Photo: Tony Atkin · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 57.1: Harrowbarrow is older than 98% of UK towns
With adults who have never married at 17%, Harrowbarrow is behind 99% of UK towns on that count. The village counted 326 residents and 138 households at the 2021 Census. Across Harrowbarrow, 5.6% of households have no car or van. Few places have so few households in terraced houses: 8.4% here, fewer than in 93% of UK towns.
33% of Harrowbarrow is 65 or over, a higher share than 96% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Here 8% of residents are aged 15 to 24, where the figure across England’s towns is 12%. For comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 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.
Below 67% of UK towns: 4.5% of adults are full-time students
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 43% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 16% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Set beside that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Census figures put residents who moved in within the year at 12% in Harrowbarrow.
Only 18% of households in Harrowbarrow have dependent children
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.
21% of households are one person living alone, against 30% across England’s towns. There are 2.4 people in the average household. Fewer shared households of unrelated adults than in three fifths of UK towns: 2.2%. To put it in context, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
Households in detached houses: 73%, a higher share than 99% of UK towns
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
Here 3.5% of households live in a flat or apartment, where the figure across England’s towns is 23%. For households in detached houses, the comparison across England’s towns is 21%.
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
The share of residents born outside the UK is 4.6%, against 18% across England’s towns. 100% of residents have English as their main language.
94% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 71% 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: 94% of Harrowbarrow · Cornwall’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Other White (3.7%), Pakistani (0.6%) and Mixed or multiple (0.6%). 52% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 62% of UK towns. The comparison figure for residents who describe themselves as White British is 73% across England’s towns. Residents with no religion: 43%, above just over three fifths of UK towns.
In Harrowbarrow, 17% of residents give unpaid care, more than in 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 18 residents. Compared with other places, married adults and civil partners are common here: 64%, more than in 99% of UK towns. For unpaid carers, the comparison across England’s towns is 8.7%.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 40% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Harrowbarrow, 40% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 12% have no qualification at all (18%).
No nearby town is as old as Harrowbarrow
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harrowbarrow | 326 | — | 57.1 | 33% | 18% |
| Gunnislake and St Ann's Chapel | 3,506 | 1.6 mi | 50.5 | 27% | 23% |
| Callington | 4,665 | 2.6 mi | 50 | 26% | 21% |
| Kelly Bray | 1,137 | 2.6 mi | 44.9 | 23% | 28% |
| Bere Alston | 2,259 | 3.6 mi | 52.6 | 31% | 20% |
| Tavistock | 12,676 | 5.4 mi | 51.7 | 30% | 22% |
| Landrake | 1,104 | 6.3 mi | 47.9 | 23% | 25% |
| Horrabridge | 1,875 | 6.8 mi | 51.5 | 28% | 24% |
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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 Harrowbarrow’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 Harrowbarrow’s residents
What is the population of Harrowbarrow?
The 2021 Census counted 326 people in Harrowbarrow’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Harrowbarrow?
The median age was 57.1 at the 2021 Census. 8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 33% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Harrowbarrow?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across Cornwall’s towns. 4.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Harrowbarrow?
43% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.6% were Muslim and 4% didn’t answer.
Is Harrowbarrow good for families?
18% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Harrowbarrow’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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