Photo: Tim Green from Bradford · CC BY 2.0Older than 92% of UK towns: half of Budock Water is over 51.9
Set against 29% across England’s towns, just over a fifth of households have dependent children in Budock Water. The village counted 571 residents and 256 households at the 2021 Census. Census figures put households without a car or van at 7.9% in the village. Fewer one-person households than in 89% of UK towns: 24%.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of UK towns, at 6.1%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with nearly one in ten residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24. On the census count, 30% of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
2.2% of adults are full-time students, fewer 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%.
By class, 35% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 19% 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. Census figures put residents who moved in within the year at 9.5% in Budock Water.
Shared households of unrelated adults make up 3.9% in Budock Water, more than in 91% 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.
The average household has 2.3 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. The comparison figure for shared households of unrelated adults is 4.3% across England’s towns.
Only 0.8% of households live in a flat or apartment in Budock Water
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
Set against 21% across England’s towns, just over half of households live in a detached house in Budock Water. Typically, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns. For Budock Water, the census puts households in terraced houses at 25%.
Residents born outside the UK: 5.3%, a lower share than 62% 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 two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (1.8%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.6%). Residents born outside the UK: 18% across England’s towns, for comparison. 98% of residents have English as their main language, a higher share than in 56% of UK towns.
No religion: 45% of residents, a higher share than 74% 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: 92% of Budock Water · Cornwall’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Beyond White British, the biggest groups are Other White (2.8%), Mixed or multiple (1.8%) and Indian (0.2%). Few places have so few residents who describe themselves as Christian: 47% here, fewer than in nearly two thirds of UK towns. Across the comparison, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. The figure for residents who describe themselves as White British is 92% in Budock Water and 73% across England’s towns.
A higher share of married adults and civil partners than 87% of UK towns, at 55%
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
The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 15. The wider picture: 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Compared with other places, adults who have never married are scarce here: 28%, fewer than in 80% of UK towns. On unpaid carers, 8.4% here is much the same as across England’s towns.
36% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 36% of adults in Budock Water, 34% across England’s towns; 14% have no qualification, against 18%.
Budock Water is younger than 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Budock Water | 571 | — | 51.9 | 30% | 22% |
| Falmouth | 24,066 | 1.2 mi | 38.6 | 21% | 21% |
| Penryn | 11,194 | 1.5 mi | 30.3 | 15% | 24% |
| Mawnan Smith | 1,001 | 2.3 mi | 57.7 | 39% | 23% |
| Mylor Bridge | 1,534 | 2.8 mi | 61.1 | 44% | 15% |
| Stithians | 1,613 | 4.2 mi | 45.5 | 23% | 29% |
| Perranarworthal | 1,305 | 4.4 mi | 53.4 | 33% | 23% |
| Carnon Downs and Devoran | 2,129 | 4.9 mi | 55.7 | 36% | 20% |
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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 Budock Water’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 Budock Water’s residents
What is the population of Budock Water?
The 2021 Census counted 571 people in Budock Water’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Budock Water?
The median age was 51.9 at the 2021 Census. 6.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 30% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Budock Water?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across Cornwall’s towns. 5.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Budock Water?
45% said they had no religion and 47% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.3% didn’t answer.
Is Budock Water good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Budock Water’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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