Photo: Colin Pyle · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 94% of UK towns: half of Mossy Lea is over 53
Here nearly one in ten households have no car or van, where the figure across England’s towns is 24%. In 2021, the Census found 561 residents in Mossy Lea, living in 257 households. On the census count, 22% of residents said they have no religion. 23% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 97% of UK towns.
7.4% of residents are aged 15 to 24, below 97% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Compared with 18% across England’s towns, 28% of residents are 65 or over here. The usual figure: 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 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.
2.7% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 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%.
The share of residents who moved in within the year trails 90% of UK towns: 6.7%. The wider picture: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
21% of households have dependent children, below 91% of UK towns
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Lancashire’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
The typical household size is 2.2 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. 28% of households are one person living alone. More shared households of unrelated adults than in two thirds of UK towns: 2.7%. Across England’s towns, 29% of households have dependent children.
Households in flats: 4.3%, a lower share than 86% 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
In Mossy Lea, 12% of households live in a terraced house, beside 24% across England’s towns. Households in detached houses account for 43%. On average, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
2.8% of residents were born outside the UK, below 93% 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
The largest groups were born in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.2%) and in EU countries (0.7%). Across England’s towns, residents born outside the UK come to 18%. 99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 98% of UK towns.
Mossy Lea sits above 98% of UK towns for residents who describe themselves as White British (98%)
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 Mossy Lea · Lancashire’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is 73%, against 46% across England’s towns.
Mossy Lea: 58% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, above 95% 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
Compared with 8.7% across England’s towns, 10% of residents give unpaid care here. By way of comparison, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. 18 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 37% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 34% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Mossy Lea, 37%, and 17% have none, against 18%.
Every neighbour of Mossy Lea has a younger population
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mossy Lea | 561 | — | 53 | 28% | 21% |
| Shevington Moor | 2,717 | 1.2 mi | 43 | 21% | 27% |
| Coppull | 8,303 | 2 mi | 43.7 | 21% | 28% |
| Appley Bridge | 5,131 | 2 mi | 48.2 | 25% | 27% |
| Standish | 12,937 | 2.3 mi | 44.5 | 21% | 28% |
| Charnock Richard | 1,098 | 2.4 mi | 52.9 | 31% | 21% |
| Shevington | 5,315 | 2.6 mi | 48.9 | 28% | 25% |
| Eccleston | 4,543 | 2.8 mi | 48.9 | 27% | 27% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Lancashire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Lancashire (or England), summed the same way as Mossy Lea’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 Mossy Lea’s residents
What is the population of Mossy Lea?
The 2021 Census counted 561 people in Mossy Lea’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Mossy Lea?
The median age was 53 at the 2021 Census. 7.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Mossy Lea?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Lancashire’s towns. 2.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Mossy Lea?
22% said they had no religion and 73% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 3.6% didn’t answer.
Is Mossy Lea good for families?
21% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Mossy Lea’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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