Photo: Kevin Hale · CC BY-SA 2.0A smaller share of households in flats than 99% of UK towns: 0.8%
Set against 21% across England’s towns, 64% of households live in a detached house in Carkeel. On the census count, 20% of households are one person living alone. More residents who describe themselves as White British than in 93% of UK towns: 97%. There were 121 households locally at the 2021 Census, home to 287 residents.
A median age of 49.5: Carkeel is older than 83% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Here one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24, where the figure across England’s towns is 12%. For Carkeel, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 23%.
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.
5.6% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, below 99% 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%.
Nothing unusual on full-time students: 8.2%, close to the figure across England’s towns. For residents who moved in within the year, the comparison across England’s towns is 11%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Shared households of unrelated adults make up 1.7% in Carkeel, less than in 87% 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.
At 2.4 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across England’s towns. 29% of households have dependent children. Elsewhere, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns.
Households without a car or van make up 6.6% in Carkeel, less 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
Set against 24% across England’s towns, just over one in ten households live in a terraced house in Carkeel. One household in 15 has no car or van.
Carkeel ranks above 99% of UK towns on residents whose main language is English: 100%
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 abroad were most often born in EU countries (1.8%), then in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.8%). Set beside that, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Fewer residents born outside the UK than in 62% of UK towns: 5.2%.
Carkeel: 43% of residents said they have no religion, above 61% 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 Carkeel · Cornwall’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Beyond White British, the biggest groups are Other White (1.7%), Mixed or multiple (1.1%) and Indian (0.4%). Residents who describe themselves as Christian are more common here than in 54% of UK towns. Measured more widely, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns.
In Carkeel, 29% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 76% 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 make up 10%, against 8.7% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of adults who have never married is 39%. Married adults and civil partners account for 51%.
29% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 29% of its adults qualified to degree level, Carkeel compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 16% hold no qualification (18%). Many of the 22% whose highest qualification is A levels are students working towards a degree.
Carkeel sits below 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carkeel | 287 | — | 49.5 | 23% | 29% |
| Saltash | 15,433 | 1.1 mi | 48 | 26% | 26% |
| Landrake | 1,104 | 2.2 mi | 47.9 | 23% | 25% |
| Torpoint | 7,163 | 3.5 mi | 48.6 | 25% | 22% |
| Bere Alston | 2,259 | 4.6 mi | 52.6 | 31% | 20% |
| Millbrook | 2,299 | 5.2 mi | 51.5 | 30% | 22% |
| Plymouth | 266,970 | 5.4 mi | 39.6 | 19% | 26% |
| Callington | 4,665 | 6.5 mi | 50 | 26% | 21% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “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 Carkeel’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 Carkeel’s residents
What is the population of Carkeel?
The 2021 Census counted 287 people in Carkeel’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Carkeel?
The median age was 49.5 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Carkeel?
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 Carkeel?
43% said they had no religion and 50% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.9% didn’t answer.
Is Carkeel good for families?
29% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Carkeel’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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