Photo: Jonathan Wilkins · CC BY-SA 2.0Carharrack ranks below 99% of UK towns on households in flats: 0.6%
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails 93% of UK towns: 7.9%. Here, 9.2% of households have no car or van. On residents with no religion, Carharrack sits higher than 85% of UK towns: 47%. 1,525 residents in 661 households: that is Carharrack at the 2021 Census.
Half of Carharrack is over 47.2, older than 70% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
25% of residents are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. In Tywardreath, the oldest of Cornwall’s towns by this measure, it is 35%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 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.
Below 91% of UK towns: 3.7% of adults are full-time students
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%.
28% of Carharrack’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 27% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Locally, 8.4% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. As a reference point, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Households with dependent children: 25%, a lower share than 75% 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.
Set against 30% across England’s towns, 27% of households are one person living alone in Carharrack. On shared households of unrelated adults, Carharrack sits higher than 88% of UK towns: 3.6%. For households with dependent children, the comparison across England’s towns is 29%. There are 2.3 people in the average household.
More households in terraced houses than 81% of UK towns: 29%
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
The share of households in detached houses tops 77% of UK towns: 41%. For comparison, 24% of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 96% 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
The largest groups were born in the Middle East and Asia (1.1%) and in EU countries (0.9%). Few places have so few residents born outside the UK: 3.6% here, fewer than in 83% of UK towns. As a reference point, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
95% of residents describe themselves as White British, a share 78% of UK towns don’t reach
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 Carharrack · Cornwall’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Behind White British, the largest groups are Other White (1.5%), Mixed or multiple (1%) and Chinese (0.3%). By way of comparison, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Few places have so few residents who describe themselves as Christian: 46% here, fewer than in 74% of UK towns.
Fewer adults who have never married than 74% of UK towns: 29%
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
The share of unpaid carers tops 62% of UK towns: 9.8%. On top of that, 52% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 74% of UK towns. For comparison, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
31% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 31% of its adults qualified to degree level, Carharrack compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 19% hold no qualification (18%).
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 2 are older than Carharrack
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carharrack | 1,525 | — | 47.2 | 25% | 25% |
| St Day | 1,432 | 0.6 mi | 48.5 | 25% | 23% |
| Lanner | 2,164 | 1.3 mi | 46.8 | 22% | 27% |
| Redruth | 15,455 | 2.1 mi | 42.2 | 20% | 27% |
| Stithians | 1,613 | 3 mi | 45.5 | 23% | 29% |
| Perranarworthal | 1,305 | 3 mi | 53.4 | 33% | 23% |
| Four Lanes | 1,579 | 3.2 mi | 41 | 19% | 31% |
| Threemilestone | 2,854 | 3.7 mi | 45.6 | 24% | 24% |
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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 Carharrack’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 Carharrack’s residents
What is the population of Carharrack?
The 2021 Census counted 1,525 people in Carharrack’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Carharrack?
The median age was 47.2 at the 2021 Census. 7.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Carharrack?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across Cornwall’s towns. 3.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Carharrack?
47% said they had no religion and 46% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 6.2% didn’t answer.
Is Carharrack good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Carharrack’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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