Photo: Lewis Clarke · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Canon's Town is over 53.3, older than 94% of UK towns
In Canon's Town, 13% of residents give unpaid care, beside 8.7% across England’s towns. The village counted 547 residents and 229 households at the 2021 Census. Households in terraced houses account for 11%. Nearly a fifth of households have dependent children, fewer than in 96% of UK towns.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 85% of UK towns, at 28%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24; across England’s towns the figure is 12%. Measured more widely, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A lower share of residents who moved in within the year than 67% of UK towns, at 7.9%
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%.
Managerial and professional jobs take in a third of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 23% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). By way of comparison, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. On the census count, 4.6% of adults are full-time students.
Canon's Town sits below 90% of UK towns for one-person households (24%)
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.
Little separates the share of shared households of unrelated adults here, 3.5%, from the figure across England’s towns. As a yardstick, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. A household here holds 2.4 people on average.
A lower share of households in flats than 99% of UK towns, at 0.4%
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 just over three in five households live in a detached house, where the figure across England’s towns is 21%. Measured more widely, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns. The share of households without a car or van stands at 9.2%.
A larger share of residents whose main language is English than 94% of UK towns: 99%
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
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (2%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.3%). For residents whose main language is English, the comparison across England’s towns is 90%. Canon's Town has fewer residents born outside the UK than 67% of UK towns, at 4.7%.
A higher share of residents who describe themselves as White British than 81% of UK towns, at 95%
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: 95% of Canon's Town · Cornwall’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Here 55% of residents describe themselves as Christian, where the figure across England’s towns is 46%. Still, residents with no religion are rarer here than in 67% of UK towns. Across the comparison, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Next after White British come Other White (2.7%), Mixed or multiple (0.9%) and Chinese (0.2%).
More married adults and civil partners than 85% of UK towns: 54%
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
19 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. The comparison figure for married adults and civil partners is 44% across England’s towns. Canon's Town has fewer adults who have never married than 82% of UK towns, at 27%.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 32%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Canon's Town, 15%, while 32% hold one at degree level (34%).
Every nearby town is younger than Canon's Town
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canon's Town | 547 | — | 53.3 | 28% | 19% |
| St Erth | 1,128 | 1.3 mi | 46.4 | 23% | 29% |
| Crowlas | 1,054 | 1.4 mi | 49.7 | 28% | 24% |
| Carbis Bay | 3,967 | 2.2 mi | 53.3 | 32% | 21% |
| Marazion | 1,350 | 2.7 mi | 52 | 31% | 20% |
| Hayle | 9,040 | 2.8 mi | 45.7 | 24% | 26% |
| Goldsithney | 1,346 | 2.8 mi | 47 | 26% | 27% |
| St Ives | 5,413 | 3.4 mi | 50.4 | 28% | 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 Canon's Town’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 Canon's Town’s residents
What is the population of Canon's Town?
The 2021 Census counted 547 people in Canon's Town’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Canon's Town?
The median age was 53.3 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Canon's Town?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across Cornwall’s towns. 4.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Canon's Town?
38% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.7% were Muslim and 5.9% didn’t answer.
Is Canon's Town good for families?
19% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Canon's Town’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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