Photo: Nigel Monckton · CC BY-SA 2.064% of households live in a terraced house, more than in 99% of UK towns
Compared with 73% across England’s towns, 98% of residents describe themselves as White British here. At the 2021 Census, 765 people lived in Moor Row, in 344 households. 0.9% of households live in a flat or apartment. Few places have so few households with dependent children: 24% here, fewer than in 77% of UK towns.
A median age of 41: Moor Row is younger than 75% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 9.3%, against 12% across England’s towns. Few places have so few residents aged 65 and over: 17% here, fewer than in 83% of UK towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A lower share of full-time students than 83% of UK towns, at 4%
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%.
Where 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns, Moor Row has 9.1%. The wider picture: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Smaller households than 67% of UK towns: 2.2 people on average
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.
2.6% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, against 4.3% across England’s towns. Moor Row has more one-person households than just over two thirds of UK towns, at 32%.
A lower share of households without a car or van than 73% of UK towns, at 11%
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
In Moor Row, just over a quarter of households live in a detached house, beside 21% across England’s towns. For households without a car or van, the comparison across England’s towns is 24%.
1.4% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 99% of UK towns
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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
In Moor Row, 100% of residents have English as their main language, beside 90% across England’s towns. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (0.4%) or in the Middle East and Asia (0.3%). Across England’s towns, residents born outside the UK come to 18%.
A larger share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 98% of UK towns: 63%
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: 98% of Moor Row · Cumbria’s towns 95% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents with no religion trails 93% of UK towns: 31%. As a yardstick, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
A larger share of adults who have never married than 63% of UK towns: 34%
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
12 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week. Fewer unpaid carers than in 58% of UK towns: 9.1%. The wider picture: nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Married adults and civil partners: 48% here and 44% across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 26% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
15% of Moor Row’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 26% have one at degree level (34%).
No nearby town is as young as Moor Row
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moor Row | 765 | — | 41 | 17% | 24% |
| Cleator Moor | 6,671 | 1 mi | 44.4 | 21% | 24% |
| Egremont | 5,791 | 2.2 mi | 45.6 | 22% | 25% |
| Whitehaven | 22,952 | 2.4 mi | 44.3 | 21% | 24% |
| Frizington | 1,754 | 2.6 mi | 45.3 | 23% | 25% |
| St Bees | 1,187 | 2.7 mi | 51.2 | 25% | 21% |
| Moresby Parks | 1,180 | 3.2 mi | 43.1 | 19% | 34% |
| Distington | 1,375 | 5.6 mi | 48.1 | 27% | 21% |
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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 Moor Row’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 Moor Row’s residents
What is the population of Moor Row?
The 2021 Census counted 765 people in Moor Row’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Moor Row?
The median age was 41 at the 2021 Census. 9.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 17% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Moor Row?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 95% across Cumbria’s towns. 1.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Moor Row?
31% said they had no religion and 63% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.6% didn’t answer.
Is Moor Row good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Moor Row’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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