Photo: Gareth · CC BY-SA 2.0Bugle is younger than 88% of UK towns: a median age of 38.4
83% of residents describe themselves as White British, against 73% across England’s towns. Lower than in 92% of UK towns: 40% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. The 2021 Census put Bugle’s population at 2,430, in 1,032 households. For Bugle, the census puts households without a car or van at 18%.
What the Census says about Bugle’s people
Younger than most towns
Half of Bugle’s residents are under 38.4 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 11% are 15 to 24 and 16% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
More with no religion than most
49% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 43% Christian, against 37% and 46% across England’s towns. Ethnicity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
A smaller share of residents aged 65 and over than 87% of UK towns: 16%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Where just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns, Bugle has 11%. As a reference point, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. The largest age band is 30–34: 7.4% of residents.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Below 63% of UK towns: 4.5% 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%.
One in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier (England’s towns: 11%). For comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
2.4 people per household, more than in 72% 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.
Against a figure of 4.3% across England’s towns, the share of shared households of unrelated adults in Bugle comes in at 3.1%. In Bugle, 30% of households have dependent children. Fewer one-person households than in three fifths of UK towns: 29%.
Households in terraced houses make up 17% in Bugle, less than in 60% 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
By its share of households in detached houses (22%), Bugle is below 68% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, households in terraced houses come to 24%. Locally, just over one in ten households live in a flat or apartment.
More residents born outside the UK than 86% of UK towns: 15%
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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
In Bugle, 88% of residents have English as their main language, beside 90% across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (14%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.6%).
In Bugle, 49% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 90% 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: 83% of Bugle · Cornwall’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Next after White British come Other White (13%), Mixed or multiple (1.2%) and Indian (0.1%). As a reference point, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. At 43%, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is lower than in 84% of UK towns.
Bugle ranks above 88% of UK towns on adults who have never married: 40%
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
Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 66. Adults who have never married make up 39% across England’s towns. Bugle has more unpaid carers than 59% of UK towns, at 9.7%.
A degree-level qualification for 16% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 16% of adults in Bugle (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 28% (England’s towns: 18%).
A younger town than 6 of the 7 around it: Bugle
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bugle | 2,430 | — | 38.4 | 16% | 30% |
| Penwithick | 1,706 | 1.9 mi | 36.7 | 16% | 39% |
| Roche | 2,311 | 2 mi | 43 | 21% | 28% |
| St Austell | 24,361 | 3.9 mi | 45 | 23% | 26% |
| Nanpean | 1,077 | 4.1 mi | 40.3 | 16% | 28% |
| Foxhole | 1,526 | 4.1 mi | 42.3 | 19% | 27% |
| St Dennis | 2,363 | 4.2 mi | 41.2 | 19% | 31% |
| Trewoon | 1,246 | 4.2 mi | 47 | 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 Bugle’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 Bugle’s residents
What is the population of Bugle?
The 2021 Census counted 2,430 people in Bugle’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Bugle?
The median age was 38.4 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 16% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Bugle?
83% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across Cornwall’s towns. 15% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Bugle?
49% said they had no religion and 43% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.5% didn’t answer.
Is Bugle good for families?
30% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Bugle’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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