Photo: Tony Atkin · CC BY-SA 2.063% of households live in a detached house, more than in 98% of UK towns
Set against 24% across England’s towns, 6.6% of households have no car or van in Barripper and Penponds. Census figures put households with dependent children at 22% in the village. Half of the village’s residents are over 50.2, older than in 86% of UK towns. The village counted 312 residents and 138 households at the 2021 Census.
23% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 62% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 50–54, with 9.9% of residents, 1.5 times the share across England’s towns. The wider picture: 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. Just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 87 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.
More full-time students than 89% of UK towns: 6.6%
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 Barripper and Penponds’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 23%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Census figures put residents who moved in within the year at 12% in the village. Against that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
More shared houses than 97% of UK towns: 6.5% of households
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.
A household here has 2.2 people on average; across England’s towns, 2.4. 30% of households are one person living alone. Across England’s towns, the share of shared households of unrelated adults is 4.3%.
Barripper and Penponds ranks below 73% of UK towns on households in terraced houses: 14%
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
Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. For comparison, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
A smaller share of residents born outside the UK than 99% of UK towns: 1.6%
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
The share of residents whose main language is English tops 87% of UK towns: 99%. The usual figure: 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 96% in Barripper and Penponds, more than in 86% 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
White British, not charted: 96% of Barripper and Penponds · Cornwall’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Against a figure of 37% across England’s towns, the share of residents with no religion in Barripper and Penponds comes in at 45%. Residents who describe themselves as White British: 73% across England’s towns, for comparison. The census found that 47% of residents describe themselves as Christian here.
More unpaid carers than 98% of UK towns: 12%
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
11 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. On average, 8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. At 35%, the share of adults who have never married is higher than in nearly two thirds of UK towns. Little separates the share of married adults and civil partners here, 44%, from the figure across England’s towns.
37% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 37% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 12% hold no qualification (18%). Students still working towards a degree help explain why A levels are the highest qualification of 24%.
Barripper and Penponds is older than every town around it
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barripper and Penponds | 312 | — | 50.2 | 23% | 22% |
| Camborne | 20,445 | 1.6 mi | 42 | 21% | 27% |
| Troon | 1,402 | 1.7 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 27% |
| Reawla | 1,117 | 2.1 mi | 45.1 | 20% | 28% |
| Connor Downs | 1,482 | 2.5 mi | 46.6 | 26% | 30% |
| Tolvaddon | 1,107 | 2.8 mi | 47.9 | 26% | 21% |
| Pool and Illogan | 8,588 | 3.3 mi | 45.1 | 22% | 25% |
| Four Lanes | 1,579 | 3.4 mi | 41 | 19% | 31% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “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 Barripper and Penponds’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 Barripper and Penponds’s residents
What is the population of Barripper and Penponds?
The 2021 Census counted 312 people in Barripper and Penponds’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Barripper and Penponds?
The median age was 50.2 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Barripper and Penponds?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across Cornwall’s towns. 1.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Barripper and Penponds?
45% said they had no religion and 47% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 7.4% didn’t answer.
Is Barripper and Penponds good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Barripper and Penponds’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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