Photo: Jonathan Billinger · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 91% of UK towns: half of Lanivet is over 51.5
Where nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns, Lanivet has 12%. Compared with other places, residents who describe themselves as White British are common here: 97%, more than in 93% of UK towns. 578 residents in 251 households: that is Lanivet at the 2021 Census. Households with dependent children account for 24%.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 85% of UK towns, at 8.5%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 26%, against 18% across England’s towns. Set beside that, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Lanivet sits below 80% of UK towns for residents who moved in within the year (7.3%)
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 22% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 30% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). For Lanivet, the census puts full-time students at 4.7%. Set beside that, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
In Lanivet, 25% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 87% of UK towns
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. Few places have as many shared households of unrelated adults: 4.4% here, more than in 94% of UK towns. Elsewhere, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
Below 94% of UK towns: 2.8% of households live in a flat or apartment
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
Nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house (England’s towns: 24%). Across Lanivet, one in ten households have no car or van. Households in detached houses are more common here than in 68% of UK towns.
Only 2.8% of Lanivet’s residents were born outside the UK
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 whose main language is English tops 68% of UK towns: 98%. Across England’s towns, residents born outside the UK come to 18%. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (1.9%), then in Africa (0.4%).
Lanivet ranks above 66% of UK towns on residents with no religion: 43%
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 Lanivet · Cornwall’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is 51%, against 46% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, residents with no religion come to 37%. After White British, the largest groups are Other White (0.5%), Mixed or multiple (0.5%) and Chinese (0.2%).
Adults who have never married make up 29% in Lanivet, less than in 71% 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
28 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week. Across England’s towns, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership. Few places have as many married adults and civil partners: 49% here, more than in 57% of UK towns.
25% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Lanivet counts 25% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 20% have no qualification (18%).
Around Lanivet, 1 of 7 towns have a higher median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lanivet | 578 | — | 51.5 | 26% | 24% |
| Bodmin | 16,904 | 2.5 mi | 41.3 | 20% | 28% |
| Bugle | 2,430 | 3.3 mi | 38.4 | 16% | 30% |
| Roche | 2,311 | 3.9 mi | 43 | 21% | 28% |
| Lostwithiel | 3,067 | 4.7 mi | 51.6 | 29% | 21% |
| Penwithick | 1,706 | 4.9 mi | 36.7 | 16% | 39% |
| Egloshayle | 1,185 | 5.7 mi | 45 | 25% | 30% |
| Wadebridge | 5,626 | 5.9 mi | 50.4 | 30% | 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 Lanivet’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 Lanivet’s residents
What is the population of Lanivet?
The 2021 Census counted 578 people in Lanivet’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Lanivet?
The median age was 51.5 at the 2021 Census. 8.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Lanivet?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across Cornwall’s towns. 2.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Lanivet?
43% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.2% didn’t answer.
Is Lanivet good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Lanivet’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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