Photo: Jo and Steve Turner · CC BY-SA 2.0In Liskeard, 48% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 88% of UK towns
Across England’s towns, the share of households in terraced houses is 24%; Liskeard has 32%. Households without a car or van account for 22%. Few places have so few married adults and civil partners: 42% here, fewer than in just over four fifths of UK towns. The town’s 4,902 households held 10,901 residents at the 2021 Census.
What the Census says about Liskeard’s people
Growing faster than most
ONS mid-year estimates put Liskeard at 9,400 in 2011 and 11,700 in 2024, up 24%, against 10% for England: faster growth than in 90% of UK towns. Since 2011 ↓
More with no religion than most
48% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 43% 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) and ONS mid-year population estimates.
From 2011 to 2024, Liskeard outgrew 90% of UK towns: +24%
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Liskeard’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 9,400 people in 2011; 11,700 in 2024.
By age, the 65 and over group changed most (+47%) and the 16 to 29 group least (+13%). The biggest one-year rise was mid-2020 to mid-2021, 350 people.
11% of residents are 15 to 24, more than in 77% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: 7.2% of residents. Against that, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. Few places have as many residents aged 65 and over: 23% here, more than in 57% of UK towns. In Tywardreath, the oldest of Cornwall’s towns by this measure, it is 35%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Liskeard, 44.1. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A smaller share of full-time students than 63% of UK towns: 4.5%
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%.
Against a figure of 11% across England’s towns, the share of residents who moved in within the year in Liskeard comes in at 12%. By way of comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
One-person households: 34%, a higher share than 83% 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.
With shared households of unrelated adults at 2.6%, Liskeard is ahead of 63% of UK towns on that count. A household here holds 2.2 people on average. On households with dependent children, Liskeard sits lower than 64% of UK towns: 26%. The wider picture: 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
Liskeard: 14% of households live in a flat or apartment, above 66% 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
Detached houses are home to just over a quarter of households, against 21% across England’s towns. Elsewhere, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
Only 4.8% of Liskeard’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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Against a figure of 90% across England’s towns, the share of residents whose main language is English in Liskeard comes in at 98%. Set beside that, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (2.4%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.1%).
Only 43% of residents describe themselves as Christian in Liskeard
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 Liskeard · Cornwall’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the most common groups are Other White (2.7%), Mixed or multiple (0.8%) and Chinese (0.2%). Across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is 46%. Compared with other places, residents who describe themselves as White British are common here: 95%, more than in nearly three quarters of UK towns.
In Liskeard, 34% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, more than in 63% 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
At 50 hours or more a week, 316 people give unpaid care. By way of comparison, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 27%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 27% of its adults qualified to degree level, Liskeard compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 18% hold no qualification (18%).
198th lowest median age among 397 UK towns of 8,000 to 15,000
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
The youngest is Aberystwyth (25) and the oldest Sidmouth (60.4). Nearest to Liskeard in age: Kesgrave (44.1), Corsham (44.1), Guiseley (44.2) and Worsbrough (44.2).
The towns around Liskeard are all older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liskeard | 10,901 | — | 44.1 | 23% | 26% |
| St Cleer | 1,144 | 2.3 mi | 49.5 | 25% | 25% |
| Dobwalls | 1,683 | 2.4 mi | 48.5 | 25% | 24% |
| Pensilva | 1,656 | 3.9 mi | 52.5 | 29% | 20% |
| Pelynt | 1,144 | 6.7 mi | 55.9 | 36% | 20% |
| Looe | 5,314 | 6.7 mi | 55.6 | 34% | 17% |
| Callington | 4,665 | 7.3 mi | 50 | 26% | 21% |
| Kelly Bray | 1,137 | 7.9 mi | 44.9 | 23% | 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 Liskeard’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Liskeard’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 10,901 people in 2021, against 10,901 in the built-up area.
- 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 Liskeard’s residents
What is the population of Liskeard?
The 2021 Census counted 10,901 people in Liskeard’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 11,700 people in mid-2024, 24% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Liskeard?
The median age was 44.1 at the 2021 Census, younger than 53% of UK towns. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Liskeard?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across Cornwall’s towns. 4.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Liskeard?
48% said they had no religion and 43% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 7.2% didn’t answer.
Is Liskeard good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Liskeard’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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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