Photo: Tim Green from Bradford · CC BY 2.0Residents aged 15 to 24: 6.2%, a lower share than 99% of UK towns
By its share of households in terraced houses (32%), Flushing is above 86% of UK towns. Households with dependent children account for 23%. 48% of residents said they have no religion, a higher share than in 89% of UK towns. In 2021, the Census found 745 residents in the village, living in 330 households.
Half of Flushing is over 51.1, older than 90% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns, against 31% in Flushing. 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.
Only 2.6% of adults are full-time students in Flushing
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%.
Against a figure of 11% across England’s towns, the share of residents who moved in within the year in Flushing comes in at 9%. The wider picture: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Only 25% of households in Flushing are one person living alone
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 2.2 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. On the census count, 3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. The usual figure: 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
Fewer car-free households than 79% of UK towns: 11%
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
Flats are home to 8.2% of households, against 23% across England’s towns. One household in every 10 has no car or van. Households in detached houses are more common here than in 54% of UK towns.
99% of residents have English as their main language, a share 82% of UK towns don’t reach
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
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (2.3%) or in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (2.2%). 6.6% of residents were born outside the UK, a higher share than in 52% of UK towns. On average, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
Only 43% of residents describe themselves as Christian in Flushing
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 Flushing · Cornwall’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 95%, against 73% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, residents who describe themselves as Christian come to 46%. Next after White British come Other White (3.2%), Mixed or multiple (0.7%) and Indian (0.1%).
57% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 93% 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
Across England’s towns, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership; in Flushing, 25%. Census figures put unpaid carers at 8.1% locally. To put it in context, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications: 49% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Flushing’s adults: 49% with a degree-level qualification and 13% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
4 in 7 nearby towns have a higher median age than Flushing
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flushing | 745 | — | 51.1 | 31% | 23% |
| Falmouth | 24,066 | 1 mi | 38.6 | 21% | 21% |
| Mylor Bridge | 1,534 | 1.3 mi | 61.1 | 44% | 15% |
| Penryn | 11,194 | 1.9 mi | 30.3 | 15% | 24% |
| Perranarworthal | 1,305 | 3.8 mi | 53.4 | 33% | 23% |
| Carnon Downs and Devoran | 2,129 | 3.8 mi | 55.7 | 36% | 20% |
| Mawnan Smith | 1,001 | 3.8 mi | 57.7 | 39% | 23% |
| Stithians | 1,613 | 4.9 mi | 45.5 | 23% | 29% |
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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 Flushing’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 Flushing’s residents
What is the population of Flushing?
The 2021 Census counted 745 people in Flushing’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Flushing?
The median age was 51.1 at the 2021 Census. 6.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 31% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Flushing?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across Cornwall’s towns. 6.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Flushing?
48% said they had no religion and 43% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 7.4% didn’t answer.
Is Flushing good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Flushing’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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