Photo: Dennis Turner · CC BY-SA 2.0Moston is younger than 99% of UK towns: a median age of 26.8
Households in Moston hold 2.9 people on average (England’s towns: 2.4). In 2021, the Census found 1,099 residents here, living in 169 households. On the census count, 1.2% of households live in a flat or apartment. At 43%, the share of households in terraced houses is higher than in 96% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Moston’s people
A village of families
55% of Moston’s 169 households had dependent children in 2021, more than in 99% of UK towns. 16% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of Moston’s residents are under 26.8 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 27% are 15 to 24 and 3.2% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
A village people move to
40% of residents gave a different address a year before the 2021 Census, 3.7 times the share across England’s towns. Students & newcomers ↓
More with no religion than most
54% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 37% Christian, against 37% and 46% across England’s towns. Ethnicity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Below 99% of UK towns: 3.2% of residents are 65 or over
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Against a figure of 12% across England’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Moston comes in at 27%. By way of comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
24% women, 76% men
About 32 women for every 100 men. Across England, 51% of residents are women. A large institution, such as a prison, barracks, boarding school, university or care home, can tilt a town’s split: the census counts the people living there as residents.
Full-time students make up 3.6% in Moston, less than in 93% of UK towns
What adults did at the 2021 Census (the ONS’s NS-SEC classes), and where residents lived a year earlier.
Adults by occupation class · residents 16 and over
Address a year before the Census
Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.
Across England’s towns, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine work; in Moston, 27% and 34%. As a reference point, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. For Moston, the census puts residents who moved in within the year at 40%.
Households with dependent children: 55%, a higher share than 99% of UK towns
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Cheshire’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
Where 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns, Moston has 20%. Set beside that, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. In Moston, 2.4% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
Households without a car or van: 9%, a lower share than 87% of UK towns
Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
Type of home
Cars or vans · share of households
Here 14% of households live in a detached house, where the figure across England’s towns is 21%. One household in every 11 has no car or van.
Fewer residents whose main language is English than 83% of UK towns: 94%
Country of birth, year of arrival and main language, Census 2021.
Born outside the UK, by region · share of all residents; the bar runs to 25%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
The largest groups were born in EU countries (5.3%) and in the Middle East and Asia (3.9%). Across the comparison, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Residents born outside the UK are more common here than in 88% of UK towns.
Moston ranks above 98% of UK towns on residents with no religion: 54%
How residents described themselves at the 2021 Census. Lines join the lowest and highest of the three figures.
Ethnic groups other than White British · all residents
White British, not charted: 84% of Moston · Cheshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The largest groups after White British are Mixed or multiple (3.4%), Other White (2.3%) and African (2%). Fewer residents who describe themselves as Christian than in 96% of UK towns: 37%. 84% of residents describe themselves as White British; across England’s towns the figure is 73%.
Unpaid carers: 4.4%, a lower share than 99% of UK towns
Legal partnership status (residents 16 and over) and unpaid care (residents 5 and over), Census 2021.
Partnership status · residents 16 and over
Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over
Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 9 residents. Across England’s towns, the share of unpaid carers is 8.7%. At 60%, the share of adults who have never married is higher than in 99% of UK towns. 30% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, against 44% across England’s towns.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 29%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Moston, 29% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 9% have no qualification at all (18%).
Every nearby town is older than Moston
Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Homes with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moston | 1,099 | — | 26.8 | 3.2% | 55% |
| Chester | 92,756 | 2.3 mi | 40 | 19% | 25% |
| Saughall | 2,655 | 2.5 mi | 50.8 | 30% | 24% |
| Mickle Trafford | 1,840 | 2.6 mi | 47.3 | 25% | 31% |
| Guilden Sutton | 1,462 | 2.9 mi | 51.7 | 30% | 27% |
| Ellesmere Port | 65,425 | 3.6 mi | 40.9 | 18% | 29% |
| Christleton and Waverton | 2,670 | 4 mi | 49.1 | 28% | 29% |
| Elton | 3,293 | 4.6 mi | 45.8 | 22% | 25% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Cheshire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Cheshire (or England), summed the same way as Moston’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out.
- Small counts are blurred. The ONS adds small random changes to Census counts to protect privacy, so the same total differs a little between tables, and the shares of a small town can move by a point or two.
Questions about Moston’s residents
What is the population of Moston?
The 2021 Census counted 1,099 people in Moston’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Moston?
The median age was 26.8 at the 2021 Census. 27% of residents were 15 to 24 and 3.2% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Moston?
84% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across Cheshire’s towns. 16% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Moston?
54% said they had no religion and 37% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.3% were Muslim and 4.6% didn’t answer.
Is Moston good for families?
55% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Moston’s schools page.
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area (TS002, TS003, TS004, TS007A, TS008, TS015, TS017, TS019, TS021, TS029, TS030, TS039, TS044, TS045, TS062, TS067). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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