Photo: Tony Atkin · CC BY-SA 2.0A higher share of households in terraced houses than 95% of UK towns, at 41%
Households with dependent children: 22% here and 29% across England’s towns. In Mount Hawke, 1.6% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. Few places have so few households in flats: 2.9% here, fewer than in 93% of UK towns. The 2021 Census put the village’s population at 1,593, in 761 households.
What the Census says about Mount Hawke’s people
More with no religion than most
49% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 42% 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).
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 8.4% in Mount Hawke, less than in 87% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (25%), Mount Hawke is above 70% of UK towns. For comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. With a median age of 47.5, Mount Hawke is older than 72% of UK towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 87 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.
Fewer full-time students than 91% of UK towns: 3.7%
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 Mount Hawke comes in at 13%. The share of full-time students across England’s towns is 7.9%.
A larger share of one-person households than 94% of UK towns: 37%
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.
Households in Mount Hawke hold 2.1 people on average (England’s towns: 2.4). Across England’s towns, the share of one-person households is 30%.
Fewer car-free households than 68% of UK towns: 12%
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
Set against 21% across England’s towns, 27% of households live in a detached house in Mount Hawke. As a yardstick, 24% of households have no car or van across England’s towns.
Residents whose main language is English: 99%, a higher share than 74% 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
5.1% of residents were born outside the UK, against 18% across England’s towns. The benchmark for residents whose main language is English across England’s towns: 90%. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (3.6%) or in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.7%).
Mount Hawke ranks above 91% of UK towns on residents with no religion: 49%
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 Mount Hawke · Cornwall’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as White British: 95% here and 73% across England’s towns. Mount Hawke has fewer residents who describe themselves as Christian than 89% of UK towns, at 42%. As a yardstick, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Besides White British, the main groups are Other White (4%), Mixed or multiple (0.9%) and Pakistani (0.1%).
Below 60% of UK towns: 31% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership
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
Here 45% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, where the figure across England’s towns is 44%. Adults who have never married: 39% across England’s towns, for comparison. The share of unpaid carers stands at 10%.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 34% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Mount Hawke counts 34% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 13% have no qualification (18%).
Around Mount Hawke, 1 of 7 towns have a higher median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Hawke | 1,593 | — | 47.5 | 25% | 22% |
| St Agnes | 3,253 | 1.9 mi | 45.9 | 25% | 27% |
| St Day | 1,432 | 3.1 mi | 48.5 | 25% | 23% |
| Redruth | 15,455 | 3.3 mi | 42.2 | 20% | 27% |
| Portreath | 1,218 | 3.7 mi | 44.2 | 22% | 30% |
| Carharrack | 1,525 | 3.7 mi | 47.2 | 25% | 25% |
| Illogan | 1,096 | 4.1 mi | 43.8 | 23% | 29% |
| Pool and Illogan | 8,588 | 4.2 mi | 45.1 | 22% | 25% |
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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 Mount Hawke’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 Mount Hawke’s residents
What is the population of Mount Hawke?
The 2021 Census counted 1,593 people in Mount Hawke’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Mount Hawke?
The median age was 47.5 at the 2021 Census. 8.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Mount Hawke?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across Cornwall’s towns. 5.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Mount Hawke?
49% said they had no religion and 42% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 8% didn’t answer.
Is Mount Hawke good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Mount Hawke’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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