Photo: Chris Shaw · CC BY-SA 2.0Morda sits above 87% of UK towns for households with dependent children (33%)
47% of households live in a detached house (England’s towns: 21%). At 25%, the share of one-person households is lower than in 86% of UK towns. The 2021 Census counted 1,976 residents in 792 households. The share of households without a car or van stands at 10%.
Morda is younger than 65% of UK towns: a median age of 42.6
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Set against 18% across England’s towns, 20% of residents are 65 or over in Morda. For Morda, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 10%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A smaller share of residents who moved in within the year than 63% of UK towns: 8.1%
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%.
5% of adults are full-time students, against 7.9% across England’s towns. The usual figure: just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
Morda households average 2.5 people, larger than in 86% of UK towns
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Shropshire’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
1.9% of households are unrelated adults living together, against 4.3% across England’s towns.
In Morda, 15% of households live in a terraced house, fewer than in 70% 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
Set against 23% across England’s towns, 7.9% of households live in a flat or apartment in Morda. The benchmark for households in terraced houses across England’s towns: 24%.
Morda ranks below 70% of UK towns on residents whose main language is English: 96%
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 (3.5%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.9%). Residents whose main language is English: 90% across England’s towns, for comparison. 5.3% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 61% of UK towns. Of residents born abroad, 26% arrived in 2017 or later, against 21% across England’s towns.
54% of residents describe themselves as Christian, a share 75% of UK towns don’t reach
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: 93% of Morda · Shropshire’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
With residents who describe themselves as White British at 93%, Morda is ahead of 60% of UK towns on that count. Across Morda, 39% of residents said they have no religion. By way of comparison, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
Morda ranks above 51% of UK towns on married adults and civil partners: 48%
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
The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 42. Married adults and civil partners make up 44% across England’s towns. Compared with other places, unpaid carers are scarce here: 8.2%, fewer than in nearly four fifths of UK towns. Adults who have never married make up 32%, against 39% across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications reach 29% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 29% of its adults qualified to degree level, Morda compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 16% hold no qualification (18%).
Nearby, 6 of 7 towns have older populations than Morda
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morda | 1,976 | — | 42.6 | 20% | 33% |
| Oswestry | 17,500 | 1.2 mi | 45.8 | 23% | 24% |
| Whittington | 1,618 | 3 mi | 46.7 | 24% | 29% |
| Pant | 1,173 | 3.4 mi | 57.1 | 35% | 19% |
| Gobowen | 3,046 | 3.8 mi | 45.6 | 24% | 27% |
| Llanymynech | 1,040 | 4.5 mi | 37.8 | 17% | 30% |
| Weston Rhyn | 1,381 | 5.1 mi | 44 | 23% | 25% |
| Four Crosses | 1,469 | 5.7 mi | 49.2 | 26% | 24% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Shropshire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Shropshire (or England), summed the same way as Morda’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 Morda’s residents
What is the population of Morda?
The 2021 Census counted 1,976 people in Morda’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Morda?
The median age was 42.6 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 20% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Morda?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Shropshire’s towns. 5.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Morda?
39% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.5% were Muslim and 6.2% didn’t answer.
Is Morda good for families?
33% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Morda’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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