Photo: Tony Atkin · CC BY-SA 2.0More households with dependent children than 96% of UK towns: 37%
The typical household size is 2.5 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. At the 2021 Census, 1,160 people lived in Grampound Road, in 463 households. 3% of households live in a flat or apartment. On residents who describe themselves as White British, Grampound Road sits higher than 93% of UK towns: 97%.
What the Census says about Grampound Road’s people
A village of families
37% of Grampound Road’s 463 households had dependent children in 2021, more than in 96% of UK towns. 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of Grampound Road’s residents are under 37.2 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 11% are 15 to 24 and 11% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
More with no religion than most
51% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 41% 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).
Grampound Road is younger than 91% of UK towns: a median age of 37.2
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 50–54, with nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across England’s towns. Across Grampound Road, just over one in ten residents are 65 or over. Residents aged 15 to 24 are more common here than in 87% of UK towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
7.2% of adults are full-time students, more than in 92% 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%.
By class, 30% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 25% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). On residents who moved in within the year, Grampound Road sits higher than nearly four fifths of UK towns: 10%. Elsewhere, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
A smaller share of one-person households than 85% of UK towns: 25%
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 share of shared households of unrelated adults is 2.8%, against 4.3% across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
Grampound Road sits below 99% of UK towns for households without a car or van (4.3%)
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
The figure for households in detached houses is 20% in Grampound Road and 21% across England’s towns. For households without a car or van, the comparison across England’s towns is 24%. In Grampound Road, 27% of households live in a terraced house.
Only 3.6% of Grampound Road’s residents were born outside the UK
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 share of residents whose main language is English tops 73% of UK towns: 99%. Set beside that, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. The largest groups were born in EU countries (1.3%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1%).
Grampound Road ranks above 95% of UK towns on residents with no religion: 51%
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 Grampound Road · 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%; Grampound Road has 41%. The share of residents with no religion across England’s towns is 37%. The largest groups after White British are Other White (1.6%), Indian (0.4%) and Chinese (0.1%).
37% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, a share 79% of UK towns don’t reach
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
30 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. For adults who have never married, the comparison across England’s towns is 39%. Compared with other places, married adults and civil partners are scarce here: 43%, fewer than in 81% of UK towns. Grampound Road sits close to the norm on unpaid carers: 8.4%, about the same as across England’s towns.
32% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 32% of adults in Grampound Road (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 13% (England’s towns: 18%). For 21%, A levels are the highest qualification so far, many of them students still working towards a degree.
No nearby town is as young as Grampound Road
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grampound Road | 1,160 | — | 37.2 | 11% | 37% |
| Probus | 2,565 | 2.1 mi | 47.1 | 23% | 25% |
| St Stephen | 2,339 | 2.4 mi | 44.3 | 21% | 32% |
| Foxhole | 1,526 | 4 mi | 42.3 | 19% | 27% |
| Nanpean | 1,077 | 4.3 mi | 40.3 | 16% | 28% |
| St Erme and Trispen | 1,604 | 4.4 mi | 39.5 | 16% | 33% |
| Polgooth | 1,096 | 4.7 mi | 57.2 | 38% | 19% |
| St Dennis | 2,363 | 4.8 mi | 41.2 | 19% | 31% |
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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 Grampound Road’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 Grampound Road’s residents
What is the population of Grampound Road?
The 2021 Census counted 1,160 people in Grampound Road’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Grampound Road?
The median age was 37.2 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 11% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Grampound Road?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across Cornwall’s towns. 3.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Grampound Road?
51% said they had no religion and 41% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.7% didn’t answer.
Is Grampound Road good for families?
37% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Grampound Road’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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