Photo: Tony Atkin · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 55.7: Carnon Downs and Devoran is older than 97% of UK towns
Compared with 23% across England’s towns, 4.4% of households live in a flat or apartment here. Carnon Downs and Devoran’s 1,001 households held 2,129 residents at the 2021 Census. 20% of households have dependent children. Few places have so few adults who have never married: 21% here, fewer than in 99% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Carnon Downs and Devoran’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Carnon Downs and Devoran’s residents are under 55.7 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 36% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Residents aged 65 and over: 36%, a higher share than 97% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 70–74 than any other five-year age: one in ten residents, 2 times the share across England’s towns. Compared with other places, residents aged 15 to 24 are scarce here: 5.6%, fewer than in 99% of UK towns. Across the comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 86 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.
A smaller share of full-time students than 90% of UK towns: 3.8%
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%.
By its share of residents who moved in within the year (10%), Carnon Downs and Devoran is above 80% of UK towns. Full-time students: 7.9% across England’s towns, for comparison.
Smaller households than 87% of UK towns: 2.1 people on average
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, 3.6%, from the figure across England’s towns. In Carnon Downs and Devoran, nearly a third of households are one person living alone.
A larger share of households in detached houses than 98% of UK towns: 66%
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 without a car or van trails just over four fifths of UK towns: 9.9%. Households in detached houses: 21% across England’s towns, for comparison. In Carnon Downs and Devoran, 13% of households live in a terraced house.
Carnon Downs and Devoran: 99% of residents have English as their main language, above 95% 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
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (1.3%) and in Africa (1%). 4% of residents were born outside the UK, a lower share than in 78% of UK towns. On average, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
Carnon Downs and Devoran: 95% of residents describe themselves as White British, above 82% 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: 95% of Carnon Downs and Devoran · Cornwall’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Carnon Downs and Devoran sits close to the norm on residents with no religion: 37%, about the same as across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British. Here, 55% of residents describe themselves as Christian.
Married adults and civil partners make up 57% in Carnon Downs and Devoran, more than in 93% 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
68 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week. Carnon Downs and Devoran has more unpaid carers than 86% of UK towns, at 11%. Across England’s towns, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership.
Degree-level qualifications: 42% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 34% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Carnon Downs and Devoran, 42%, and 14% have none, against 18%.
1 of the 7 nearest towns are older than Carnon Downs and Devoran
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carnon Downs and Devoran | 2,129 | — | 55.7 | 36% | 20% |
| Perranarworthal | 1,305 | 1.4 mi | 53.4 | 33% | 23% |
| Mylor Bridge | 1,534 | 2.5 mi | 61.1 | 44% | 15% |
| Threemilestone | 2,854 | 3 mi | 45.6 | 24% | 24% |
| Truro | 23,060 | 3.3 mi | 42.9 | 22% | 25% |
| Penryn | 11,194 | 3.6 mi | 30.3 | 15% | 24% |
| Carharrack | 1,525 | 4 mi | 47.2 | 25% | 25% |
| St Day | 1,432 | 4.4 mi | 48.5 | 25% | 23% |
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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 Carnon Downs and Devoran’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 Carnon Downs and Devoran’s residents
What is the population of Carnon Downs and Devoran?
The 2021 Census counted 2,129 people in Carnon Downs and Devoran’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Carnon Downs and Devoran?
The median age was 55.7 at the 2021 Census. 5.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 36% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Carnon Downs and Devoran?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across Cornwall’s towns. 4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Carnon Downs and Devoran?
37% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 6.3% didn’t answer.
Is Carnon Downs and Devoran good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Carnon Downs and Devoran’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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