Photo: Stephen Craven · CC BY-SA 2.0Gorran Haven is older than 99% of UK towns: a median age of 60.3
The figure for households with dependent children is 16% in Gorran Haven and 29% across England’s towns. The village’s 385 households held 814 residents at the 2021 Census. In Gorran Haven, 3.6% of households live in a terraced house. 58% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 95% of UK towns.
In Gorran Haven, 43% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 70–74, with 13% of residents, 2.7 times the share across England’s towns. Locally, 7.8% of residents are aged 15 to 24. Against that, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
3.9% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 86% 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%.
Managerial and professional jobs take in 37% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 18% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). The share of residents who moved in within the year stands at 8.9%. Typically, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Households here average 2.1 people, below 91% of UK towns
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.
32% of households are one person living alone; across England’s towns the figure is 30%. Here, 3.1% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
A larger share of households in detached houses than 99% of UK towns: 84%
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 24% across England’s towns, the share of households without a car or van in Gorran Haven comes in at 11%. Compared with other places, households in flats are scarce here: 2.3%, fewer than in 96% of UK towns. As a yardstick, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
Residents whose main language is English make up 100% in Gorran Haven, more than in 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
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (1.5%) and in Africa (0.7%). Fewer residents born outside the UK than in 85% of UK towns: 3.5%. By way of comparison, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
Gorran Haven sits above 94% of UK towns for residents who describe themselves as White British (97%)
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 Gorran Haven · Cornwall’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
By its share of residents with no religion (35%), Gorran Haven is below just over four fifths of UK towns. Across the comparison, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. The census found that 57% of residents describe themselves as Christian here.
18% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, below 99% 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
Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 26 residents. Compared with other places, unpaid carers are common here: 10%, more than in 76% of UK towns. The share of adults who have never married across England’s towns is 39%.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 38%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 38% of adults in Gorran Haven, 34% across England’s towns; 15% have no qualification, against 18%.
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 1 are older than Gorran Haven
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gorran Haven | 814 | — | 60.3 | 43% | 16% |
| Mevagissey | 1,878 | 1.9 mi | 55.2 | 32% | 18% |
| Polgooth | 1,096 | 5.6 mi | 57.2 | 38% | 19% |
| Carlyon Bay | 1,174 | 6.9 mi | 62.8 | 47% | 16% |
| St Austell | 24,361 | 6.9 mi | 45 | 23% | 26% |
| Trewoon | 1,246 | 7 mi | 47 | 24% | 26% |
| Probus | 2,565 | 7.7 mi | 47.1 | 23% | 25% |
| Grampound Road | 1,160 | 8 mi | 37.2 | 11% | 37% |
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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 Gorran Haven’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 Gorran Haven’s residents
What is the population of Gorran Haven?
The 2021 Census counted 814 people in Gorran Haven’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Gorran Haven?
The median age was 60.3 at the 2021 Census. 7.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 43% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Gorran Haven?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across Cornwall’s towns. 3.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Gorran Haven?
35% said they had no religion and 57% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 7% didn’t answer.
Is Gorran Haven good for families?
16% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Gorran Haven’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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