Photo: Dave Bevis · CC BY-SA 2.0In Morton, 0.2% of households live in a flat or apartment, fewer than in 99% of UK towns
Shared households of unrelated adults make up 0.9%, against 4.3% across England’s towns. 11% of households live in a terraced house. Adults who have never married are rarer here than in 91% of UK towns. Morton counted 1,335 residents and 559 households at the 2021 Census.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.2%, a lower share than 91% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
With a median age of 49.1, Morton is older than 80% of UK towns. Set beside that, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 26%. 55–59 is the most common age band: nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
5.1% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, below 99% 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, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Morton has 30% and 31%. For Morton, the census puts full-time students at 3.9%. As a yardstick, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
In Morton, 25% of households have dependent children, fewer than in 68% of UK towns
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Derbyshire’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
At 2.3 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across England’s towns. The share of households with dependent children across England’s towns is 29%. One-person households are rarer here than in 59% of UK towns.
Morton ranks below 74% of UK towns on households without a car or van: 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
Households in detached houses: 38%, above 71% of UK towns. As a yardstick, nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns.
Below 99% of UK towns: 2.1% of residents were born outside the UK
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
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in the Middle East and Asia (1.1%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.5%). Elsewhere, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. On residents whose main language is English, Morton sits higher than 95% of UK towns: 99%.
Above 99% of UK towns: 98% of residents describe themselves as White British
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 Morton · Derbyshire’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Against a figure of 46% across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian in Morton comes in at 53%. As a yardstick, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. On the census count, 37% of residents said they have no religion.
Morton: 11% of residents give unpaid care, above 82% 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
The share of married adults and civil partners tops 74% of UK towns: 52%. To put it in context, 8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. 50 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week.
25% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 25% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 24% hold no qualification (18%).
Morton sits below 1 of its 7 closest neighbours on median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morton | 1,335 | — | 49.1 | 26% | 25% |
| Shirland and Stonebroom | 3,988 | 1 mi | 46.3 | 23% | 24% |
| Pilsley and Lower Pilsley | 3,470 | 1.6 mi | 44.9 | 20% | 24% |
| Clay Cross | 8,915 | 2 mi | 43.5 | 21% | 24% |
| Newton and Blackwell | 3,053 | 2.1 mi | 49.3 | 26% | 23% |
| Tibshelf | 4,352 | 2.2 mi | 39.7 | 17% | 30% |
| Alfreton | 8,790 | 2.9 mi | 42.2 | 20% | 25% |
| North Wingfield and Holmewood | 9,545 | 3.2 mi | 43 | 20% | 24% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Derbyshire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Derbyshire (or England), summed the same way as Morton’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 Morton’s residents
What is the population of Morton?
The 2021 Census counted 1,335 people in Morton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Morton?
The median age was 49.1 at the 2021 Census. 8.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Morton?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Derbyshire’s towns. 2.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Morton?
37% said they had no religion and 53% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 8.5% didn’t answer.
Is Morton good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Morton’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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