Photo: Bill Henderson · CC BY-SA 2.0A village of detached houses: 51% of households live in one
The share of married adults and civil partners is 55%, against 44% across England’s towns. In 2021, the Census found 835 residents in Cubert, living in 368 households. Here, 3.5% of households live in a flat or apartment. The village has more residents aged 65 and over than 77% of UK towns, at 26%.
8.9% of residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 78% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The median age in Cubert is 47.2, higher than in 70% of UK towns. The usual figure: 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s 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
53% women, 47% men
About 89 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.
Fewer full-time students than 63% of UK towns: 4.5%
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%.
Managerial and professional jobs take in 39% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 18% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). The share of full-time students across England’s towns is 7.9%. Here, nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Fewer one-person households than 72% of UK towns: 27%
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.
3% of households are unrelated adults living together, against 4.3% across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. Census figures put households with dependent children at 28% in Cubert.
Fewer car-free households than 84% of UK towns: 9.6%
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
There is little gap on households in terraced houses: 24%, about the same as across England’s towns. About one household in 10 lives without a car or van.
Cubert sits below 86% of UK towns for residents born outside the UK (3.4%)
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
In Cubert, 99% of residents have English as their main language, beside 90% across England’s towns. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (1.2%) and in Africa (1%). The wider picture: 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
Cubert: 95% of residents describe themselves as White British, above 81% 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: 95% of Cubert · Cornwall’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Other White (2.4%), Mixed or multiple (0.6%) and Indian (0.1%). Few places have as many residents with no religion: 45% here, more than in 78% of UK towns. Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 73% across England’s towns. Nothing unusual on residents who describe themselves as Christian: 46%, close to the figure across England’s towns.
In Cubert, 27% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 85% 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 number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 28. Few places have so few unpaid carers: 9% here, fewer than in just over three fifths of UK towns. The share of adults who have never married across England’s towns is 39%.
40% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 40% of its adults qualified to degree level, Cubert compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 11% hold no qualification (18%).
The towns around Cubert 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cubert | 835 | — | 47.2 | 26% | 28% |
| Perranporth | 2,752 | 2.9 mi | 46.8 | 25% | 24% |
| St Newlyn East | 1,038 | 2.9 mi | 47.2 | 23% | 28% |
| Newquay | 24,543 | 3.2 mi | 42.7 | 20% | 25% |
| Quintrell Downs | 1,358 | 4.3 mi | 46.7 | 26% | 25% |
| St Agnes | 3,253 | 6.1 mi | 45.9 | 25% | 27% |
| St Erme and Trispen | 1,604 | 6.1 mi | 39.5 | 16% | 33% |
| Shortlanesend | 1,427 | 6.6 mi | 36.2 | 13% | 38% |
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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 Cubert’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 Cubert’s residents
What is the population of Cubert?
The 2021 Census counted 835 people in Cubert’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Cubert?
The median age was 47.2 at the 2021 Census. 8.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Cubert?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across Cornwall’s towns. 3.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Cubert?
45% said they had no religion and 46% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.2% didn’t answer.
Is Cubert good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Cubert’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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