Photo: Ian Capper · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 54.6: Godolphin Cross is older than 96% of UK towns
One-person households make up 14%, against 30% across England’s towns. At the 2021 Census, 336 people lived in Godolphin Cross, in 137 households. In Godolphin Cross, 20% of households have dependent children. Lower than in 98% of UK towns: 3.6% of households live in a terraced house.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of UK towns: 6.9%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 55–59: 12% of residents, 1.8 times the share across England’s towns. 28% of residents are 65 or over, a higher share than in 84% of UK towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 5.8% in Godolphin Cross, less than in 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%.
Here 4% of adults are full-time students, where the figure across England’s towns is 7.9%. Elsewhere, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
Larger households than 80% 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.
By its share of shared households of unrelated adults (5.8%), Godolphin Cross is above 97% of UK towns.
A smaller share of households without a car or van than 99% of UK towns: 4.4%
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
Against a figure of 23% across England’s towns, the share of households in flats in Godolphin Cross comes in at 1.4%. Compared with other places, households in detached houses are common here: 67%, more than in 99% of UK towns. Across the comparison, nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns.
1.8% of residents were born outside the UK, below 99% 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
Where 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns, Godolphin Cross has 100%. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (0.9%) and in Africa (0.6%). Across England’s towns, 18% of residents were born outside the UK.
97% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 97% 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 Godolphin Cross · Cornwall’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Here 46% of residents said they have no religion, where the figure across England’s towns is 37%. Residents who describe themselves as Christian account for 50%. As a reference point, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
Godolphin Cross ranks above 99% of UK towns on married adults and civil partners: 62%
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
Here 24% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, where the figure across England’s towns is 39%. For 9 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. At 9.2%, the share of unpaid carers is lower than in 55% of UK towns. Measured more widely, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
36% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
14% of Godolphin Cross’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 36% have one at degree level (34%).
Godolphin Cross is older than every town around it
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Godolphin Cross | 336 | — | 54.6 | 28% | 20% |
| Reawla | 1,117 | 3.4 mi | 45.1 | 20% | 28% |
| Goldsithney | 1,346 | 3.6 mi | 47 | 26% | 27% |
| Porthleven | 3,118 | 3.8 mi | 51.3 | 29% | 22% |
| St Erth | 1,128 | 3.9 mi | 46.4 | 23% | 29% |
| Helston | 11,366 | 4.4 mi | 41.8 | 21% | 30% |
| Hayle | 9,040 | 4.6 mi | 45.7 | 24% | 26% |
| Connor Downs | 1,482 | 4.9 mi | 46.6 | 26% | 30% |
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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 Godolphin Cross’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 Godolphin Cross’s residents
What is the population of Godolphin Cross?
The 2021 Census counted 336 people in Godolphin Cross’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Godolphin Cross?
The median age was 54.6 at the 2021 Census. 6.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Godolphin Cross?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across Cornwall’s towns. 1.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Godolphin Cross?
46% said they had no religion and 50% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 3.6% didn’t answer.
Is Godolphin Cross good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Godolphin Cross’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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