Photo: MaltaGC at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Only 3.5% of households live in a flat or apartment in Moira
Households in detached houses: 44%, above 83% of UK towns. The 2021 Census counted 3,198 residents in 1,360 households. For Moira, the census puts one-person households at 26%. Few places have as many residents who describe themselves as White British: 95% here, more than in 78% of UK towns.
Half of Moira is over 45.7, older than 59% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
50–54 is the most common age band: nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across England’s towns. For Moira, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 20%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Moira, 45.7. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A lower share of full-time students than 81% of UK towns, at 4.1%
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%.
Managerial and professional jobs take in 31% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 28% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). On residents who moved in within the year, Moira sits higher than 71% of UK towns: 9.8%. As a yardstick, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Larger households than 66% of UK towns: 2.3 people on average
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Leicestershire’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
Where 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns, Moira has 2.1%. For Moira, the census puts households with dependent children at 27%.
Fewer car-free households than 79% of UK towns: 10%
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
Here 16% of households live in a terraced house, where the figure across England’s towns is 24%.
Below 83% of UK towns: 3.6% 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (2.2%) and in Africa (0.6%). Measured more widely, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. 99% of residents have English as their main language, a higher share than in 80% of UK towns. Born abroad and arrived since 2017: 12% of that group, against 21% across England’s towns.
Residents with no religion: 45%, a higher share than 75% 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: 95% of Moira · Leicestershire’s towns 66% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Next after White British come Other White (2%), Mixed or multiple (1.2%) and Indian (0.9%). By way of comparison, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Christians make up 49% of residents, against 46% across England’s towns.
10% of residents give unpaid care, more than in 76% 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
For 114 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. The share of unpaid carers across England’s towns is 8.7%. 47% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, against 44% across England’s towns.
27% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
20% of Moira’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 27% have one at degree level (34%).
Ranked by age, 205th youngest of 514 UK towns this size
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Keele is the youngest (20.6); West Chiltington the oldest (63.1). Nearest to Moira in age: Bampton (45.6), Threemilestone (45.6), Troedyrhiw and Pentrebach (45.7) and Elton (45.8).
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 2 are older than Moira
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moira | 3,198 | — | 45.7 | 20% | 27% |
| Donisthorpe | 1,204 | 1 mi | 43.1 | 13% | 32% |
| Blackfordby | 1,071 | 1.3 mi | 52.8 | 31% | 20% |
| Overseal and Castle Gresley | 5,055 | 2 mi | 41.9 | 19% | 29% |
| Woodville | 7,255 | 2 mi | 36.6 | 12% | 33% |
| Ashby-de-la-Zouch | 15,121 | 2.3 mi | 43.4 | 21% | 29% |
| Measham | 5,373 | 2.4 mi | 43.3 | 20% | 27% |
| Linton | 2,145 | 2.8 mi | 47.4 | 24% | 25% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Leicestershire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Leicestershire (or England), summed the same way as Moira’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 Moira’s residents
What is the population of Moira?
The 2021 Census counted 3,198 people in Moira’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Moira?
The median age was 45.7 at the 2021 Census, older than 59% of UK towns. 9.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 20% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Moira?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 66% across Leicestershire’s towns. 3.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Moira?
45% said they had no religion and 49% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 4.8% didn’t answer.
Is Moira good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Moira’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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