Photo: RichTea · CC BY-SA 2.00.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, below 99% of UK towns
8.1% of households have no car or van, against 24% across England’s towns. More households in detached houses than in 96% of UK towns: 59%. Census day 2021: 335 residents and 144 households in Leedstown. For Leedstown, the census puts adults who have never married at 26%.
Older than 75% of UK towns: half of Leedstown is over 48.1
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Here nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24, where the figure across England’s towns is 12%. Locally, a quarter of residents are 65 or over.
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.
A smaller share of residents who moved in within the year than 75% of UK towns: 7.5%
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 29% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 24% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Compared with other places, full-time students are common here: 5.4%, more than in 71% of UK towns. Elsewhere, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Fewer households with dependent children than 65% of UK towns: 26%
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.
30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns, against 28% in Leedstown. As a yardstick, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. Each household has 2.4 people on average.
In Leedstown, 14% of households live in a terraced house, fewer than in 78% 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
Flats are home to 6.1% of households, against 23% across England’s towns. For comparison, 24% of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
In Leedstown, 9.2% of residents were born outside the UK, more than in 71% 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
Where nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns, Leedstown has 96%. For comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. The largest groups were born in EU countries (6.2%) and in Africa (1.8%).
Residents with no religion make up 44% in Leedstown, more than in 70% 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: 92% of Leedstown · Cornwall’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (5.1%), Mixed or multiple (0.9%) and African (0.3%). Typically, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Nearly half of residents describe themselves as Christian, a lower share than in 55% of UK towns. Add to that, by its share of residents who describe themselves as White British (92%), Leedstown is below 52% of UK towns.
58% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, a share 95% of UK towns don’t reach
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
The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 12. Against that, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. More unpaid carers than in 68% of UK towns: 10%.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 24% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 24% of adults in Leedstown (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 18% (England’s towns: 18%).
Every nearby town is younger than Leedstown
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leedstown | 335 | — | 48.1 | 25% | 26% |
| Reawla | 1,117 | 1.4 mi | 45.1 | 20% | 28% |
| Connor Downs | 1,482 | 3 mi | 46.6 | 26% | 30% |
| Hayle | 9,040 | 3.1 mi | 45.7 | 24% | 26% |
| St Erth | 1,128 | 3.3 mi | 46.4 | 23% | 29% |
| Troon | 1,402 | 4.2 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 27% |
| Goldsithney | 1,346 | 4.3 mi | 47 | 26% | 27% |
| Camborne | 20,445 | 4.6 mi | 42 | 21% | 27% |
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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 Leedstown’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 Leedstown’s residents
What is the population of Leedstown?
The 2021 Census counted 335 people in Leedstown’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Leedstown?
The median age was 48.1 at the 2021 Census. 8.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Leedstown?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across Cornwall’s towns. 9.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Leedstown?
44% said they had no religion and 49% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 6.3% didn’t answer.
Is Leedstown good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Leedstown’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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