Photo: Romfordian · CC BY-SA 4.0One-person households: 24%, a lower share than 90% of UK towns
45% of residents said they have no religion; across England’s towns the figure is 37%. Locally, one in ten households have no car or van. On households in flats, Egloshayle sits lower than 71% of UK towns: 7.1%. At the 2021 Census, 1,185 people lived in the village, in 496 households.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 71% of UK towns, at 25%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24; across England’s towns the figure is 12%. What’s more, with a median age of 45, Egloshayle is older than 54% of UK towns. Typically, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
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.
A smaller share of residents who moved in within the year than 78% of UK towns: 7.4%
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 work; in Egloshayle, 28% and 27%. The wider picture: just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. On the census count, 6.1% of adults are full-time students.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Larger households than 81% of UK towns: 2.4 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.
With households with dependent children at 30%, Egloshayle is ahead of 73% of UK towns on that count. Census figures put shared households of unrelated adults at 2.6% locally.
Egloshayle ranks below 78% of UK towns on households in terraced houses: 13%
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
Egloshayle sits close to the norm on households in detached houses: 21%, about the same as across England’s towns. To put it in context, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
More residents whose main language is English than 69% of UK towns: 98%
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
6% of residents were born outside the UK, against 18% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, nine in ten residents have English as their main language. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (3.9%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.8%).
A larger share of residents who describe themselves as White British than 72% of UK towns: 95%
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 Egloshayle · Cornwall’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is 46%; Egloshayle has 48%. Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 73% across England’s towns. The next-largest groups, after White British, are Other White (3.3%), Mixed or multiple (1.2%) and Chinese (0.4%).
30% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, below 67% 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
Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 39. Married adults and civil partners are more common here than in 64% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, the share of unpaid carers is 8.7%; Egloshayle has 9.9%.
Qualified to degree level: 32% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
32% of Egloshayle’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 13% have none (18%). Many of the 17% whose highest qualification is A levels are students working towards a degree.
Nearby, 4 of 7 towns have older populations than Egloshayle
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egloshayle | 1,185 | — | 45 | 25% | 30% |
| Wadebridge | 5,626 | 0.5 mi | 50.4 | 30% | 21% |
| Rock | 1,156 | 4.1 mi | 53.9 | 36% | 20% |
| Bodmin | 16,904 | 5.5 mi | 41.3 | 20% | 28% |
| Padstow | 2,351 | 5.5 mi | 49.3 | 28% | 21% |
| St Merryn | 1,344 | 7.2 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 28% |
| Roche | 2,311 | 7.4 mi | 43 | 21% | 28% |
| St Columb Major | 3,663 | 8 mi | 43.2 | 22% | 28% |
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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 Egloshayle’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 Egloshayle’s residents
What is the population of Egloshayle?
The 2021 Census counted 1,185 people in Egloshayle’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Egloshayle?
The median age was 45 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Egloshayle?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across Cornwall’s towns. 6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Egloshayle?
45% said they had no religion and 48% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 6.2% didn’t answer.
Is Egloshayle good for families?
30% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Egloshayle’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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