Photo: Richard Law · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 40.9: Mountsorrel is younger than 76% of UK towns
Detached houses are home to 37% of households, against 21% across England’s towns. In 2021, the Census found 12,879 residents in Mountsorrel, living in 5,608 households. Across Mountsorrel, 44% of residents said they have no religion. Few places have so few shared households of unrelated adults: 1.9% here, fewer than in three quarters of UK towns.
What the Census says about Mountsorrel’s people
Growing faster than most
ONS mid-year estimates put Mountsorrel at 12,000 in 2011 and 14,400 in 2024, up 20%, against 10% for England: faster growth than in 85% of UK towns. Since 2011 ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area) and ONS mid-year population estimates.
Since 2011, Mountsorrel has grown +20%, faster than 85% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Mountsorrel’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 12,000 people in 2011; 14,400 in 2024.
Between mid-2019 and mid-2020 the population rose by 340, its biggest one-year gain. The 65 and over group saw the biggest change (+36%), the 16 to 29 group the smallest (+15%).
A lower share of residents aged 65 and over than 78% of UK towns, at 18%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 30–34: 7.9% of residents. Across England’s towns, just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24; in Mountsorrel, 9.8%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Mountsorrel, 40.9. The typical town is 44.4.
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.
9.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, a share 66% of UK towns don’t reach
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%.
Two fifths of Mountsorrel’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 21% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. As a reference point, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. On the census count, 4.9% of adults are full-time students.
One-person households: 29%, a lower share than 54% of UK towns
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.
Higher than in 68% of UK towns: 29% of households have dependent children. On average, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. The average household has 2.3 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns.
11% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 74% 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
Households in terraced houses make up 19%, against 24% across England’s towns. About one household in 9 lives without a car or van. Fewer households in flats than in 63% of UK towns: 8.5%.
98% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 70% 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (1.8%), then in the Middle East and Asia (1.3%). At 5%, the share of residents born outside the UK is lower than in nearly two thirds of UK towns. Across England’s towns, 90% of residents have English as their main language.
In Mountsorrel, 90% of residents describe themselves as White British, fewer than in 66% 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: 90% of Mountsorrel · Leicestershire’s towns 66% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
46% of residents describe themselves as Christian, about the same as across England’s towns. The comparison figure for residents who describe themselves as White British is 73% across England’s towns. The next-largest groups, after White British, are Indian (3.9%), Mixed or multiple (2.4%) and Other White (2.3%).
Mountsorrel ranks above 67% of UK towns on adults who have never married: 35%
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
Nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care, about the same as across England’s towns. The share of married adults and civil partners stands at 46%. For comparison, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
A degree-level qualification for 36% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 36% of its adults qualified to degree level, Mountsorrel compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 15% hold no qualification (18%).
71st youngest of 382 UK towns of 9,000 to 17,000 people
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Aberystwyth is the youngest (25); Sidmouth the oldest (60.4). Nearest to Mountsorrel in age: Stapleford (40.8), Rochford (40.8), Yaxley (40.9) and Hook (40.9).
A younger town than 6 of the 7 around it: Mountsorrel
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mountsorrel | 12,879 | — | 40.9 | 18% | 29% |
| Sileby | 8,954 | 1.9 mi | 39.6 | 17% | 31% |
| Cropston | 1,120 | 2.3 mi | 56.9 | 34% | 18% |
| Quorndon | 5,576 | 2.3 mi | 48.5 | 25% | 27% |
| Barrow upon Soar | 6,823 | 2.4 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 28% |
| Thurcaston | 1,649 | 2.4 mi | 43.6 | 20% | 31% |
| Birstall | 14,317 | 2.7 mi | 42.7 | 21% | 30% |
| Syston | 13,628 | 3.2 mi | 43.4 | 21% | 29% |
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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 Mountsorrel’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Mountsorrel’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 14,103 people in 2021, against 12,879 in the built-up area.
- 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 Mountsorrel’s residents
What is the population of Mountsorrel?
The 2021 Census counted 12,879 people in Mountsorrel’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 14,400 people in mid-2024, 20% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Mountsorrel?
The median age was 40.9 at the 2021 Census, younger than 76% of UK towns. 9.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 18% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Mountsorrel?
90% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 66% across Leicestershire’s towns. 5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Mountsorrel?
44% said they had no religion and 46% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.6% were Muslim and 5.5% didn’t answer.
Is Mountsorrel good for families?
29% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Mountsorrel’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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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