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46.6Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

Who lives in Connor Downs: a median age of 46.6, 614 households

Connor Downs had 1,482 residents and 614 households at the 2021 Census, with a median age of 46.6. 4.1% were born outside the UK.

26%aged 65 or over 4.1%born abroad 614households

Ages

A median age of 46.6

Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.

Connor DownsEngland’s towns

0–410–1420–2430–3440–4450–5460–6470–7480–84

The largest age band is 70–74: 8.3% of residents, 1.7 times the share across England’s towns. 26% of Connor Downs is 65 or over, against 24% across Cornwall’s towns and 18% across England’s towns. In Tywardreath, the oldest of Cornwall’s towns by this measure, it is 35%.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1518%

15 to 248.6%

25 to 4421%

45 to 6426%

65 and over26%

Connor DownsCornwall’s townsEngland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

Connor Downs

England

WomenMen

About 92 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.

Students & newcomers

30% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs

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

Full-time students4.4%

Higher managerial and professional9.5%

Lower managerial and professional20%

Intermediate12%

Small employers and self-employed17%

Supervisory and technical6.7%

Semi-routine14%

Routine10%

Never worked or long-term unemployed6.1%

Connor DownsCornwall’s townsEngland’s towns

Address a year before the Census

Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.

Connor Downs

7.3%

England’s towns

11%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

105

residents, 7.1%; England’s towns 11%

Of them from abroad

0.5× England’s share

30% of Connor Downs’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. 7.1% of residents had moved in within the year before the Census, fewer than the 11% across England’s towns.

Households

614 households: one in 4 is one person living alone

Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.

Living alone, 66+ 18%Living alone, under 66 9.8%Families with dependent children 30%Couples and families, no young children 38%Shared houses and other 4.4%

Against Cornwall’s towns and England’s towns

Connor Downs

Cornwall’s towns

England’s towns

People per household

1 person27%

2 people35%

3 people16%

4 people16%

5 or more6.1%

England’s towns.

Shared houses stand out: 4.4% of households are unrelated adults living together, more than in 94% of UK towns. Families with dependent children are 30% of households (England’s towns 29%), and 18% are someone 66 or over living alone (Cornwall’s towns 16%). Households average 2.4 people.

Homes & cars

The most common home: a detached house, for 43% of households

Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.

Type of home

Connor Downs

Cornwall’s towns

England’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van10%

One40%

Two35%

Three or more15%

Connor DownsCornwall’s townsEngland’s towns

4.5% of households live in a flat, less than in 85% of UK towns; 43% in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns. One household in 10 has no car or van.

Where people were born

4.1% born outside the UK

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%

Connor Downs

4.1%

Cornwall’s towns

5.5%

England’s towns

18%

EU countriesRest of EuropeMiddle East and AsiaAfricaAmericas, Oceania, other

Main language · residents aged 3 and over

English is main language99%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well0.6%

Another main language, little or no English0.2%

Connor DownsCornwall’s townsEngland’s towns

4.1% of residents were born outside the UK, against 5.5% across Cornwall’s towns and 18% across England’s towns. The largest groups were born in EU countries (1.8%) and in Africa (0.9%). 99% of residents have English as their main language.

Ethnicity & religion

49% said they are Christian and 43% that they have no religion

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

Connor DownsCornwall’s townsEngland’s towns

Other White2.6%

Asian0.3%

Mixed1.4%

Black0.1%

Other0.5%

0%6%12%

White British, not charted: 95% of Connor Downs · Cornwall’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.

Religion · all residents

Connor DownsCornwall’s townsEngland’s towns

No religion43%

Christian49%

Muslim0.3%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist0.3%

Other religion0.7%

Didn’t answer6.8%

0%30%60%

95% of residents describe themselves as White British, against 93% across Cornwall’s towns and 73% across England’s towns. The largest groups after White British are Other White (2.6%), Mixed or multiple (1.4%) and African (0.1%).

On religion, 43% answered “no religion” and 49% Christian, against 37% and 46% across England’s towns.

Relationships & caring

51% of adults are married or in a civil partnership

Legal partnership status (residents 16 and over) and unpaid care (residents 5 and over), Census 2021.

Partnership status · residents 16 and over

Never married or in a civil partnership26%

Married or civil partnership51%

Separated2.2%

Divorced10%

Widowed10%

Connor DownsCornwall’s townsEngland’s towns

147residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 10%, against 8.7% in England’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week4%

20 to 49 hours2.1%

50 hours or more4.4%

26% of Connor Downs’s adults have never married or formed a civil partnership and 51% are married, against 39% and 44% across England’s towns. 62 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week.

Qualifications

29% of adults have a degree-level qualification

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications16%

Apprenticeship7.3%

A levels or similar19%

Degree level29%

Connor DownsCornwall’s townsEngland’s towns

29% of Connor Downs’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 16% have none (18%).

Neighbours

2 of the 7 nearest towns are older than Connor Downs

Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.

ReawlaHayleCamborneSt ErthTroonTolvaddonCarbis BayConnor Downs

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Connor Downs	1,482	—	46.6	26%	30%
Reawla	1,117	1.7 mi	45.1	20%	28%
Hayle	9,040	2.1 mi	45.7	24%	26%
Camborne	20,445	3.5 mi	42	21%	27%
St Erth	1,128	3.7 mi	46.4	23%	29%
Troon	1,402	4.1 mi	46.5	24%	27%
Tolvaddon	1,107	4.2 mi	47.9	26%	21%
Carbis Bay	3,967	4.5 mi	53.3	32%	21%

More about Connor Downs’s residents

Health, work and homes have their own pages

Health CLife expectancy, early deaths and Census health, adjusted for age Work & commute DIncome, the claimant count, jobs and how people get to work Cost of living D⁻Owners and renters, prices, rents and council tax Schools C⁻Every primary and secondary, with results and inspections

How to read these numbers

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 Connor Downs’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 Connor Downs’s residents

What is the population of Connor Downs?

The 2021 Census counted 1,482 people in Connor Downs’s built-up area.

What is the average age in Connor Downs?

The median age was 46.6 at the 2021 Census. 8.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Connor Downs?

95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across Cornwall’s towns. 4.1% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Connor Downs?

43% said they had no religion and 49% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 6.8% didn’t answer.

Is Connor Downs good for families?

30% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Connor Downs’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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