Photo: Tony Atkin · CC BY-SA 2.0Illogan ranks below 99% of UK towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 6.9%
Where 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns, Illogan has 25%. Census day 2021: 1,096 residents and 460 households in the village. For Illogan, the census puts households in terraced houses at 8.6%. 5% of households live in a flat or apartment, fewer than in 83% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Illogan’s people
More with no religion than most
52% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 40% 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).
Above 56% of UK towns: 23% of residents are 65 or over
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Half of Illogan’s residents are under 43.8, younger than in 55% of UK towns. Across the comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. The largest age band is 30–34: 7.5% of residents. In Tywardreath, the oldest of Cornwall’s towns by this measure, it is 35%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 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.
Illogan sits below 99% of UK towns for full-time students (2.9%)
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%.
Nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier (England’s towns: 11%). Full-time students make up 7.9% across England’s towns.
Bigger households than 70% of UK towns: 2.4 people each on average
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.
4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns, against 2.6% in Illogan. On the census count, 29% of households have dependent children.
A village of detached houses: 40% of households live in one
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
13% of households have no car or van, against 24% across England’s towns. As a reference point, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
Illogan ranks below 99% of UK towns on residents born outside the UK: 2.1%
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 the Middle East and Asia (1%) and in EU countries (0.8%). Set beside that, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. On residents whose main language is English, Illogan sits higher than 82% of UK towns: 99%.
52% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 96% 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 Illogan · Cornwall’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Set against 73% across England’s towns, 95% of residents describe themselves as White British in Illogan. By way of comparison, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Across Illogan, two in five residents describe themselves as Christian.
Illogan: 11% of residents give unpaid care, above 85% 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
Some 38 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. Unpaid carers make up 8.7% across England’s towns. Fewer married adults and civil partners than in just over half of UK towns: 48%. Set against 39% across England’s towns, nearly a third of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership in Illogan.
A degree-level qualification for 29% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Illogan’s adults: 29% with a degree-level qualification and 20% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
A younger town than 4 of the 7 around it: Illogan
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Illogan | 1,096 | — | 43.8 | 23% | 29% |
| Pool and Illogan | 8,588 | 0.5 mi | 45.1 | 22% | 25% |
| Tolvaddon | 1,107 | 0.8 mi | 47.9 | 26% | 21% |
| Portreath | 1,218 | 1.6 mi | 44.2 | 22% | 30% |
| Camborne | 20,445 | 1.9 mi | 42 | 21% | 27% |
| Redruth | 15,455 | 2 mi | 42.2 | 20% | 27% |
| Four Lanes | 1,579 | 2.9 mi | 41 | 19% | 31% |
| Troon | 1,402 | 3 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 27% |
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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 Illogan’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 Illogan’s residents
What is the population of Illogan?
The 2021 Census counted 1,096 people in Illogan’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Illogan?
The median age was 43.8 at the 2021 Census. 6.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Illogan?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across Cornwall’s towns. 2.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Illogan?
52% said they had no religion and 40% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 6.9% didn’t answer.
Is Illogan good for families?
29% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Illogan’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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