Photo: Mari Buckley · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 53.3: Longrock is older than 94% of UK towns
Households with dependent children make up 20%, against 29% across England’s towns. Longrock counted 1,983 residents and 950 households at the 2021 Census. For Longrock, the census puts shared households of unrelated adults at 1.6%. At 28%, the share of households in terraced houses is higher than in nearly four fifths of UK towns.
What the Census says about Longrock’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Longrock’s residents are under 53.3 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 32% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of UK towns, at 6.7%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Across England’s towns, 18% of residents are 65 or over; in Longrock, 32%. For comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 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.
Longrock ranks below 99% of UK towns on full-time students: 2.8%
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%.
Where 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns, Longrock has 9.8%. Across England’s towns, 7.9% of adults are full-time students.
37% of households are one person living alone, more than in 94% 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.
A household here has 2 people on average; across England’s towns, 2.4. The benchmark for one-person households across England’s towns: 30%.
Households without a car or van make up 21% in Longrock, more 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
23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns, against 9.9% in Longrock. Every 5th household or so has no car or van.
Only 5.7% of residents were born outside the UK in Longrock
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
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (3.1%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.9%). As a reference point, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. On residents whose main language is English, Longrock sits higher than 58% of UK towns: 98%. The newest arrivals, from 2017 or later, are 15% of those born abroad (against 21% across England’s towns).
More residents with no religion than 70% of UK towns: 44%
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: 94% of Longrock · Cornwall’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
In Longrock, nearly half of residents describe themselves as Christian, beside 46% across England’s towns. Typically, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Here, 94% of residents describe themselves as White British.
Longrock ranks below 80% of UK towns on adults who have never married: 28%
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
47% of adults are married or in a civil partnership; across England’s towns the figure is 44%. For adults who have never married, the comparison across England’s towns is 39%. Unpaid carers: 10% of the total.
Among adults, 27% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 27% of its adults qualified to degree level, Longrock compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 21% hold no qualification (18%).
The towns around Longrock 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longrock | 1,983 | — | 53.3 | 32% | 20% |
| Penzance | 14,957 | 1.1 mi | 49.2 | 27% | 20% |
| Newlyn | 3,362 | 2.2 mi | 51.5 | 29% | 20% |
| Crowlas | 1,054 | 2.4 mi | 49.7 | 28% | 24% |
| Marazion | 1,350 | 2.5 mi | 52 | 31% | 20% |
| Goldsithney | 1,346 | 3.9 mi | 47 | 26% | 27% |
| St Erth | 1,128 | 4.9 mi | 46.4 | 23% | 29% |
| Carbis Bay | 3,967 | 5.1 mi | 53.3 | 32% | 21% |
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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 Longrock’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 Longrock’s residents
What is the population of Longrock?
The 2021 Census counted 1,983 people in Longrock’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Longrock?
The median age was 53.3 at the 2021 Census. 6.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 32% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Longrock?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across Cornwall’s towns. 5.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Longrock?
44% said they had no religion and 49% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 5.9% didn’t answer.
Is Longrock good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Longrock’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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