Photo: Mari Buckley · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 94% of UK towns: half of Ashton is over 53.2
The figure for households with dependent children is 21% in Ashton and 29% across England’s towns. The village counted 565 residents and 242 households at the 2021 Census. On the census count, just over three in five households live in a detached house. Lower than in 97% of UK towns: 6.2% of households have no car or van.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 6.2% in Ashton, less than in 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
In Ashton, nearly a third of residents are 65 or over, beside 18% across England’s towns. Against that, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Full-time students make up 2.3% in Ashton, less than in 99% of UK towns
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%.
Managerial and professional jobs account for nearly a third of Ashton’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 24%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Set beside that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year are rarer here than in 67% of UK towns.
One-person households make up 25% in Ashton, less than in 85% of UK towns
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Cornwall’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
In Ashton the average household is 2.3 people, beside 2.4 across England’s towns. As a reference point, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. Across Ashton, 5.8% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
Fewer households in flats than 92% of UK towns: 3.3%
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
In Ashton, 9.5% of households live in a terraced house, beside 24% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment.
Ashton sits above 99% of UK towns for residents whose main language is English (100%)
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
3.9% of residents were born outside the UK; across England’s towns the figure is 18%. Residents whose main language is English: 90% across England’s towns, for comparison. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.4%) and in EU countries (1.1%).
A higher White British share than 89% of UK towns: 96% of residents
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: 96% of Ashton · Cornwall’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
On religion, 40% answered “no religion” and 47% Christian, against 37% and 46% across England’s towns. Add to that, residents who describe themselves as Christian are rarer here than in 68% of UK towns. The comparison figure for residents who describe themselves as White British is 73% across England’s towns.
Ashton ranks above 69% of UK towns on married adults and civil partners: 51%
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
Set against 8.7% across England’s towns, one in ten residents give unpaid care in Ashton. Elsewhere, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. 15 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. The village has fewer adults who have never married than 54% of UK towns, at 32%.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 34%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 34% of its adults qualified to degree level, Ashton compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 10% hold no qualification (18%).
No nearby town is as old as Ashton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashton | 565 | — | 53.2 | 32% | 21% |
| Porthleven | 3,118 | 2.1 mi | 51.3 | 29% | 22% |
| Helston | 11,366 | 3.4 mi | 41.8 | 21% | 30% |
| Goldsithney | 1,346 | 4.2 mi | 47 | 26% | 27% |
| Reawla | 1,117 | 5.2 mi | 45.1 | 20% | 28% |
| St Erth | 1,128 | 5.5 mi | 46.4 | 23% | 29% |
| Marazion | 1,350 | 5.5 mi | 52 | 31% | 20% |
| Hayle | 9,040 | 6.4 mi | 45.7 | 24% | 26% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Cornwall’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Cornwall (or England), summed the same way as Ashton’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 Ashton’s residents
What is the population of Ashton?
The 2021 Census counted 565 people in Ashton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Ashton?
The median age was 53.2 at the 2021 Census. 6.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 32% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Ashton?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across Cornwall’s towns. 3.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Ashton?
40% said they had no religion and 47% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 12% didn’t answer.
Is Ashton good for families?
21% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Ashton’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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