Photo: Tony Atkin · CC BY-SA 2.0Delabole sits above 93% of UK towns for residents with no religion (50%)
By its share of households with dependent children (24%), Delabole is below 80% of UK towns. 34% of households are one person living alone, more than in 81% of UK towns. At the 2021 Census, 1,779 people lived in the village, in 786 households. On the census count, just over one in ten households have no car or van.
What the Census says about Delabole’s people
More with no religion than most
50% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 43% Christian, against 37% and 46% across England’s towns. Ethnicity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Only 8.4% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Delabole
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. The median age in Delabole is 47.9, higher than in 74% of UK towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A lower share of full-time students than 93% of UK towns, at 3.6%
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%.
Nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier, against 11% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of full-time students is 7.9%.
More shared houses than 92% of UK towns: 4.1% of households
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.
At 2.3 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across England’s towns. For shared households of unrelated adults, the comparison across England’s towns is 4.3%.
33% of households live in a detached house, more than in 62% 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
Nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns, against 20% in Delabole. At 10%, the share of households in flats is lower than in just over half of UK towns. Set beside that, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
Delabole ranks below 90% of UK towns on residents born outside the UK: 3.1%
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
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (1.1%) and in Africa (0.8%). On average, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. 100% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 99% of UK towns.
Delabole: 97% of residents describe themselves as White British, above 93% 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: 97% of Delabole · Cornwall’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The largest groups after White British are Other White (1.9%), Mixed or multiple (0.5%) and Chinese (0.1%). Few places have so few residents who describe themselves as Christian: 43% here, fewer than in 85% of UK towns. As a reference point, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
Unpaid carers: 10%, a higher share than 78% 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
Married adults and civil partners: 47% here and 44% across England’s towns. The benchmark for unpaid carers across England’s towns: 8.7%. Adults who have never married account for 31%.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 22% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 22% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 20% hold no qualification (18%).
Median age: 3 of the 6 towns around Delabole are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delabole | 1,779 | — | 47.9 | 24% | 24% |
| Camelford | 2,983 | 2 mi | 42.7 | 22% | 31% |
| Egloshayle | 1,185 | 8.4 mi | 45 | 25% | 30% |
| Wadebridge | 5,626 | 8.8 mi | 50.4 | 30% | 21% |
| Rock | 1,156 | 9.2 mi | 53.9 | 36% | 20% |
| Bodmin | 16,904 | 10.6 mi | 41.3 | 20% | 28% |
| Padstow | 2,351 | 11.1 mi | 49.3 | 28% | 21% |
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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 Delabole’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 Delabole’s residents
What is the population of Delabole?
The 2021 Census counted 1,779 people in Delabole’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Delabole?
The median age was 47.9 at the 2021 Census. 8.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Delabole?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across Cornwall’s towns. 3.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Delabole?
50% said they had no religion and 43% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 4.9% didn’t answer.
Is Delabole good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Delabole’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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