Photo: Evelyn Simak · CC BY-SA 2.0Younger than 99% of UK towns: half of Morley St Botolph is under 16.8
3.6% of residents give unpaid care; across England’s towns the figure is 8.7%. Morley St Botolph is home to 678 residents in 51 households, by the 2021 Census. Households in detached houses account for 88%. On residents who describe themselves as White British, Morley St Botolph sits lower than 94% of UK towns: 67%.
Only 6.2% of residents are 65 or over in Morley St Botolph
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 15–19: 43% of residents, 7.4 times the share across England’s towns. As a reference point, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Morley St Botolph is a campus town: students living in halls or boarding houses count as residents.
59% of adults are full-time students, a share 99% 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%.
Leave the students aside and Morley St Botolph’s other adults differ from England’s: 52% are in managerial and professional jobs, against 36%. As a yardstick, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year account for 27%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
In Morley St Botolph, 18% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 99% of UK towns
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Norfolk’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
At 2.5 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across England’s towns. For comparison, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. The share of shared households of unrelated adults stands at 5.9%. Fewer households with dependent children than in just over four fifths of UK towns: 24%.
2% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 99% 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
Morley St Botolph: 15% of residents were born outside the UK, above 86% 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
Against a figure of 90% across England’s towns, the share of residents whose main language is English in Morley St Botolph comes in at 96%. As a reference point, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (4.7%), then in the Middle East and Asia (4.7%).
Only 45% of residents describe themselves as Christian in Morley St Botolph
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: 67% of Morley St Botolph · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Beyond White British, the biggest groups are African (16%), Mixed or multiple (3.6%) and Chinese (3.4%). Across England’s towns, residents who describe themselves as Christian come to 46%. Against a figure of 37% across England’s towns, the share of residents with no religion in Morley St Botolph comes in at 41%.
More adults who have never married than 99% of UK towns: 69%
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 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week. Typically, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Compared with other places, married adults and civil partners are scarce here: 26%, fewer than in 99% of UK towns.
Degree-level qualifications: 23% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 23% of adults in Morley St Botolph, 34% across England’s towns; 11% have no qualification, against 18%. For 7.8%, A levels are the highest qualification so far, many of them students still working towards a degree.
No nearby town is as young as Morley St Botolph
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morley St Botolph | 678 | — | 16.8 | 6.2% | 24% |
| Besthorpe | 1,007 | 1.9 mi | 46 | 24% | 29% |
| Attleborough | 11,236 | 2.8 mi | 43.2 | 23% | 26% |
| Wymondham | 16,334 | 3.6 mi | 43 | 21% | 29% |
| Hingham | 2,304 | 3.9 mi | 53.2 | 33% | 20% |
| Hethersett | 7,018 | 6.4 mi | 42.5 | 24% | 29% |
| Little Melton | 1,049 | 7.4 mi | 48.9 | 25% | 27% |
| Mulbarton | 3,807 | 7.5 mi | 42.7 | 21% | 30% |
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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.
- “Norfolk’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Norfolk (or England), summed the same way as Morley St Botolph’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 Morley St Botolph’s residents
What is the population of Morley St Botolph?
The 2021 Census counted 678 people in Morley St Botolph’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Morley St Botolph?
The median age was 16.8 at the 2021 Census. 44% of residents were 15 to 24 and 6.2% were 65 or over.
Is Morley St Botolph a student village?
Yes: 59% of adults were full-time students at the 2021 Census (212 people), against 7.9% across England’s towns.
How diverse is Morley St Botolph?
67% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 15% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Morley St Botolph?
41% said they had no religion and 45% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1% were Muslim and 12% didn’t answer.
Is Morley St Botolph good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Morley St Botolph’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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