Photo: Jo and Steve Turner · CC BY-SA 2.0No religion: 49% of residents, a higher share than 91% of UK towns
36% of households live in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns. At the 2021 Census Camelford was home to 2,983 people in 1,279 households. On the census count, 31% of households have dependent children. Few places have as many unpaid carers: 11% here, more than in 89% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Camelford’s people
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).
Camelford is younger than 64% of UK towns: a median age of 42.7
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 65 and over: 22%, above 53% of UK towns. Just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Camelford, 42.7. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Camelford sits below 63% of UK towns for full-time students (4.5%)
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 Camelford, 25% and 29%. Just over one in ten residents had moved in within the year before the Census, more than the 11% across England’s towns. For full-time students, the comparison across England’s towns is 7.9%.
Bigger households than 67% of UK towns: 2.4 people each 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.
In Camelford, 2.2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, beside 4.3% across England’s towns. Across Camelford, 29% of households are one person living alone.
A town of flats: 14% of households live in one
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
Here 22% of households live in a terraced house, where the figure across England’s towns is 24%. Across the comparison, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns. In one household in 7 there is no car or van.
Fewer residents born abroad than 85% of UK towns: 3.5%
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
Nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns, against 99% in Camelford. Across the comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (1.5%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.7%).
Fewer residents who describe themselves as Christian than 86% of UK towns: 43%
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: 96% of Camelford · Cornwall’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The groups that follow White British are Other White (2.3%), Mixed or multiple (1.3%) and Chinese (0.1%). For comparison, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Higher than in just over four fifths of UK towns: 96% of residents describe themselves as White British.
Adults who have never married make up 34% in Camelford, more than in 60% 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
By its share of married adults and civil partners (45%), Camelford is below 69% of UK towns. As a yardstick, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. 101 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 27%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 27% of Camelford’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 16% have no qualification (18%).
514 UK towns of 2,500 to 4,000 people: this is the 103rd youngest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
The youngest is Keele (20.6) and the oldest West Chiltington (63.1). Nearest to Camelford in age: Mulbarton (42.7), Sutton (42.7), Alltwen (42.7) and Mickletown (42.8).
Median age: 4 of the 5 towns around Camelford 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camelford | 2,983 | — | 42.7 | 22% | 31% |
| Delabole | 1,779 | 2 mi | 47.9 | 24% | 24% |
| Egloshayle | 1,185 | 9.5 mi | 45 | 25% | 30% |
| Wadebridge | 5,626 | 9.9 mi | 50.4 | 30% | 21% |
| Bodmin | 16,904 | 10.6 mi | 41.3 | 20% | 28% |
| Rock | 1,156 | 10.9 mi | 53.9 | 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 Camelford’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 Camelford’s residents
What is the population of Camelford?
The 2021 Census counted 2,983 people in Camelford’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Camelford?
The median age was 42.7 at the 2021 Census, younger than 64% of UK towns. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Camelford?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across Cornwall’s towns. 3.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Camelford?
49% said they had no religion and 43% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 6.1% didn’t answer.
Is Camelford good for families?
31% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Camelford’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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