Mostly homeowners in middle age who arrived, settled and see no reason to leave. Seven in ten own their home. The typical resident is closing in on fifty. People in their late twenties and thirties are thin on the ground. Mortimer is where house-hunting ends, not where it starts.
Every population figure on this page comes from the 2021 census, which counted 4,086 residents in 1,726 households. About 71% of households own their home. About 14% rent privately and about 14% rent from a social landlord. In practice, most of the village is owner-occupied and the rental market is small. The "To Let" board is a rare sight, and the one that does go up usually comes down quickly.
The median resident is 47. Only about 19% of residents are aged 25 to 44, the years when most people buy a first home, change jobs and move house. The age profile tilts towards people whose career moves are behind them and whose next move, if any, is towards a smaller house.
Gross household income, before tax, averaged about £68,000 in the financial year to March 2023. That's a modelled figure for that year, not today's, and it describes comfortable households rather than rich ones. The money shows up in solid family houses and two cars on the drive, not in anything showy.
Families make up a real share of the village, though not most of it. About 23% of households are couples with children and about 8% are lone parents. The school run takes up a good part of the morning traffic, but the rest of Mortimer is on a different timetable.
About 28% of households are one person living alone, and within that about 15% of all households are a pensioner living alone. The village's quiet is partly the sound of people who have lived here long enough to have outlasted their neighbours. That's also why a friendly word over the fence counts for more here than in a busy town street.
About 42% of adults hold a degree-level qualification and about 13% have no formal qualifications. Only about 2% of residents are full-time students, so there are no house shares and no late-night party streets. Whoever you end up living next door to will have finished their studies a while ago.
About 85% of residents describe their health as good or very good, and about 4% as bad or very bad. At the West Berkshire council-area level, preventable deaths are better than the England average and smoking is similar. Those council-area figures come with an England benchmark and aren't Mortimer's own. They describe the wider area's health, not anything about the people on your street.
Mortimer is settled, comfortable, family-sized and heading into late middle age. For a buyer who wants stable neighbours and quiet evenings, that's one of the village's strengths.