Photo: Talskiddy at English Wikipedia · CC BY 2.5Mawgan Porth is older than 93% of UK towns: a median age of 52.4
Against a figure of 24% across England’s towns, the share of households in terraced houses in Mawgan Porth comes in at 3.2%. In Mawgan Porth, 71% of households live in a detached house. Households with dependent children are rarer here than in 95% of UK towns. There were 217 households here at the 2021 Census, home to 487 residents.
30% of residents are 65 or over, a share 92% of UK towns don’t reach
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 9%, Mawgan Porth is behind 75% of UK towns on that count. Measured more widely, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Full-time students make up 3.3% in Mawgan Porth, less than in 97% 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%.
Managerial and professional jobs account for 37% of Mawgan Porth’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 18%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. The benchmark for full-time students across England’s towns: 7.9%. Residents who moved in within the year account for 11%.
2.2 people per household, fewer than in 72% 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.
Shared households of unrelated adults: 4.6%, near enough the figure across England’s towns. Higher than in 70% of UK towns: 32% of households are one person living alone.
Only 6.9% of households have no car or van in Mawgan Porth
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
Compared with 23% across England’s towns, 12% of households live in a flat or apartment here. For households without a car or van, the comparison across England’s towns is 24%.
Mawgan Porth ranks below 58% of UK towns on residents whose main language is English: 97%
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 largest groups were born in EU countries (2.9%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.4%). Elsewhere, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Here 6.8% of residents were born outside the UK, where the figure across England’s towns is 18%.
95% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 78% 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: 95% of Mawgan Porth · Cornwall’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
By its share of residents with no religion (39%), Mawgan Porth is below 64% of UK towns. The census found that 52% of residents describe themselves as Christian locally. Set beside that, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
A smaller share of adults who have never married than 87% of UK towns: 26%
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 Mawgan Porth, 53% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, beside 44% across England’s towns. On top of that, on unpaid carers, Mawgan Porth sits higher than 64% of UK towns: 9.9%. The benchmark for adults who have never married across England’s towns: 39%.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 39% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 39% of adults in Mawgan Porth (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 15% (England’s towns: 18%).
Every nearby town is younger than Mawgan Porth
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mawgan Porth | 487 | — | 52.4 | 30% | 20% |
| Newquay | 24,543 | 3.4 mi | 42.7 | 20% | 25% |
| Quintrell Downs | 1,358 | 3.8 mi | 46.7 | 26% | 25% |
| St Columb Major | 3,663 | 4.1 mi | 43.2 | 22% | 28% |
| St Merryn | 1,344 | 4.9 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 28% |
| Indian Queens, Fraddon and St Columb Road | 3,888 | 6.1 mi | 40.4 | 18% | 32% |
| St Newlyn East | 1,038 | 6.4 mi | 47.2 | 23% | 28% |
| Padstow | 2,351 | 6.7 mi | 49.3 | 28% | 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 Mawgan Porth’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 Mawgan Porth’s residents
What is the population of Mawgan Porth?
The 2021 Census counted 487 people in Mawgan Porth’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Mawgan Porth?
The median age was 52.4 at the 2021 Census. 9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 30% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Mawgan Porth?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across Cornwall’s towns. 6.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Mawgan Porth?
39% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 8.2% didn’t answer.
Is Mawgan Porth good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Mawgan Porth’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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