Photo: Tony Atkin · CC BY-SA 2.0A lower share of households without a car or van than 97% of UK towns, at 5.9%
Across England’s towns, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British; in Kelly Bray, 96%. For Kelly Bray, the census puts households in detached houses at 48%. Compared with other places, unpaid carers are common here: 11%, more than in just over four fifths of UK towns. The village had 1,137 residents and 495 households at the 2021 Census, with a median age of 44.9.
23% of residents are 65 or over, a share 59% of UK towns don’t reach
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The median age in Kelly Bray is 44.9, higher than in 53% of UK towns. The usual figure: 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. No age band is larger than 45–49: 7.1% 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
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Kelly Bray: 4.9% of adults are full-time students, above 55% 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%.
9% of residents lived at another address a year earlier (England’s towns: 11%). The usual figure: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
More shared households of unrelated adults than 85% of UK towns: 3.4%
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.
At 2.3 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across England’s towns. To put it in context, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns. Across Kelly Bray, 28% of households have dependent children. 29% of households are one person living alone, a lower share than in 58% of UK towns.
15% of households live in a flat, more than in 69% 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
With households in terraced houses at 19%, Kelly Bray is behind 55% of UK towns on that count. The benchmark for households in flats across England’s towns: 23%.
Only 4.3% of residents were born outside the UK in Kelly Bray
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
98% of residents have English as their main language, against 90% across England’s towns. As a reference point, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (2.6%) or in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.8%).
Kelly Bray sits above 77% of UK towns for residents with no religion (45%)
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: 96% of Kelly Bray · Cornwall’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
With residents who describe themselves as Christian at 47%, Kelly Bray is behind just over two thirds of UK towns on that count. Residents with no religion: 37% across England’s towns, for comparison. Next after White British come Other White (2.6%), Mixed or multiple (1.2%) and Indian (0.4%).
A smaller share of married adults and civil partners than 58% of UK towns: 47%
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 care takes 50 hours a week or more for 36 people. The usual figure: 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Adults who have never married are rarer here than in 52% of UK towns.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 31%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 31% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 14% hold no qualification (18%).
Every neighbour of Kelly Bray has an older population
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelly Bray | 1,137 | — | 44.9 | 23% | 28% |
| Callington | 4,665 | 1.1 mi | 50 | 26% | 21% |
| Gunnislake and St Ann's Chapel | 3,506 | 4 mi | 50.5 | 27% | 23% |
| Pensilva | 1,656 | 4.4 mi | 52.5 | 29% | 20% |
| Bere Alston | 2,259 | 6.1 mi | 52.6 | 31% | 20% |
| Landrake | 1,104 | 6.7 mi | 47.9 | 23% | 25% |
| St Cleer | 1,144 | 7.2 mi | 49.5 | 25% | 25% |
| Tavistock | 12,676 | 7.7 mi | 51.7 | 30% | 22% |
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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 Kelly Bray’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 Kelly Bray’s residents
What is the population of Kelly Bray?
The 2021 Census counted 1,137 people in Kelly Bray’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Kelly Bray?
The median age was 44.9 at the 2021 Census. 9.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Kelly Bray?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across Cornwall’s towns. 4.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Kelly Bray?
45% said they had no religion and 47% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 6.8% didn’t answer.
Is Kelly Bray good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Kelly Bray’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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