Photo: Sarah Charlesworth · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Constantine Bay is over 57.5, older than 98% of UK towns
Where 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns, Constantine Bay has 18%. By contrast, 84% of households live in a detached house, more than in 99% of UK towns. There were 50 households in the village at the 2021 Census, home to 109 residents. Married adults and civil partners account for 60%.
Above 99% of UK towns: 44% of residents are 65 or over
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 80–84 than any other five-year age: 17% of residents, 7 times the share across England’s towns. Across the comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. For Constantine Bay, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 1.8%. In Tywardreath, the oldest of Cornwall’s towns by this measure, it is 35%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 112 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Full-time students: 1.1%, a lower share than 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%.
5.6% of residents lived at another address a year earlier; across England’s towns the figure is 11%. The benchmark for full-time students across England’s towns: 7.9%.
2.1 people per household, fewer than in 90% 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.
One-person households make up 28%, against 30% across England’s towns. For Constantine Bay, the census puts shared households of unrelated adults at 4%.
2% of households have no car or van, below 99% 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
Across England’s towns, the share of households in flats is 23%; Constantine Bay has 4%. Add to that, households in terraced houses are rarer here than in 98% of UK towns. Measured more widely, 24% of households have no car or van across England’s towns.
More residents born outside the UK than 80% of UK towns: 12%
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 two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (6.5%) and in Africa (2.8%). Elsewhere, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Constantine Bay has fewer residents whose main language is English than 70% of UK towns, at 96%.
56% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 86% 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: 90% of Constantine Bay · Cornwall’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents with no religion: 35% here and 37% across England’s towns. Few places have so few residents who describe themselves as White British: 90% here, fewer than in 65% of UK towns. Set beside that, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Next after White British come Other White (5.6%), Mixed or multiple (1.9%) and African (0.9%).
Below 99% of UK towns: 4.8% of residents give unpaid care
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
With adults who have never married at 26%, Constantine Bay is behind 88% of UK towns on that count. Elsewhere, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns.
Qualified to degree level: 46% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
14% of Constantine Bay’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 46% have one at degree level (34%).
The towns around Constantine Bay 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Constantine Bay | 109 | — | 57.5 | 44% | 18% |
| St Merryn | 1,344 | 1.2 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 28% |
| Padstow | 2,351 | 3 mi | 49.3 | 28% | 21% |
| Rock | 1,156 | 5 mi | 53.9 | 36% | 20% |
| St Columb Major | 3,663 | 7.5 mi | 43.2 | 22% | 28% |
| Wadebridge | 5,626 | 7.8 mi | 50.4 | 30% | 21% |
| Newquay | 24,543 | 8.3 mi | 42.7 | 20% | 25% |
| Egloshayle | 1,185 | 8.4 mi | 45 | 25% | 30% |
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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 Constantine Bay’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 Constantine Bay’s residents
What is the population of Constantine Bay?
The 2021 Census counted 109 people in Constantine Bay’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Constantine Bay?
The median age was 57.5 at the 2021 Census. 1.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 44% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Constantine Bay?
90% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across Cornwall’s towns. 12% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Constantine Bay?
35% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.9% were Muslim and 2.8% didn’t answer.
Is Constantine Bay good for families?
18% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Constantine Bay’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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