Photo: Matteosoldati · CC BY-SA 3.0Half of Coverack is over 59.8, older than 99% of UK towns
Just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns, against 82% in Coverack. At the 2021 Census, 301 people lived here, in 117 households. Census figures put adults who have never married at 18% locally. Households with dependent children are rarer here than in 93% of UK towns.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 99% of UK towns, at 40%
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, 2.1 times the share across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 18% of residents are 65 or over. 7% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
More residents who moved in within the year than 97% of UK towns: 16%
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%.
Across England’s towns, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Coverack has 35% and 13%. Typically, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. For Coverack, the census puts full-time students at 5.5%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
In Coverack, 22% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 95% 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.
The typical household size is 2.3 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. On the census count, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
Coverack ranks below 98% of UK towns on households in terraced houses: 4.2%
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
3.4% of households live in a flat or apartment, against 23% across England’s towns. What’s more, fewer households without a car or van than in 97% of UK towns: 5.9%. For households in terraced houses, the comparison across England’s towns is 24%.
In Coverack, 100% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 99% 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
Set against 18% across England’s towns, 5.3% of residents were born outside the UK in Coverack. As a reference point, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (2%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.3%).
49% of residents said they have no religion, a share 92% of UK towns don’t reach
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 Coverack · Cornwall’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The figure for residents who describe themselves as White British is 95% in Coverack and 73% across England’s towns. Few places have so few residents who describe themselves as Christian: 46% here, fewer than in 72% of UK towns. The usual figure: 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns.
A higher share of married adults and civil partners than 99% of UK towns, at 62%
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
Here, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care. 18% of Coverack’s adults have never married or formed a civil partnership and 62% are married, against 39% and 44% across England’s towns.
38% of adults have a degree-level qualification
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 Coverack, 38%, and 16% have none, against 18%.
Coverack is older than every town around it
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coverack | 301 | — | 59.8 | 40% | 21% |
| Lizard | 1,046 | 6 mi | 54.3 | 33% | 19% |
| Mawnan Smith | 1,001 | 6.1 mi | 57.7 | 39% | 23% |
| Mullion | 2,148 | 6.4 mi | 52.6 | 34% | 25% |
| Falmouth | 24,066 | 8.6 mi | 38.6 | 21% | 21% |
| Helston | 11,366 | 9.2 mi | 41.8 | 21% | 30% |
| Penryn | 11,194 | 9.9 mi | 30.3 | 15% | 24% |
| Porthleven | 3,118 | 10.3 mi | 51.3 | 29% | 22% |
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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 Coverack’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 Coverack’s residents
What is the population of Coverack?
The 2021 Census counted 301 people in Coverack’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Coverack?
The median age was 59.8 at the 2021 Census. 7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 40% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Coverack?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across Cornwall’s towns. 5.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Coverack?
49% said they had no religion and 46% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.3% didn’t answer.
Is Coverack good for families?
21% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Coverack’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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