Photo: Chris Downer · CC BY-SA 2.0Below 99% of UK towns: 1.2% of households live in a flat or apartment
5.3% of households have no car or van; across England’s towns the figure is 24%. In 2021, the Census found 770 residents in Mosterton, living in 327 households. Across Mosterton, 97% of residents describe themselves as White British. One-person households are rarer here than in 91% of UK towns.
A median age of 46.8: Mosterton is older than 67% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Across England’s towns, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 18%; Mosterton has 24%. In Ashley Heath, the oldest of Dorset’s towns by this measure, it is 42%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
3.8% of adults are full-time students, below 90% 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%.
By class, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 20% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). On the census count, 10% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. The usual figure: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Bigger households than 70% of UK towns: 2.4 people each on average
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Dorset’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
With shared households of unrelated adults at 2.5%, Mosterton is ahead of 56% of UK towns on that count. 27% of households have dependent children.
6.4% of households live in a terraced house, below 96% 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
Where 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns, Mosterton has 52%. On average, 24% of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
Residents born outside the UK make up 2.2% in Mosterton, less than in 98% 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
Set against 90% across England’s towns, 100% of residents have English as their main language in Mosterton. The largest groups were born in EU countries (0.9%) and in Africa (0.7%). The benchmark for residents born outside the UK across England’s towns: 18%.
53% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 73% 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 Mosterton · Dorset’s towns 87% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns, against 38% in Mosterton. As a reference point, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
Adults who have never married: 25%, a lower share than 93% 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
8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns, against 10% in Mosterton. In Mosterton, 55% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. The share of adults who have never married across England’s towns is 39%.
Degree-level qualifications: 29% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Mosterton’s adults: 29% with a degree-level qualification and 12% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
No nearby town is as young as Mosterton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mosterton | 770 | — | 46.8 | 24% | 27% |
| Misterton | 1,037 | 2.1 mi | 50.4 | 27% | 21% |
| Beaminster | 2,995 | 2.7 mi | 57.7 | 39% | 17% |
| Crewkerne | 7,067 | 2.9 mi | 49.6 | 28% | 22% |
| Merriott | 2,068 | 4.7 mi | 51.3 | 30% | 23% |
| Bradpole | 1,257 | 6.7 mi | 50.3 | 29% | 23% |
| South Petherton | 3,096 | 7.5 mi | 53.5 | 35% | 22% |
| Bridport | 12,294 | 7.6 mi | 56.2 | 35% | 17% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Dorset’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Dorset (or England), summed the same way as Mosterton’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 Mosterton’s residents
What is the population of Mosterton?
The 2021 Census counted 770 people in Mosterton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Mosterton?
The median age was 46.8 at the 2021 Census. 9.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Mosterton?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 87% across Dorset’s towns. 2.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Mosterton?
38% said they had no religion and 53% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 7.4% didn’t answer.
Is Mosterton good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Mosterton’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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