Photo: Christine Johnstone · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 59.3: Cargreen is older than 99% of UK towns
Adults who have never married make up 20%, against 39% across England’s towns. At the 2021 Census Cargreen was home to 229 people in 119 households. Residents who describe themselves as White British: 97% of the total. The village has fewer households with dependent children than 98% of UK towns, at 17%.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 98% of UK towns: 37%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 70–74: just over one in ten residents, 2.5 times the share across England’s towns. Cargreen has fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 98% of UK towns, at 7.3%. Across England’s towns, 18% of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 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.
7.9% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, below 68% 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%.
44% of Cargreen’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 14% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. On full-time students, Cargreen sits higher than half of UK towns: 4.8%. The benchmark for residents who moved in within the year across England’s towns: 11%.
Fewer shared households of unrelated adults than 99% of UK towns: 0.8%
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.
The share of one-person households is 35%, against 30% across England’s towns. For comparison, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns.
6.7% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 96% 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 detached houses: 52% here and 21% across England’s towns. Cargreen has more households in terraced houses than 50% of UK towns, at 20%. The share of households without a car or van across England’s towns is 24%.
99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 91% 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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
In Cargreen, 5.2% of residents were born outside the UK, beside 18% across England’s towns. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (2.6%) or in the Middle East and Asia (1.8%). On average, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
In Cargreen, 45% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 76% 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: 97% of Cargreen · Cornwall’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents who describe themselves as Christian trails 67% of UK towns: 47%. Across England’s towns, 37% of residents said they have no religion.
13% of residents give unpaid care, more than in 99% 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
Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 6. More married adults and civil partners than in 93% of UK towns: 57%. Typically, 8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 43%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Cargreen, 43% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 13% have no qualification at all (18%).
The towns around Cargreen are all younger
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cargreen | 229 | — | 59.3 | 37% | 17% |
| Saltash | 15,433 | 2.4 mi | 48 | 26% | 26% |
| Bere Alston | 2,259 | 2.8 mi | 52.6 | 31% | 20% |
| Landrake | 1,104 | 3.8 mi | 47.9 | 23% | 25% |
| Torpoint | 7,163 | 4.6 mi | 48.6 | 25% | 22% |
| Plymouth | 266,970 | 5 mi | 39.6 | 19% | 26% |
| Gunnislake and St Ann's Chapel | 3,506 | 5.6 mi | 50.5 | 27% | 23% |
| Yelverton | 1,856 | 6.2 mi | 57.8 | 39% | 18% |
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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 Cargreen’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 Cargreen’s residents
What is the population of Cargreen?
The 2021 Census counted 229 people in Cargreen’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Cargreen?
The median age was 59.3 at the 2021 Census. 7.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 37% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Cargreen?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across Cornwall’s towns. 5.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Cargreen?
45% said they had no religion and 47% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.9% were Muslim and 5.7% didn’t answer.
Is Cargreen good for families?
17% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Cargreen’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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