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55.3Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

Older than 97% of UK towns: half of Moulton is over 55.3

The share of households in terraced houses is 4.4%, against 24% across England’s towns. 714 residents in 342 households: that is Moulton at the 2021 Census. Census figures put households in detached houses at 69% locally. On households with dependent children, Moulton sits lower than 90% of UK towns: 22%.

34%aged 65 or over 10%born abroad 342households

Ages

Moulton sits above 96% of UK towns for residents aged 65 and over (34%)

Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.

MoultonEngland’s towns

0–410–1420–2430–3440–4450–5460–6470–7480–84

No age band is larger than 70–74: 10% of residents, 2.1 times the share across England’s towns. On average, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 7.6% in Moulton.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1512%

15 to 247.6%

25 to 4415%

45 to 6431%

65 and over34%

MoultonSuffolk’s townsEngland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

54% women, 46% men

Moulton

England

WomenMen

About 86 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.

Students & newcomers

A smaller share of residents who moved in within the year than 99% of UK towns: 5.1%

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

Full-time students4.3%

Higher managerial and professional18%

Lower managerial and professional24%

Intermediate12%

Small employers and self-employed15%

Supervisory and technical5%

Semi-routine8%

Routine7.8%

Never worked or long-term unemployed4.6%

MoultonSuffolk’s townsEngland’s towns

Address a year before the Census

Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.

Moulton

5.2%

England’s towns

11%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

residents, 5.1%; England’s towns 11%

Of them from abroad

1.2× England’s share

Across England’s towns, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine work; in Moulton, 43% and 16%. For Moulton, the census puts full-time students at 4.3%. Set beside that, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.

Households

Moulton households average 2.1 people, smaller than in 91% of UK towns

Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.

Living alone, 66+ 20%Living alone, under 66 11%Families with dependent children 22%Couples and families, no young children 45%Shared houses and other 2%

Against Suffolk’s towns and England’s towns

Moulton

Suffolk’s towns

England’s towns

People per household

1 person32%

2 people42%

3 people13%

4 people11%

5 or more2.4%

England’s towns.

Across England’s towns, the share of shared households of unrelated adults is 4.3%; Moulton has 2.1%. One-person households account for 32%.

Homes & cars

Households in flats make up 1.2% in Moulton, less 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

Moulton

Suffolk’s towns

England’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van8.2%

One39%

Two40%

Three or more12%

MoultonSuffolk’s townsEngland’s towns

Where 24% of households have no car or van across England’s towns, Moulton has 8.2%. Across England’s towns, the share of households in flats is 23%.

Where people were born

Moulton: 10% of residents were born outside the UK, above 76% 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%

Moulton

10%

Suffolk’s towns

11%

England’s towns

18%

EU countriesRest of EuropeMiddle East and AsiaAfricaAmericas, Oceania, other

Main language · residents aged 3 and over

English is main language98%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well1.9%

Another main language, little or no English0.4%

MoultonSuffolk’s townsEngland’s towns

Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (3.7%) and in EU countries (3.1%). To put it in context, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Compared with other places, residents whose main language is English are scarce here: 98%, fewer than in just over half of UK towns.

Ethnicity & religion

32% of residents said they have no religion, below 90% 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

MoultonSuffolk’s townsEngland’s towns

Other White3.9%

Asian2.1%

Mixed1.7%

Black0.6%

Other0.8%

0%6%12%

White British, not charted: 91% of Moulton · Suffolk’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.

Religion · all residents

MoultonSuffolk’s townsEngland’s towns

No religion32%

Christian58%

Muslim0.1%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist1.1%

Other religion0.3%

Didn’t answer8.7%

0%35%70%

The share of residents who describe themselves as White British is 91%, against 73% across England’s towns. Across the comparison, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. On the census count, 58% of residents describe themselves as Christian.

Relationships & caring

In Moulton, 59% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 97% 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

Never married or in a civil partnership24%

Married or civil partnership59%

Separated1.1%

Divorced6.3%

Widowed10%

MoultonSuffolk’s townsEngland’s towns

58residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 8.5%, against 8.7% in England’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week5.4%

20 to 49 hours0.9%

50 hours or more2.2%

For 15 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. The benchmark for married adults and civil partners across England’s towns: 44%. At 24%, the share of adults who have never married is lower than in 96% of UK towns. Nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care, about the same as across England’s towns.

Qualifications

A degree-level qualification for 41% of adults

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications16%

Apprenticeship7.9%

A levels or similar13%

Degree level41%

MoultonSuffolk’s townsEngland’s towns

Across England’s towns, 34% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Moulton, 41%, and 16% have none, against 18%.

Neighbours

Moulton is older than every town around it

Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.

KentfordNewmarketRed LodgeBarrowExningFordhamBurwellMoulton

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Moulton	714	—	55.3	34%	22%
Kentford	1,124	1.6 mi	39.9	19%	34%
Newmarket	18,857	3.2 mi	40.2	18%	23%
Red Lodge	5,771	3.8 mi	30.9	6.1%	38%
Barrow	1,961	4.4 mi	45.3	25%	27%
Exning	2,049	4.9 mi	40.2	18%	30%
Fordham	2,566	5.7 mi	44.5	21%	29%
Burwell	5,912	6.6 mi	46.6	23%	27%

More about Moulton’s residents

Health, work and homes have their own pages

HealthLife expectancy, early deaths and Census health, adjusted for age Work & commuteIncome, the claimant count, jobs and how people get to work Cost of livingOwners and renters, prices, rents and council tax SchoolsEvery primary and secondary, with results and inspections

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

“Suffolk’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Suffolk (or England), summed the same way as Moulton’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 Moulton’s residents

What is the population of Moulton?

The 2021 Census counted 714 people in Moulton’s built-up area.

What is the average age in Moulton?

The median age was 55.3 at the 2021 Census. 7.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 34% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Moulton?

91% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Suffolk’s towns. 10% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Moulton?

32% said they had no religion and 58% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 8.7% didn’t answer.

Is Moulton good for families?

22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Moulton’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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