Photo: Martin Dawes · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 60: Lelant is older than 99% of UK towns
Across England’s towns, 29% of households have dependent children; in Lelant, 16%. At the 2021 Census Lelant was home to 949 people in 448 households. Unpaid carers: just over a tenth of the total. The village has fewer households without a car or van than 89% of UK towns, at 8.5%.
Above 99% of UK towns: 42% of residents are 65 or over
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 70–74: 11% of residents, 2.4 times the share across England’s towns. 6.4% of residents are aged 15 to 24, a lower share than in 99% of UK towns. Across the comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 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.
A smaller share of full-time students than 99% of UK towns: 2.7%
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%.
Residents who moved in within the year: 12% here and 11% across England’s towns. For full-time students, the comparison across England’s towns is 7.9%.
Smaller households than 93% of UK towns: 2.1 people on average
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.
One-person households: 27%, below nearly three quarters of UK towns. On the census count, 2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
60% of households live in a detached house, a share 96% of UK towns don’t reach
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
23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns, against 6.2% in Lelant. For comparison, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns. Households in terraced houses: 14% of the total.
100% of residents have English as their main language, a share 99% of UK towns don’t reach
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
5.6% of residents were born outside the UK; across England’s towns the figure is 18%. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (2.4%) or in Africa (1.9%). Residents whose main language is English make up 90% across England’s towns.
Above 89% of UK towns: 57% of residents describe themselves as Christian
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 Lelant · Cornwall’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Besides White British, the main groups are Other White (2.7%), Mixed or multiple (1.5%) and African (0.2%). Measured more widely, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Higher than in just over four fifths of UK towns: 95% of residents describe themselves as White British. Residents with no religion: 37%, near enough the figure across England’s towns.
Only 21% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership in Lelant
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
In Lelant, 59% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, beside 44% across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
39% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Lelant, 11%, while 39% hold one at degree level (34%).
The towns around Lelant are all younger
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lelant | 949 | — | 60 | 42% | 16% |
| Hayle | 9,040 | 1.4 mi | 45.7 | 24% | 26% |
| St Erth | 1,128 | 1.4 mi | 46.4 | 23% | 29% |
| Carbis Bay | 3,967 | 1.5 mi | 53.3 | 32% | 21% |
| St Ives | 5,413 | 2.7 mi | 50.4 | 28% | 20% |
| Crowlas | 1,054 | 3.1 mi | 49.7 | 28% | 24% |
| Connor Downs | 1,482 | 3.4 mi | 46.6 | 26% | 30% |
| Reawla | 1,117 | 3.8 mi | 45.1 | 20% | 28% |
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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 Lelant’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 Lelant’s residents
What is the population of Lelant?
The 2021 Census counted 949 people in Lelant’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Lelant?
The median age was 60 at the 2021 Census. 6.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 42% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Lelant?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across Cornwall’s towns. 5.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Lelant?
37% said they had no religion and 57% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.3% didn’t answer.
Is Lelant good for families?
16% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Lelant’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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