Photo: Derek Harper · CC BY-SA 2.058% of households live in a detached house, more than in 95% of UK towns
3.4% of households live in a flat or apartment, against 23% across England’s towns. Locally, 7.8% of residents are aged 15 to 24. Lower than in nearly four fifths of UK towns: 26% of households are one person living alone. The 2021 Census put Lewannick’s population at 437, in 180 households.
Lewannick is older than 74% of UK towns: a median age of 48
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
With residents aged 65 and over at 26%, Lewannick is ahead of 76% of UK towns on that count. The largest age band is 10–14: 9% of residents, 1.5 times the share across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
5.4% of adults are full-time students, a share 72% of UK towns don’t reach
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 account for just over a quarter of Lewannick’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 27%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Census figures put residents who moved in within the year at 10% in the village. By way of comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
1.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, fewer than in 86% 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.
By its share of households with dependent children (31%), Lewannick is above 77% of UK towns. For shared households of unrelated adults, the comparison across England’s towns is 4.3%. The average household has 2.4 people.
A smaller share of households without a car or van than 84% of UK towns: 9.6%
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
17% of households live in a terraced house; across England’s towns the figure is 24%.
In Lewannick, 0.9% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 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 share of residents whose main language is English is 100%, against 90% across England’s towns. Residents born abroad were most often born in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.5%), then in EU countries (0.2%). Across the comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
97% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 93% 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 Lewannick · Cornwall’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
In Lewannick, 49% of residents describe themselves as Christian, beside 46% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, residents who describe themselves as White British come to 73%. Residents with no religion account for 44%.
Only 29% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership in Lewannick
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
15 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week. Unpaid carers are rarer here than in 92% of UK towns. Adults who have never married: 39% across England’s towns, for comparison. The share of married adults and civil partners is 47%, against 44% across England’s towns.
A degree-level qualification for 24% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Lewannick, 24% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 15% have no qualification at all (18%).
3 in 7 nearby towns have a higher median age than Lewannick
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lewannick | 437 | — | 48 | 26% | 31% |
| Launceston | 8,431 | 4.2 mi | 43.9 | 22% | 26% |
| Withnoe | 1,820 | 4.5 mi | 36.6 | 14% | 36% |
| Pensilva | 1,656 | 6.8 mi | 52.5 | 29% | 20% |
| Kelly Bray | 1,137 | 7.8 mi | 44.9 | 23% | 28% |
| St Cleer | 1,144 | 7.8 mi | 49.5 | 25% | 25% |
| Callington | 4,665 | 8.6 mi | 50 | 26% | 21% |
| Liskeard | 10,901 | 10 mi | 44.1 | 23% | 26% |
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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 Lewannick’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 Lewannick’s residents
What is the population of Lewannick?
The 2021 Census counted 437 people in Lewannick’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Lewannick?
The median age was 48 at the 2021 Census. 7.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Lewannick?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across Cornwall’s towns. 0.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Lewannick?
44% said they had no religion and 49% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.9% didn’t answer.
Is Lewannick good for families?
31% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Lewannick’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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