Photo: David Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0Few flats: only 3.3% of households in Constantine live in one
Nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns, against 12% in Constantine. The village had 970 residents and 426 households at the 2021 Census, with a median age of 45.5. For Constantine, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 8.1%. Compared with other places, residents with no religion are common here: 46%, more than in 82% of UK towns.
Constantine sits above 79% of UK towns for residents aged 65 and over (26%)
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 40–44: 7.6% of residents. Against that, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. Half of Constantine’s residents are over 45.5, older than in 58% of UK 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.
A student village: 5.1% of adults study full-time
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%.
Residents who moved in within the year: 11%, near enough the figure across England’s towns. Full-time students make up 7.9% across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Smaller households than 58% of UK towns: 2.3 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.
Households with dependent children: 29%, near enough the figure across England’s towns. The share of one-person households stands at 31%. Higher than in 51% of UK towns: 2.4% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
Constantine sits above 84% of UK towns for households in terraced houses (31%)
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
Just over one in ten households have no car or van; across England’s towns the figure is 24%. In Constantine, two in five households live in a detached house.
A larger share of residents whose main language is English than 75% of UK towns: 99%
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
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (3.5%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.6%). Residents whose main language is English: 90% across England’s towns, for comparison. On residents born outside the UK, Constantine sits higher than 52% of UK towns: 6.6%.
A lower White British share than 54% of UK towns: 92% of residents
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: 92% of Constantine · Cornwall’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
There is little gap on residents who describe themselves as Christian: 46%, about the same as across England’s towns. Across the comparison, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Next after White British come Other White (3.8%), Mixed or multiple (1.9%) and Pakistani (0.3%).
29% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 72% 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
The share of married adults and civil partners tops nearly three fifths of UK towns: 49%. By way of comparison, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications: 40% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
40% of Constantine’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 16% have none (18%).
2 in 7 nearby towns have a higher median age than Constantine
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 | 970 | — | 45.5 | 26% | 29% |
| Mawnan Smith | 1,001 | 2.9 mi | 57.7 | 39% | 23% |
| Helston | 11,366 | 4.3 mi | 41.8 | 21% | 30% |
| Penryn | 11,194 | 4.5 mi | 30.3 | 15% | 24% |
| Stithians | 1,613 | 4.7 mi | 45.5 | 23% | 29% |
| Falmouth | 24,066 | 4.8 mi | 38.6 | 21% | 21% |
| Mylor Bridge | 1,534 | 6.3 mi | 61.1 | 44% | 15% |
| Four Lanes | 1,579 | 6.4 mi | 41 | 19% | 31% |
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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 Constantine’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’s residents
What is the population of Constantine?
The 2021 Census counted 970 people in Constantine’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Constantine?
The median age was 45.5 at the 2021 Census. 8.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Constantine?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across Cornwall’s towns. 6.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Constantine?
46% said they had no religion and 46% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 7.4% didn’t answer.
Is Constantine good for families?
29% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Constantine’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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