Photo: Vernon39 · Public domainGweek is older than 97% of UK towns: a median age of 55.2
Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. Gweek counted 319 residents and 146 households at the 2021 Census. 58% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. Terraced houses are home to 1.4% of households, against 24% across England’s towns.
In Gweek, 3.4% of residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: 11% of residents, 1.6 times the share across England’s towns. 31% of residents are 65 or over. Measured more widely, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 81 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.
0.8% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 99% 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%.
44% of Gweek’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 16% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. The share of full-time students across England’s towns is 7.9%. Across Gweek, 17% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Gweek sits below 97% of UK towns for households with dependent children (18%)
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.
Shared households of unrelated adults are about as common here as across England’s towns, at 4.8%. Average household size: 2.2 people. At 28%, the share of one-person households is lower than in nearly two thirds of UK towns. Measured more widely, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
A higher share of households in detached houses than 99% of UK towns, at 87%
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 without a car or van is 6.9% in Gweek and 24% across England’s towns. Against that, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
Above 99% of UK towns: 100% of residents have English as their main language
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
Residents born abroad were most often born in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.9%), then in EU countries (1.6%). 5% of residents were born outside the UK, a lower share than in 64% of UK towns. The comparison figure for residents whose main language is English is 90% across England’s towns.
Residents who describe themselves as White British: 95%, a higher share than 77% 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: 95% of Gweek · Cornwall’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Of the other groups, the largest are Mixed or multiple (2.2%), Other White (1.6%) and Pakistani (0.6%). At 48%, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is lower than in 64% of UK towns. For residents who describe themselves as White British, the comparison across England’s towns is 73%. Residents with no religion make up 41%, against 37% across England’s towns.
A smaller share of adults who have never married than 98% of UK towns: 22%
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
Unpaid carers: 12%, above 98% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, adults who have never married come to 39%.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 43%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 43% of adults in Gweek (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 14% (England’s towns: 18%).
1 of the 7 nearest towns are older than Gweek
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gweek | 319 | — | 55.2 | 31% | 18% |
| Helston | 11,366 | 2.8 mi | 41.8 | 21% | 30% |
| Mawnan Smith | 1,001 | 4.5 mi | 57.7 | 39% | 23% |
| Porthleven | 3,118 | 4.8 mi | 51.3 | 29% | 22% |
| Mullion | 2,148 | 5.2 mi | 52.6 | 34% | 25% |
| Stithians | 1,613 | 6.3 mi | 45.5 | 23% | 29% |
| Penryn | 11,194 | 6.5 mi | 30.3 | 15% | 24% |
| Falmouth | 24,066 | 6.8 mi | 38.6 | 21% | 21% |
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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 Gweek’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 Gweek’s residents
What is the population of Gweek?
The 2021 Census counted 319 people in Gweek’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Gweek?
The median age was 55.2 at the 2021 Census. 3.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 31% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Gweek?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across Cornwall’s towns. 5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Gweek?
41% said they had no religion and 48% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 8.5% didn’t answer.
Is Gweek good for families?
18% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Gweek’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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