Photo: Tony Atkin · CC BY-SA 2.0A smaller share of households in flats than 97% of UK towns: 1.9%
The figure for households without a car or van is 9.1% in Lanner and 24% across England’s towns. 95% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 76% of UK towns. Census day 2021: 2,164 residents and 932 households in the village. The share of one-person households stands at 27%.
What the Census says about Lanner’s people
More with no religion than most
48% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 45% 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).
Lanner is older than 67% of UK towns: a median age of 46.8
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 50–54, with nearly one in ten residents. Residents aged 15 to 24 are more common here than in 72% of UK towns. In Tywardreath, the oldest of Cornwall’s towns by this measure, it is 35%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A lower share of residents who moved in within the year than 83% of UK towns, at 7.1%
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%.
Set against 7.9% across England’s towns, 5.1% of adults are full-time students in Lanner. Residents who moved in within the year: 11% across England’s towns, for comparison.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Lanner households average 2.3 people, larger than in 65% 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.
2.6% of households are unrelated adults living together, against 4.3% across England’s towns. Across Lanner, 27% of households have dependent children.
47% of households live in a detached house, more than in 86% 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
Households in terraced houses are about as common here as across England’s towns, at 24%. Measured more widely, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
3.3% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 87% 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
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (1.3%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1%). More residents whose main language is English than in 90% of UK towns: 99%. By way of comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
48% of residents said they have no religion, a share 89% of UK towns don’t reach
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 Lanner · Cornwall’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Other White (2.1%), Mixed or multiple (1%) and Indian (0.1%). For residents with no religion, the comparison across England’s towns is 37%. 45% of residents describe themselves as Christian, a lower share than in 79% of UK towns.
10% of residents give unpaid care, more than in 69% 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
Married adults and civil partners: 49%, above 53% of UK towns. Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 64. Few places have so few adults who have never married: 32% here, fewer than in 54% of UK towns. Elsewhere, 8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 29% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 29% of adults in Lanner (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 17% (England’s towns: 18%).
2 of the 7 nearest towns are older than Lanner
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lanner | 2,164 | — | 46.8 | 22% | 27% |
| Carharrack | 1,525 | 1.3 mi | 47.2 | 25% | 25% |
| St Day | 1,432 | 1.7 mi | 48.5 | 25% | 23% |
| Redruth | 15,455 | 1.7 mi | 42.2 | 20% | 27% |
| Four Lanes | 1,579 | 2 mi | 41 | 19% | 31% |
| Stithians | 1,613 | 2.3 mi | 45.5 | 23% | 29% |
| Pool and Illogan | 8,588 | 3.1 mi | 45.1 | 22% | 25% |
| Illogan | 1,096 | 3.5 mi | 43.8 | 23% | 29% |
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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 Lanner’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 Lanner’s residents
What is the population of Lanner?
The 2021 Census counted 2,164 people in Lanner’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Lanner?
The median age was 46.8 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Lanner?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across Cornwall’s towns. 3.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Lanner?
48% said they had no religion and 45% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.1% didn’t answer.
Is Lanner good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Lanner’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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