Photo: Jonathan Hutchins · CC BY-SA 2.0Moor End is younger than 99% of UK towns: a median age of 18.6
The share of households in terraced houses is 1.3%, against 24% across England’s towns. The census found that nearly a fifth of households have dependent children in Moor End. Lower than in 96% of UK towns: 6.6% of households have no car or van. The village is home to 1,168 residents in 153 households, by the 2021 Census.
What the Census says about Moor End’s people
A student village
The 2021 Census counted 833 full-time students aged 16 and over, 74% of adults, against 7.9% across England’s towns: more than in 99% of UK towns. That shows in the ages: 73% of residents are 15 to 24. Students & newcomers ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of Moor End’s residents are under 18.6 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 73% are 15 to 24 and 7.9% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
A village people move to
50% of residents gave a different address a year before the 2021 Census, 4.7 times the share across England’s towns, and 2.2% gave a term-time address. Students & newcomers ↓
More with no religion than most
49% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 32% 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).
7.9% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 15–19 than any other five-year age: 64% of residents, 11.1 times the share across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
61% women, 39% men
About 64 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Moor End is a campus town: students living in halls or boarding houses count as residents.
Moor End sits above 99% of UK towns for full-time students (74%)
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, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier; in Moor End, 50%. The benchmark for full-time students across England’s towns: 7.9%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
A larger share of shared households of unrelated adults than 97% of UK towns: 6.5%
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Gloucestershire’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
Households in Moor End hold 2.2 people on average (England’s towns: 2.4). 29% of households are one person living alone, a lower share than in 60% of UK towns. Shared households of unrelated adults: 4.3% across England’s towns, for comparison.
A higher share of households in detached houses than 87% of UK towns, at 47%
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 flats: 5.3% here and 23% across England’s towns. The wider picture: 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
Only 5.9% of residents were born outside the UK in Moor End
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
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (2%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.4%). Elsewhere, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. 98% of residents have English as their main language (England’s towns: 90%).
32% of residents describe themselves as Christian, below 99% 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: 93% of Moor End · Gloucestershire’s towns 87% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Leading the other groups after White British: Other White (2.7%), Mixed or multiple (2.7%) and African (0.5%). At 49%, the share of residents with no religion is higher than in 91% of UK towns. Elsewhere, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Set against 73% across England’s towns, 93% of residents describe themselves as White British in Moor End.
A lower share of married adults and civil partners than 99% of UK towns, at 13%
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 adults who have never married is 81%, against 39% across England’s towns. Unpaid carers account for 4.5%. As a reference point, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 14% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
14% of Moor End’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 2.8% have none (18%). The highest qualification of 39% is A levels, often students still at university.
Every nearby town is older than Moor End
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 End | 1,168 | — | 18.6 | 7.9% | 19% |
| Highnam | 1,920 | 1.8 mi | 48.3 | 30% | 30% |
| Longford | 2,536 | 3.7 mi | 33.7 | 10% | 36% |
| Corse | 1,217 | 3.7 mi | 46.1 | 21% | 28% |
| Newent | 5,360 | 4.4 mi | 44.7 | 25% | 25% |
| Huntley | 1,152 | 4.7 mi | 51.6 | 31% | 26% |
| Gloucester | 118,562 | 5 mi | 39.5 | 17% | 28% |
| Churchdown | 13,480 | 5.4 mi | 43.4 | 21% | 28% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “Gloucestershire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Gloucestershire (or England), summed the same way as Moor End’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 End’s residents
What is the population of Moor End?
The 2021 Census counted 1,168 people in Moor End’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Moor End?
The median age was 18.6 at the 2021 Census. 73% of residents were 15 to 24 and 7.9% were 65 or over.
Is Moor End a student village?
Yes: 74% of adults were full-time students at the 2021 Census (833 people), against 7.9% across England’s towns.
How diverse is Moor End?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 87% across Gloucestershire’s towns. 5.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Moor End?
49% said they had no religion and 32% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 18% didn’t answer.
Is Moor End good for families?
19% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Moor End’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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