Photo: Tony Atkin · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 92% of UK towns: half of Bolingey is over 52.2
Households in terraced houses: 1.6%, below 99% of UK towns. In Bolingey, nearly a quarter of households have dependent children. 59% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, a higher share than in 96% of UK towns. There were 128 households locally at the 2021 Census, home to 300 residents.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 31% in Bolingey, more than in 92% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 70–74: 8.8% of residents, 1.8 times the share across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24: nearly a tenth of the total.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Only 3.1% of adults are full-time students in Bolingey
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%.
By class, just over two in five adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 18% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Elsewhere, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Locally, 8.4% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Below 77% of UK towns: 27% of households are one person living alone
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.
5.5% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home (England’s towns: 4.3%). Set beside that, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. Households average 2.3 people.
More households in detached houses than 98% of UK towns: 65%
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
Across England’s towns, 24% of households have no car or van; in Bolingey, 7.8%. 11% of households live in a flat or apartment. Elsewhere, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
Residents whose main language is English make up 99% in Bolingey, more than in 96% 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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Most residents from abroad were born in Africa (2%) or in the Middle East and Asia (0.7%). The wider picture: 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. 3.7% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 82% of UK towns.
Above 84% of UK towns: 96% of residents describe themselves as White British
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 Bolingey · Cornwall’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Asked about religion, 45% answered none, against 37% across England’s towns. After White British, the largest groups are Mixed or multiple (1.3%), Other White (1%) and Chinese (0.3%). On residents who describe themselves as Christian, Bolingey sits lower than nearly three quarters of UK towns: 46%. Residents who describe themselves as White British: 73% across England’s towns, for comparison.
Adults who have never married make up 26% in Bolingey, less than in 89% 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
Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over
Across England’s towns, the share of unpaid carers is 8.7%; Bolingey has 10%. Against that, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 11.
42% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Bolingey’s adults: 42% with a degree-level qualification and 15% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
Every nearby town is younger than Bolingey
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bolingey | 300 | — | 52.2 | 31% | 23% |
| Perranporth | 2,752 | 0.6 mi | 46.8 | 25% | 24% |
| St Agnes | 3,253 | 3.2 mi | 45.9 | 25% | 27% |
| St Newlyn East | 1,038 | 4.4 mi | 47.2 | 23% | 28% |
| Shortlanesend | 1,427 | 4.5 mi | 36.2 | 13% | 38% |
| Mount Hawke | 1,593 | 4.8 mi | 47.5 | 25% | 22% |
| Threemilestone | 2,854 | 5.4 mi | 45.6 | 24% | 24% |
| St Erme and Trispen | 1,604 | 5.4 mi | 39.5 | 16% | 33% |
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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 Bolingey’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 Bolingey’s residents
What is the population of Bolingey?
The 2021 Census counted 300 people in Bolingey’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Bolingey?
The median age was 52.2 at the 2021 Census. 8.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 31% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Bolingey?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across Cornwall’s towns. 3.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Bolingey?
45% said they had no religion and 46% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 8.7% didn’t answer.
Is Bolingey good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Bolingey’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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