Photo: Tim Green aka atouch · CC BY 2.0Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 5.8% in Breage, less than in 99% of UK towns
With households with dependent children at 20%, Breage is behind 94% of UK towns on that count. 622 residents in 270 households: that is Breage at the 2021 Census. Census figures put households in flats at 1.1% locally. Compared with other places, residents with no religion are common here: 47%, more than in 86% of UK towns.
A median age of 48.5: Breage is older than 77% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
30–34 is the most common age band: just over one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across England’s towns. In Breage, just over a quarter of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Below 97% of UK towns: 3.3% of adults are full-time students
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%.
36% of Breage’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 21% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Compared with other places, residents who moved in within the year are scarce here: 8.7%, fewer than in 50% of UK towns. For full-time students, the comparison across England’s towns is 7.9%.
Fewer one-person households than 87% of UK towns: 25%
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.
Households in Breage hold 2.3 people on average (England’s towns: 2.4). Across England’s towns, one-person households come to 30%. Here, 2.2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
Households without a car or van make up 6.4% in Breage, less than in 97% of UK towns
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
Just over a third of households live in a detached house; across England’s towns the figure is 21%. For households without a car or van, the comparison across England’s towns is 24%. Households in terraced houses are more common here than in 53% of UK towns.
3.9% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 79% 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
The largest groups were born in EU countries (2.3%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.6%). Across the comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. On residents whose main language is English, Breage sits higher than 71% of UK towns: 99%.
Breage: 94% of residents describe themselves as White British, above 67% 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: 94% of Breage · Cornwall’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The groups that follow White British are Other White (2.7%), Mixed or multiple (1.9%) and Chinese (0.2%). Across the comparison, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. At 47%, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is lower than in 70% of UK towns.
47% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, fewer than in 53% 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
12 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. Measured more widely, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Lower than in 70% of UK towns: 8.6% of residents give unpaid care. Adults who have never married make up 32%, against 39% across England’s towns.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 37%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Breage counts 37% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 17% have no qualification (18%).
Breage is younger than 2 of its 7 nearest neighbours
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breage | 622 | — | 48.5 | 26% | 20% |
| Porthleven | 3,118 | 1.7 mi | 51.3 | 29% | 22% |
| Helston | 11,366 | 2.7 mi | 41.8 | 21% | 30% |
| Goldsithney | 1,346 | 4.9 mi | 47 | 26% | 27% |
| Reawla | 1,117 | 5.2 mi | 45.1 | 20% | 28% |
| St Erth | 1,128 | 5.9 mi | 46.4 | 23% | 29% |
| Marazion | 1,350 | 6.2 mi | 52 | 31% | 20% |
| Troon | 1,402 | 6.5 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 27% |
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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 Breage’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 Breage’s residents
What is the population of Breage?
The 2021 Census counted 622 people in Breage’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Breage?
The median age was 48.5 at the 2021 Census. 5.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Breage?
94% 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 Breage?
47% said they had no religion and 47% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.3% didn’t answer.
Is Breage good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Breage’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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