Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 47 min4:41 am – 9:28 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 42 min8:10 am – 3:52 pm
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People6,057 residentsin the Abington Vale census areaMedian age 47.72,393 households88% of homes owner-occupied50% owned outright3% social rented, 9% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting3.3% unemployment rate61% of adults are economically active, 2,949 in work, 29% retiredMain industries: health and social work 16%, retail and wholesale 15%, education 11%Getting to work: 36% work from home, 56% go by car, 2% take public transport, 5% walk or cycle72% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages41% of adults hold a degree or higher14% have no qualifications, 5% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 93%1% cannot speak English wellSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 22°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 8°C, lows 2°C642 mm of rain a year, 15 days with 10 mm or morewettest month October38 days of air frost, 16 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 spacesAbington Parkpark · within reach · 47 haEastfield Parkpark · under a mile · 24 haMidsummer Meadowpark · 1.3 mi · 28 haThe Racecourseplaying field · 1.1 mi · 48 haKingsthorpe Golf Coursegolf course · 1.3 mi · 30 haBold Dragons Cricket Clubsports ground · under a mile · 4 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes49 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 19709 of magnitude 3+, 2 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 4.0 on 28 Oct 200141 mi away, Melton Mowbray, LeicsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 18 Aug 202519 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 10 · PM2.5 7.5 · PM10 13 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for NO2 and PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband98% 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)2,437 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation81 m266 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 52 to 109 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalSt Edmund's Hospitalunder a mileGP surgeryAbington Medical Centre26 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyAbington Pharmacy21 pharmacies within 2 milesunder a mileDentistDental Surgeryunder a mileSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi47 schools24 primary, 7 secondary, 1 all-through, 2 independent, 9 special, 2 nursery, 2 otherPrimaryBridgewater Primary Schoolages 3-11, 650 pupilsunder a milePrimaryWeston Favell CofE Primary Schoolages 3-11, 446 pupilsunder a mileSecondaryNorthampton School for Boysages 11-18, 1,756 pupilsunder a mileCollegeNorthampton College1.1 miUniversityUniversity of Northampton1.9 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportLondon Luton Airport LTN33 miRailway stationNorthampton2.3 miBus stationNorthampton Bus Interchange1.9 miBus stops152 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the NN3 postcode district.
