Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 17 h 4 min4:33 am – 9:37 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 27 min8:18 am – 3:45 pm
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People6,710 residentsin the Moorends census areaMedian age 36.22,685 households58% of homes owner-occupied32% owned outright23% social rented, 18% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting5.5% unemployment rate59% of adults are economically active, 2,891 in work, 18% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 23%, manufacturing 13%, health and social work 13%Getting to work: 12% work from home, 70% go by car, 4% take public transport, 13% walk or cycle48% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages15% of adults hold a degree or higher29% have no qualifications, 7% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 93%1% cannot speak English wellSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 22°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 2°C612 mm of rain a year, 13 days with 10 mm or morewettest month August41 days of air frost, 13 summer days above 25°C in a typical yearSource: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991-2020 averages, 2 km grid (highs and lows from the 12 km grid)
Parks and green spacesToll Bar Leisure Parkpark · 1.5 mi · 5 haMemorial Parkpark · 1.4 mi · 3 haPighills Allotmentsallotments · under a mile · 12 haThorne Golf Clubgolf course · 1.7 mi · 33 haThorne Leisure Centresports ground · 1.2 miRawcliffe Greenpark · 4.9 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes100 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197010 of magnitude 3+, 2 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 5.0 on 27 Feb 200830 mi away, Market Rasen, LincsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 25 Aug 202636 mi away, Grimsby, LincolnshireSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Flood riskRivers and sea: areas at High risk within 500 m of the centrea 1 in 30 chance of flooding in any year, or greaterAlso medium, low risk areas nearbySource: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea
Air qualityNO2 6.8 · PM2.5 7.0 · PM10 13 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband96% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband98% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)2,809 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation1 m3 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 0 to 5 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalGoole & District Hospital6.7 miGP surgeryMoorends Surgery3 surgeries within 2 milesright herePharmacyWeldricks Pharmacy4 pharmacies within 2 milesright hereDentistThorne Dental Clinic1.2 miSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi6 schools5 primary, 1 secondaryPrimaryMarshland Primary Academyages 2-11, 187 pupilsright herePrimaryWest Road Primary Academyages 2-11, 276 pupilsright hereSecondaryTrinity Academyages 11-18, 1,176 pupils1.0 miCollegeDN Colleges Group10.2 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportHumberside Airport HUY25 miMajor airportLeeds Bradford Airport LBA33 miRailway stationThorne North1.3 miBus stationGreyfriars Road/X1Doncaster Town Centre11 miFerryHull Ferry TerminalMyton29 miBus stops28 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the DN8 postcode district.
