Photo: Mr Ignavy · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 54.6: Carey Park is older than 96% of UK towns
Against a figure of 30% across England’s towns, the share of one-person households in Carey Park comes in at 22%. Census day 2021: 696 residents and 296 households here. On the census count, 4.8% of households live in a flat or apartment. More married adults and civil partners than in 90% of UK towns: 55%.
Carey Park sits above 97% of UK towns for residents aged 65 and over (35%)
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Set against 12% across England’s towns, nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 in Carey Park. As a yardstick, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
6.8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, below 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%.
In Carey Park, 5% of adults are full-time students, beside 7.9% across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
A smaller share of households with dependent children than 88% of UK towns: 22%
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 Carey Park comes in at 2.7%. The average household has 2.3 people. The share of households with dependent children across England’s towns is 29%.
More detached houses than 93% of UK towns: 54% of households
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 terraced houses: 18% here and 24% across England’s towns. The share of households in detached houses across England’s towns is 21%. For Carey Park, the census puts households without a car or van at 9.8%.
A higher share of residents whose main language is English than 91% of UK towns, at 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
Residents born outside the UK: 5% here and 18% across England’s towns. The wider picture: nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
More residents who describe themselves as White British than 83% of UK towns: 96%
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 Carey Park · Cornwall’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Against a figure of 46% across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian in Carey Park comes in at 52%. The comparison figure for residents who describe themselves as White British is 73% across England’s towns. In Carey Park, 43% of residents said they have no religion.
Carey Park ranks below 90% of UK towns on adults who have never married: 26%
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
Nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns, against 10% in Carey Park. The benchmark for adults who have never married across England’s towns: 39%.
27% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 27% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 17% hold no qualification (18%).
Carey Park sits below 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carey Park | 696 | — | 54.6 | 35% | 22% |
| Pelynt | 1,144 | 2.4 mi | 55.9 | 36% | 20% |
| Looe | 5,314 | 3.1 mi | 55.6 | 34% | 17% |
| Fowey | 2,027 | 5.8 mi | 55 | 33% | 20% |
| Tywardreath | 2,589 | 8.3 mi | 55.7 | 35% | 20% |
| Dobwalls | 1,683 | 8.3 mi | 48.5 | 25% | 24% |
| Lostwithiel | 3,067 | 8.5 mi | 51.6 | 29% | 21% |
| Liskeard | 10,901 | 8.6 mi | 44.1 | 23% | 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 Carey Park’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 Carey Park’s residents
What is the population of Carey Park?
The 2021 Census counted 696 people in Carey Park’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Carey Park?
The median age was 54.6 at the 2021 Census. 9.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 35% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Carey Park?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across Cornwall’s towns. 5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Carey Park?
43% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.3% didn’t answer.
Is Carey Park good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Carey Park’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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