Photo: Partonez · CC BY-SA 4.0Crantock sits above 93% of UK towns for residents with no religion (50%)
Households with dependent children make up 24%, against 29% across England’s towns. There were 426 households in Crantock at the 2021 Census, home to 924 residents. For Crantock, the census puts unpaid carers at 11%. The village has more households in detached houses than nearly four fifths of UK towns, at 42%.
Half of Crantock is over 48, older than 74% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
9.1% of residents are aged 15 to 24, against 12% across England’s towns. Across Crantock, 25% of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Crantock: 20% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, above 98% 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%.
4.4% of adults are full-time students (England’s towns: 7.9%). The usual figure: just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
Smaller households than 77% of UK towns: 2.2 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.
Shared households of unrelated adults make up 2.8%, against 4.3% across England’s towns. Nearly a third of households are one person living alone.
Above 85% of UK towns: 21% of households live in a flat or apartment
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
In Crantock, 17% of households have no car or van, beside 24% across England’s towns. For Crantock, the census puts households in terraced houses at 18%. The usual figure: 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
Crantock: 99% of residents have English as their main language, above 79% 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
7% of residents were born outside the UK, against 18% across England’s towns. The share of residents whose main language is English across England’s towns is 90%. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (2.4%) and in Africa (1.9%).
Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 43% in Crantock, less 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: 93% of Crantock · Cornwall’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 93%, against 73% across England’s towns. After White British, the largest groups are Other White (4.3%), Mixed or multiple (1.3%) and Chinese (0.1%). As a yardstick, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
A higher share of married adults and civil partners than 52% of UK towns, at 48%
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
20 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week. The wider picture: 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Few places have so few adults who have never married: 32% here, fewer than in 52% of UK towns.
Among adults, 33% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 33% of adults in Crantock (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 16% (England’s towns: 18%).
Every neighbour of Crantock has a younger population
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crantock | 924 | — | 48 | 25% | 24% |
| Newquay | 24,543 | 2.1 mi | 42.7 | 20% | 25% |
| St Newlyn East | 1,038 | 3.4 mi | 47.2 | 23% | 28% |
| Quintrell Downs | 1,358 | 3.7 mi | 46.7 | 26% | 25% |
| Perranporth | 2,752 | 4.3 mi | 46.8 | 25% | 24% |
| St Erme and Trispen | 1,604 | 7.1 mi | 39.5 | 16% | 33% |
| St Agnes | 3,253 | 7.4 mi | 45.9 | 25% | 27% |
| St Columb Major | 3,663 | 7.6 mi | 43.2 | 22% | 28% |
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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 Crantock’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 Crantock’s residents
What is the population of Crantock?
The 2021 Census counted 924 people in Crantock’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Crantock?
The median age was 48 at the 2021 Census. 9.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Crantock?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across Cornwall’s towns. 7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Crantock?
50% said they had no religion and 43% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 6.7% didn’t answer.
Is Crantock good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Crantock’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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