Photo: David Medcalf · CC BY-SA 2.0Households in terraced houses: 44%, a higher share than 96% of UK towns
The figure for residents who describe themselves as White British is 97% in Cleator Moor and 73% across England’s towns. Compared with other places, households in flats are scarce here: 4.4%, fewer than in 86% of UK towns. At the 2021 Census, 6,671 people lived in the town, in 3,129 households. Here, nearly a quarter of households have dependent children.
A lower share of residents aged 65 and over than 58% of UK towns, at 21%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
55–59 is the most common age band: 8.6% of residents, 1.3 times the share across England’s towns. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 10%. With a median age of 44.4, Cleator Moor is younger than just over half of UK towns. Against that, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Cleator Moor, 44.4. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
3.6% of adults are full-time students, below 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%.
Nearly a quarter of Cleator Moor’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 35% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. On the census count, 7.4% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. By way of comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
More one-person households than 94% of UK towns: 37%
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Cumbria’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
Where 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns, Cleator Moor has 2%. For one-person households, the comparison across England’s towns is 30%. Households here average 2.1 people each.
Cleator Moor ranks below 79% of UK towns on households in detached houses: 18%
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
Across England’s towns, the share of households without a car or van is 24%; Cleator Moor has 25%. 4.4% of households live in a flat, less than in 86% of UK towns; 18% in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns.
A smaller share of residents born outside the UK than 99% of UK towns: 2.1%
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 share of residents whose main language is English tops 98% of UK towns: 99%. As a reference point, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (0.8%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.6%).
25% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 98% of UK towns
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: 97% of Cleator Moor · Cumbria’s towns 95% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
By its share of residents who describe themselves as Christian (70%), Cleator Moor is above 99% of UK towns. Residents with no religion: 37% across England’s towns, for comparison.
In Cleator Moor, 37% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, more than in 75% 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
Nothing unusual on married adults and civil partners: 44%, close to the figure across England’s towns. More unpaid carers than in 70% of UK towns: 10%. Across the comparison, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Some 228 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 21%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Cleator Moor, 21% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 25% have no qualification at all (18%).
194th lowest median age among 473 UK towns of 5,000 to 9,000
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Ages run from 30.9 in Red Lodge to 65.3 in Barton on Sea. Nearest to Cleator Moor in age: Darfield (44.3), Coxheath (44.3), Kirkham (44.4) and Wallingford (44.4).
5 in 7 nearby towns have a higher median age than Cleator Moor
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleator Moor | 6,671 | — | 44.4 | 21% | 24% |
| Frizington | 1,754 | 1.7 mi | 45.3 | 23% | 25% |
| Whitehaven | 22,952 | 2.7 mi | 44.3 | 21% | 24% |
| Egremont | 5,791 | 2.8 mi | 45.6 | 22% | 25% |
| Moresby Parks | 1,180 | 3 mi | 43.1 | 19% | 34% |
| St Bees | 1,187 | 3.7 mi | 51.2 | 25% | 21% |
| Distington | 1,375 | 5.2 mi | 48.1 | 27% | 21% |
| High Harrington | 1,574 | 6.5 mi | 49.8 | 29% | 24% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Cumbria’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Cumbria (or England), summed the same way as Cleator Moor’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 Cleator Moor’s residents
What is the population of Cleator Moor?
The 2021 Census counted 6,671 people in Cleator Moor’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Cleator Moor?
The median age was 44.4 at the 2021 Census, younger than 51% of UK towns. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 21% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Cleator Moor?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 95% across Cumbria’s towns. 2.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Cleator Moor?
25% said they had no religion and 70% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 4.6% didn’t answer.
Is Cleator Moor good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Cleator Moor’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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