Photo: Tony Atkin · CC BY-SA 2.0In Mabe Burnthouse, 97% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 98% of UK towns
7.8% of households have no car or van, against 24% across England’s towns. In 2021, the Census found 217 residents in Mabe Burnthouse, living in 92 households. For Mabe Burnthouse, the census puts households with dependent children at 34%. Compared with other places, married adults and civil partners are scarce here: 36%, fewer than in 96% of UK towns.
Younger than 76% of UK towns: half of Mabe Burnthouse is under 40.8
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 50–54: one in ten residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. Higher than in 73% of UK towns: 25% of residents are 65 or over. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 12%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 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.
Residents who moved in within the year: 5.6%, a lower share than 99% of UK towns
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%.
On full-time students, 8.3% here is much the same as across England’s towns. To put it in context, just over one in ten 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.
Below 86% of UK towns: 25% of households are one person living alone
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.
4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns, against 2.2% in Mabe Burnthouse. By way of comparison, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. Households here average 2.5 people each.
31% of households live in a terraced house, more than in 85% 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
In Mabe Burnthouse, 28% of households live in a detached house, beside 21% across England’s towns. Households in flats are rarer here than in 61% of UK towns. For comparison, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
2.8% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 94% 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
Residents whose main language is English make up 99%, against 90% across England’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in Africa (1.8%) and in EU countries (0.9%). Set beside that, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
No religion: 53% of residents, a higher share than 97% 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 Mabe Burnthouse · Cornwall’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Across England’s towns, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian; in Mabe Burnthouse, 41%. The comparison figure for residents with no religion is 37% across England’s towns.
39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, more than in 86% 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
For 11 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. At 9.6%, the share of unpaid carers is higher than in 57% of UK towns.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 23% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 23% of adults in Mabe Burnthouse (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 23% (England’s towns: 18%). A levels top the qualifications of 14%, many of them students on the way to a degree.
5 in 7 nearby towns have a higher median age than Mabe Burnthouse
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mabe Burnthouse | 217 | — | 40.8 | 25% | 34% |
| Penryn | 11,194 | 0.9 mi | 30.3 | 15% | 24% |
| Stithians | 1,613 | 2.5 mi | 45.5 | 23% | 29% |
| Falmouth | 24,066 | 2.6 mi | 38.6 | 21% | 21% |
| Mylor Bridge | 1,534 | 2.8 mi | 61.1 | 44% | 15% |
| Perranarworthal | 1,305 | 3.3 mi | 53.4 | 33% | 23% |
| Mawnan Smith | 1,001 | 3.5 mi | 57.7 | 39% | 23% |
| Carnon Downs and Devoran | 2,129 | 4.2 mi | 55.7 | 36% | 20% |
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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 Mabe Burnthouse’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 Mabe Burnthouse’s residents
What is the population of Mabe Burnthouse?
The 2021 Census counted 217 people in Mabe Burnthouse’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Mabe Burnthouse?
The median age was 40.8 at the 2021 Census. 12% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Mabe Burnthouse?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across Cornwall’s towns. 2.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Mabe Burnthouse?
53% said they had no religion and 41% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.5% didn’t answer.
Is Mabe Burnthouse good for families?
34% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Mabe Burnthouse’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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