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47Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

More households in terraced houses than 90% of UK towns: 35%

Across England’s towns, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home; in Goldsithney, 1.5%. Households in flats account for 4.4%. At 95%, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British is higher than in 73% of UK towns. The 2021 Census counted 1,346 residents in 595 households.

26%aged 65 or over 3.2%born abroad 595households

What stands out · In brief

What the Census says about Goldsithney’s people

49%said they have no religion; England’s towns 37%

More with no religion than most

49% 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).

Ages

Goldsithney: 26% of residents are 65 or over, above 77% of UK towns

Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.

GoldsithneyEngland’s towns

0–410–1420–2430–3440–4450–5460–6470–7480–84

The median age in Goldsithney is 47, higher than in 69% of UK towns. Residents aged 15 to 24: nearly a tenth of the total. Set beside that, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. In Tywardreath, the oldest of Cornwall’s towns by this measure, it is 35%.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1517%

15 to 249.5%

25 to 4421%

45 to 6427%

65 and over26%

GoldsithneyCornwall’s townsEngland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

Goldsithney

England

WomenMen

About 93 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.

Students & newcomers

Residents who moved in within the year make up 7% in Goldsithney, less than in 85% 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

Full-time students4.2%

Higher managerial and professional8.3%

Lower managerial and professional20%

Intermediate11%

Small employers and self-employed16%

Supervisory and technical5.8%

Semi-routine14%

Routine12%

Never worked or long-term unemployed7.8%

GoldsithneyCornwall’s townsEngland’s towns

Address a year before the Census

Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.

Goldsithney

7.1%

England’s towns

11%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

residents, 7%; England’s towns 11%

Of them from abroad

0× England’s share

Full-time students: 4.2% here and 7.9% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.

Households

Households here average 2.3 people, below 54% of UK towns

Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.

Living alone, 66+ 19%Living alone, under 66 12%Families with dependent children 27%Couples and families, no young children 41%Shared houses and other 1.5%

Against Cornwall’s towns and England’s towns

Goldsithney

Cornwall’s towns

England’s towns

People per household

1 person31%

2 people35%

3 people16%

4 people12%

5 or more5.4%

England’s towns.

One-person households account for 30%. Few places have as many households with dependent children: 27% here, more than in 51% of UK towns.

Homes & cars

Goldsithney sits below 55% of UK towns for households without a car or van (14%)

Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.

Type of home

Goldsithney

Cornwall’s towns

England’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van14%

One42%

Two31%

Three or more12%

GoldsithneyCornwall’s townsEngland’s towns

30% of households live in a detached house. The wider picture: 24% of households have no car or van across England’s towns.

Where people were born

Residents whose main language is English: 99%, a higher share than 98% 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%

Goldsithney

3.2%

Cornwall’s towns

5.5%

England’s towns

18%

EU countriesRest of EuropeMiddle East and AsiaAfricaAmericas, Oceania, other

Main language · residents aged 3 and over

English is main language99%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well0.5%

Another main language, little or no English0.1%

GoldsithneyCornwall’s townsEngland’s towns

With residents born outside the UK at 3.2%, Goldsithney is behind 88% of UK towns on that count. Across England’s towns, nine in ten residents have English as their main language. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (1.1%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.7%).

Ethnicity & religion

More residents with no religion than 90% of UK towns: 49%

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

GoldsithneyCornwall’s townsEngland’s towns

Other White1.9%

Asian0.2%

Mixed1%

Black0.3%

Other1.9%

0%6%12%

White British, not charted: 95% of Goldsithney · Cornwall’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.

Religion · all residents

GoldsithneyCornwall’s townsEngland’s towns

No religion49%

Christian43%

Muslim0.2%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist0.7%

Other religion0.5%

Didn’t answer6.9%

0%30%60%

Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Other White (1.9%), Mixed or multiple (1%) and African (0.2%). Compared with other places, residents who describe themselves as Christian are scarce here: 43%, fewer than in 84% of UK towns. The benchmark for residents with no religion across England’s towns: 37%.

Relationships & caring

Adults who have never married make up 29% in Goldsithney, less than in 75% 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

Never married or in a civil partnership29%

Married or civil partnership48%

Separated2%

Divorced14%

Widowed6.6%

GoldsithneyCornwall’s townsEngland’s towns

137residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 11%, against 8.7% in England’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week6%

20 to 49 hours1.6%

50 hours or more3%

Across England’s towns, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care; in Goldsithney, 11%. Add to that, 48% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 52% of UK towns. Adults who have never married make up 39% across England’s towns.

Qualifications

Among adults, 28% hold a degree-level qualification

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications18%

Apprenticeship6.4%

A levels or similar19%

Degree level28%

GoldsithneyCornwall’s townsEngland’s towns

At degree level, Goldsithney counts 28% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 18% have no qualification (18%).

Neighbours

Goldsithney sits below 5 of its 7 closest neighbours on median age

Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.

MarazionCrowlasSt ErthLongrockHaylePenzanceCarbis BayGoldsithney

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Goldsithney	1,346	—	47	26%	27%
Marazion	1,350	1.4 mi	52	31%	20%
Crowlas	1,054	2.3 mi	49.7	28%	24%
St Erth	1,128	2.8 mi	46.4	23%	29%
Longrock	1,983	3.9 mi	53.3	32%	20%
Hayle	9,040	4.5 mi	45.7	24%	26%
Penzance	14,957	4.7 mi	49.2	27%	20%
Carbis Bay	3,967	5 mi	53.3	32%	21%

More about Goldsithney’s residents

Health, work and homes have their own pages

Health C⁺Life expectancy, early deaths and Census health, adjusted for age Work & commute C⁻Income, the claimant count, jobs and how people get to work Cost of living D⁻Owners and renters, prices, rents and council tax Schools D⁻Every primary and secondary, with results and inspections

How to read these numbers

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 Goldsithney’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 Goldsithney’s residents

What is the population of Goldsithney?

The 2021 Census counted 1,346 people in Goldsithney’s built-up area.

What is the average age in Goldsithney?

The median age was 47 at the 2021 Census. 9.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Goldsithney?

95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across Cornwall’s towns. 3.2% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Goldsithney?

49% said they had no religion and 43% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 6.9% didn’t answer.

Is Goldsithney good for families?

27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Goldsithney’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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