Photo: Christine Johnstone · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 54.7: Calstock is older than 96% of UK towns
Across England’s towns, the share of residents with no religion is 37%; Calstock has 58%. At the 2021 Census Calstock was home to 742 people in 348 households. In Calstock, 21% of households have dependent children. 34% of households are one person living alone, more than in 82% of UK towns.
Residents aged 65 and over: 28%, a higher share than 85% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with 12% of residents, 1.8 times the share across England’s towns. At 9%, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is lower than in 75% of UK towns. For comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 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.
Calstock: 6.5% of adults are full-time students, above 89% 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%.
Across England’s towns, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine work; in Calstock, 36% and 20%. For Calstock, the census puts residents who moved in within the year at 9.4%. The wider picture: 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.
Smaller households than 87% of UK towns: 2.1 people on average
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.
There is little gap on shared households of unrelated adults: 3.5%, about the same as across England’s towns.
Households in terraced houses make up 27% in Calstock, more than in 77% 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
Households in flats: 8.5%, below 63% of UK towns. Locally, 12% of households have no car or van. 28% of households live in a detached house, a lower share than in 54% of UK towns. For households in terraced houses, the comparison across England’s towns is 24%.
99% of residents have English as their main language, a share 70% of UK towns don’t reach
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
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (2.6%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.4%). Few places have so few residents born outside the UK: 5.8% here, fewer than in 56% of UK towns. The comparison figure for residents whose main language is English is 90% across England’s towns.
34% describe themselves as Christian, fewer than in 98% 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: 91% of Calstock · Cornwall’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Other White (4.2%), Mixed or multiple (2.2%) and Indian (0.4%). Elsewhere, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Residents who describe themselves as White British are rarer here than in 58% of UK towns.
More unpaid carers than 93% of UK towns: 11%
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
At 44%, the share of married adults and civil partners is in line with the figure across England’s towns. Here, 28% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership. Unpaid carers: 8.7% across England’s towns, for comparison.
Among adults, 46% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 34% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Calstock, 46%, and 12% have none, against 18%. For 14%, A levels are the highest qualification so far, many of them students still working towards a degree.
Median age: 1 of the 7 towns around Calstock are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calstock | 742 | — | 54.7 | 28% | 21% |
| Bere Alston | 2,259 | 1.3 mi | 52.6 | 31% | 20% |
| Gunnislake and St Ann's Chapel | 3,506 | 1.9 mi | 50.5 | 27% | 23% |
| Tavistock | 12,676 | 4.3 mi | 51.7 | 30% | 22% |
| Callington | 4,665 | 4.7 mi | 50 | 26% | 21% |
| Horrabridge | 1,875 | 4.8 mi | 51.5 | 28% | 24% |
| Kelly Bray | 1,137 | 4.9 mi | 44.9 | 23% | 28% |
| Yelverton | 1,856 | 5.2 mi | 57.8 | 39% | 18% |
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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 Calstock’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 Calstock’s residents
What is the population of Calstock?
The 2021 Census counted 742 people in Calstock’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Calstock?
The median age was 54.7 at the 2021 Census. 9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Calstock?
91% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across Cornwall’s towns. 5.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Calstock?
58% said they had no religion and 34% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.7% didn’t answer.
Is Calstock good for families?
21% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Calstock’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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