsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 18 Aug 202525 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 6.6 · PM2.5 6.8 · 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
Broadband98% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband98% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)0.1% cannot get a decent connection (below the 10 Mbit/s universal service obligation)3,491 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation123 m404 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 89 to 147 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalWoodlands Hospital6.6 miGP surgeryBrixworth Surgery2.1 miPharmacyWell1.7 miDentistColosseum Dental (Mawsley)3.4 miSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi1 school1 primaryPrimaryBrixworth CofE VC Primary Schoolages 4-11, 484 pupils1.8 miSecondaryMoulton School and Science Collegeages 11-18, 1,450 pupils3.8 miCollegeMoulton College3.7 miUniversityUniversity of Northampton7.7 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportBirmingham Airport BHX38 miRailway stationKettering7.0 miBus stationNorthampton Bus Interchange7.2 miBus stops1 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the NN6 postcode district.
