Photo: Derek Harper · CC BY-SA 2.0Landrake ranks below 94% of UK towns on households without a car or van: 7.3%
The figure for residents who describe themselves as White British is 97% in Landrake and 73% across England’s towns. Its 480 households held 1,104 residents at the 2021 Census. Across Landrake, 39% of households live in a detached house. With a median age of 47.9, Landrake is older than 74% of UK towns.
In Landrake, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24, more than in 81% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
55–59 is the most common age band: one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across England’s towns. Across the comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over account for 23%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 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.
Full-time students make up 6.3% in Landrake, more than in 87% 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, 37% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 18% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). The comparison figure for full-time students is 7.9% across England’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year: nearly a tenth of the total.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Only 25% of households have dependent children in Landrake
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 one-person households trails 70% of UK towns: 28%. Across England’s towns, 29% of households have dependent children. Locally, 3.5% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
Fewer households in flats than 85% of UK towns: 4.6%
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
Households in terraced houses make up 22%, against 24% across England’s towns. As a reference point, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
Landrake: 100% of residents have English as their main language, above 99% of UK towns
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 EU countries (1.6%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.6%). As a reference point, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. 3.2% of residents were born outside the UK, a lower share than in 88% of UK towns.
Landrake: 55% of residents describe themselves as Christian, above 82% 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: 97% of Landrake · Cornwall’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the most common groups are Other White (1.6%), Mixed or multiple (0.8%) and Chinese (0.2%). Residents with no religion are rarer here than in 64% of UK towns. On average, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
Landrake sits below 73% of UK towns for adults who have never married (29%)
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
Married adults and civil partners: 52%, above 72% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, the share of adults who have never married is 39%. Census figures put unpaid carers at 11% in Landrake.
Qualified to degree level: 38% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 38% of adults in Landrake, 34% across England’s towns; 12% have no qualification, against 18%. 20% have A levels as their highest qualification, many of them still studying for a degree.
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 6 are older than Landrake
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Landrake | 1,104 | — | 47.9 | 23% | 25% |
| Saltash | 15,433 | 3 mi | 48 | 26% | 26% |
| Torpoint | 7,163 | 4.9 mi | 48.6 | 25% | 22% |
| Callington | 4,665 | 5.6 mi | 50 | 26% | 21% |
| Bere Alston | 2,259 | 5.9 mi | 52.6 | 31% | 20% |
| Millbrook | 2,299 | 6.1 mi | 51.5 | 30% | 22% |
| Kelly Bray | 1,137 | 6.7 mi | 44.9 | 23% | 28% |
| Gunnislake and St Ann's Chapel | 3,506 | 7.4 mi | 50.5 | 27% | 23% |
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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 Landrake’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 Landrake’s residents
What is the population of Landrake?
The 2021 Census counted 1,104 people in Landrake’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Landrake?
The median age was 47.9 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Landrake?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across Cornwall’s towns. 3.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Landrake?
39% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 4.6% didn’t answer.
Is Landrake good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Landrake’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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