Photo: Mike Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0Residents with no religion: 51%, a higher share than 94% of UK towns
The share of unpaid carers is 11%, against 8.7% across England’s towns. At the 2021 Census, 20,445 people lived in Camborne, in 8,936 households. Households in terraced houses: 36% of the total. The median age in the town is 42, lower than in 69% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Camborne’s people
More with no religion than most
51% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 41% Christian, against 37% and 46% across England’s towns. Ethnicity & religion ↓
Growing faster than most
ONS mid-year estimates put Camborne at 18,500 in 2011 and 22,000 in 2024, up 19%, against 10% for England: faster growth than in 83% of UK towns. Since 2011 ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area) and ONS mid-year population estimates.
Camborne grew +19% from 2011 to 2024, faster than 83% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Camborne’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 18,500 people in 2011; 22,000 in 2024.
Between mid-2016 and mid-2017 the population rose by 530, its biggest one-year gain. The 65 and over age group moved most (+26%); the 16 to 29 group moved least (+8%).
Camborne: 10% of residents are aged 15 to 24, above 59% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Against a figure of 18% across England’s towns, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Camborne comes in at 21%. Elsewhere, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. More residents are 25–29 than any other five-year age: 7% of residents.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Camborne, 42. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Only 4.3% of adults are full-time students in Camborne
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%.
Set against 11% across England’s towns, 9.8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in Camborne. Typically, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
In Camborne, 4.1% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, more than in 93% 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.
Households in Camborne hold 2.3 people on average (England’s towns: 2.4). As a reference point, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns. Census figures put one-person households at 32% locally. At 27%, the share of households with dependent children is lower than in 51% of UK towns.
Camborne ranks above 77% of UK towns on households without a car or van: 21%
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 detached houses are rarer here than in 72% of UK towns. Measured more widely, 24% of households have no car or van across England’s towns. Census figures put households in flats at 16% in Camborne.
Residents whose main language is English make up 97% in Camborne, less than in 66% 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (3.6%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.8%). As a reference point, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. On residents born outside the UK, Camborne sits lower than 57% of UK towns: 5.7%. Since 2017: 17% of those born abroad, against 21% across England’s towns.
Below 91% of UK towns: 41% of residents describe themselves as Christian
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: 93% of Camborne · Cornwall’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
93% of residents describe themselves as White British (England’s towns: 73%). Besides White British, the main groups are Other White (3.9%), Mixed or multiple (1%) and Chinese (0.3%). To put it in context, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
Below 88% of UK towns: 41% of adults are married or in a civil partnership
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
738 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week. Married adults and civil partners: 44% across England’s towns, for comparison. Higher than in just over three quarters of UK towns: 37% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership.
22% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Camborne’s adults: 22% with a degree-level qualification and 20% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
From a median age of 37 in Camborne East to 49 in Camborne West
The town’s 3 neighbourhoods (ONS middle-layer areas with 500+ residents inside it, named by the House of Commons Library), youngest first. Census 2021.
Camborne West is the oldest area, with 28% aged 65 or over; Camborne East the youngest (median age 37). Families with children are most common in Camborne East (30% of households).
102nd lowest median age among 324 UK towns of 14,000 to 28,000
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Ages run from 25 in Aberystwyth to 57.2 in South Hayling. Nearest to Camborne in age: Larkfield (42), Sevenoaks (42), Spennymoor (42.1) and Tyldesley (42.1).
Camborne sits below 6 of its 7 closest neighbours on median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camborne | 20,445 | — | 42 | 21% | 27% |
| Tolvaddon | 1,107 | 1.3 mi | 47.9 | 26% | 21% |
| Troon | 1,402 | 1.5 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 27% |
| Pool and Illogan | 8,588 | 1.8 mi | 45.1 | 22% | 25% |
| Illogan | 1,096 | 1.9 mi | 43.8 | 23% | 29% |
| Four Lanes | 1,579 | 2.5 mi | 41 | 19% | 31% |
| Portreath | 1,218 | 3.2 mi | 44.2 | 22% | 30% |
| Redruth | 15,455 | 3.2 mi | 42.2 | 20% | 27% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Camborne’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Camborne’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 21,411 people in 2021, against 20,445 in the built-up area.
- 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 Camborne’s residents
What is the population of Camborne?
The 2021 Census counted 20,445 people in Camborne’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 22,000 people in mid-2024, 19% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Camborne?
The median age was 42 at the 2021 Census, younger than 69% of UK towns. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 21% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Camborne?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across Cornwall’s towns. 5.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Camborne?
51% said they had no religion and 41% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 7.4% didn’t answer.
Is Camborne good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Families are most common in Camborne East (30% of households). Schools are on Camborne’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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024 · House of Commons Library MSOA names. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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