Photo: Alan Murray-Rust · CC BY-SA 2.0Morcott is older than 98% of UK towns: a median age of 57.1
Shared households of unrelated adults: 1.3% here and 4.3% across England’s towns. Morcott’s 151 households held 323 residents at the 2021 Census. Households with dependent children: 14% of the total. 5.9% of households have no car or van, a lower share than in 97% of UK towns.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 5.9% in Morcott, less than in 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 33% in Morcott and 18% across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Only 2.1% of adults are full-time students in Morcott
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%.
Residents who moved in within the year: 12%, above 90% of UK towns. The comparison figure for full-time students is 7.9% across England’s towns.
Smaller households than 91% of UK towns: 2.1 people on average
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Rutland’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
28% of households are one person living alone (England’s towns: 30%).
Above 98% of UK towns: 64% of households live in a detached house
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
Across England’s towns, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment; in Morcott, 2%. Households in terraced houses are rarer here than in 93% of UK towns. Measured more widely, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
In Morcott, 100% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 99% 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 share of residents born outside the UK tops 60% of UK towns: 7.4%. As a reference point, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (3.7%) and in EU countries (2.8%).
Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 63%, a higher share than 97% 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: 94% of Morcott · Rutland’s towns 91% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Behind White British, the largest groups are Other White (3.4%), Mixed or multiple (1.5%) and Caribbean (0.3%). Compared with other places, residents with no religion are scarce here: 33%, fewer than in 88% of UK towns. Typically, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. By its share of residents who describe themselves as White British (94%), Morcott is above 71% of UK towns.
In Morcott, 17% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 99% 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 6.7% of residents give unpaid care, where the figure across England’s towns is 8.7%. 60% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 98% of UK towns. To put it in context, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 53%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 53% of Morcott’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 8.7% have no qualification (18%).
No nearby town is as old as Morcott
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morcott | 323 | — | 57.1 | 33% | 14% |
| Uppingham | 4,272 | 3.7 mi | 41.5 | 23% | 23% |
| Ketton | 1,618 | 4.2 mi | 51.2 | 29% | 25% |
| Gretton | 1,519 | 4.3 mi | 47.4 | 22% | 30% |
| King's Cliffe | 1,581 | 5.5 mi | 42.7 | 20% | 34% |
| Easton on the Hill | 1,096 | 5.8 mi | 50.3 | 25% | 22% |
| Oakham | 12,159 | 6.5 mi | 46.9 | 27% | 24% |
| Weldon | 3,042 | 6.9 mi | 40 | 18% | 32% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Rutland’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Rutland (or England), summed the same way as Morcott’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 Morcott’s residents
What is the population of Morcott?
The 2021 Census counted 323 people in Morcott’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Morcott?
The median age was 57.1 at the 2021 Census. 5.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 33% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Morcott?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 91% across Rutland’s towns. 7.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Morcott?
33% said they had no religion and 63% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 3.7% didn’t answer.
Is Morcott good for families?
14% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Morcott’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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