Photo: David Medcalf · CC BY-SA 2.0Mawgan is older than 93% of UK towns: a median age of 52.6
Households without a car or van: 8.6%, below 89% of UK towns. 616 residents in 268 households: that is Mawgan at the 2021 Census. Across Mawgan, 24% of households have dependent children. At 26%, the share of adults who have never married is lower than in 88% of UK towns.
Below 99% of UK towns: 6% of residents are aged 15 to 24
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
With residents aged 65 and over at 30%, Mawgan is ahead of 91% of UK towns on that count. Measured more widely, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Below 99% of UK towns: 2.9% of adults are full-time students
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 take in a third of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 21% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Residents who moved in within the year are rarer here than in 69% of UK towns. As a yardstick, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Only 26% of households in Mawgan 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.
The figure for shared households of unrelated adults is 3% in Mawgan and 4.3% across England’s towns. One-person households make up 30% across England’s towns. Households average 2.3 people.
59% of households live in a detached house, more than in 96% 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
Compared with 23% across England’s towns, 7.6% of households live in a flat or apartment here. Set beside that, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns. In Mawgan, 9.1% of households live in a terraced house.
Mawgan: 99% of residents have English as their main language, above 81% 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 largest groups were born in EU countries (2.4%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.8%). 4.2% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 75% of UK towns. Measured more widely, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
46% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 81% 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: 93% of Mawgan · Cornwall’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
93% of residents describe themselves as White British, against 73% across England’s towns. Across the comparison, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Residents who describe themselves as Christian account for 48%.
Unpaid carers: 11%, a higher share than 90% 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
Married adults and civil partners: 50% here and 44% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, unpaid carers come to 8.7%.
Degree-level qualifications reach 35% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
35% of Mawgan’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 14% have none (18%).
A younger town than 2 of the 7 around it: Mawgan
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 | 616 | — | 52.6 | 30% | 24% |
| Helston | 11,366 | 3.3 mi | 41.8 | 21% | 30% |
| Mullion | 2,148 | 3.9 mi | 52.6 | 34% | 25% |
| Porthleven | 3,118 | 4.7 mi | 51.3 | 29% | 22% |
| Mawnan Smith | 1,001 | 5.1 mi | 57.7 | 39% | 23% |
| Lizard | 1,046 | 7.4 mi | 54.3 | 33% | 19% |
| Penryn | 11,194 | 7.6 mi | 30.3 | 15% | 24% |
| Falmouth | 24,066 | 7.7 mi | 38.6 | 21% | 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’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’s residents
What is the population of Mawgan?
The 2021 Census counted 616 people in Mawgan’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Mawgan?
The median age was 52.6 at the 2021 Census. 6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 30% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Mawgan?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across Cornwall’s towns. 4.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Mawgan?
46% said they had no religion and 48% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5% didn’t answer.
Is Mawgan good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Mawgan’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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