Photo: David Purchase · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer car-free households than 99% of UK towns: 4.3%
In Morley St Peter, nearly two thirds of households live in a detached house, beside 21% across England’s towns. The 2021 Census counted 466 residents in 163 households. Households with dependent children: 33% of the total. One-person households are rarer here than in 97% of UK towns.
In Morley St Peter, 14% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 92% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: nearly one in ten residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. On the census count, one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24. Half of Morley St Peter’s residents are under 42.4, younger than in 66% of UK towns. Measured more widely, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 112 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Residents who moved in within the year: 14%, a higher share than 95% 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%.
In Morley St Peter, 35% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 17% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Lower than in 74% of UK towns: 4.3% of adults are full-time students. The usual figure: just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
2.7 people per household, more than in 98% 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.
The figure for shared households of unrelated adults is 6.8% in Morley St Peter and 4.3% across England’s towns.
Morley St Peter ranks below 98% of UK towns on households in terraced houses: 3.7%
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 2.4% of households live in a flat or apartment, where the figure across England’s towns is 23%. Households in terraced houses make up 24% across England’s towns.
More residents born abroad than 57% of UK towns: 7.1% in Morley St Peter
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
98% of residents have English as their main language; across England’s towns the figure is 90%. To put it in context, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (3%) and in the Middle East and Asia (2.4%).
Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 43%, a lower share than 84% 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: 92% of Morley St Peter · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns, against 46% in Morley St Peter. Besides White British, the main groups are Other White (2.8%), Mixed or multiple (1.9%) and Indian (1.5%).
Adults who have never married make up 35% in Morley St Peter, more than in 68% 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
Here 7.5% of residents give unpaid care, where the figure across England’s towns is 8.7%. The share of adults who have never married across England’s towns is 39%. Unpaid care takes 50 hours a week or more for 8 people.
30% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
30% of Morley St Peter’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 23% have none (18%).
Every neighbour of Morley St Peter has an older 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morley St Peter | 466 | — | 42.4 | 14% | 33% |
| Besthorpe | 1,007 | 1.2 mi | 46 | 24% | 29% |
| Attleborough | 11,236 | 2.2 mi | 43.2 | 23% | 26% |
| Wymondham | 16,334 | 4.2 mi | 43 | 21% | 29% |
| Hingham | 2,304 | 4.3 mi | 53.2 | 33% | 20% |
| Hethersett | 7,018 | 7.1 mi | 42.5 | 24% | 29% |
| Mulbarton | 3,807 | 7.7 mi | 42.7 | 21% | 30% |
| Little Melton | 1,049 | 8 mi | 48.9 | 25% | 27% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “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 Peter’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 Peter’s residents
What is the population of Morley St Peter?
The 2021 Census counted 466 people in Morley St Peter’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Morley St Peter?
The median age was 42.4 at the 2021 Census. 9.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 14% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Morley St Peter?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 7.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Morley St Peter?
46% said they had no religion and 43% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 9% didn’t answer.
Is Morley St Peter good for families?
33% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Morley St Peter’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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