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58.9Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

Mousehole is older than 99% of UK towns: a median age of 58.9

Just over two in five households are one person living alone, against 30% across England’s towns. Census day 2021: 545 residents and 297 households in Mousehole. The share of households with dependent children stands at 15%. At 32%, the share of households in terraced houses is higher than in 86% of UK towns.

41%aged 65 or over 6.6%born abroad 297households

Ages

A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 99% of UK towns: 41%

Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.

MouseholeEngland’s towns

0–410–1420–2430–3440–4450–5460–6470–7480–84

The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 6.5% in Mousehole and 12% across England’s towns. On average, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1511%

15 to 246.5%

25 to 4412%

45 to 6430%

65 and over41%

MouseholeCornwall’s townsEngland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

55% women, 45% men

Mousehole

England

WomenMen

About 82 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.

Students & newcomers

Below 94% of UK towns: 3.6% 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

Full-time students3.6%

Higher managerial and professional15%

Lower managerial and professional25%

Intermediate7.9%

Small employers and self-employed21%

Supervisory and technical3.3%

Semi-routine11%

Routine7.7%

Never worked or long-term unemployed5.4%

MouseholeCornwall’s townsEngland’s towns

Address a year before the Census

Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.

Mousehole

11%

England’s towns

11%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

residents, 10%; England’s towns 11%

Of them from abroad

1.1× England’s share

By its share of residents who moved in within the year (10%), Mousehole is above 74% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, 7.9% of adults are full-time students.

Households

1.9 people per household, fewer than in 99% of UK towns

Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.

Living alone, 66+ 27%Living alone, under 66 14%Families with dependent children 15%Couples and families, no young children 40%Shared houses and other 3.7%

Against Cornwall’s towns and England’s towns

Mousehole

Cornwall’s towns

England’s towns

People per household

1 person42%

2 people39%

3 people11%

4 people5.5%

5 or more2.1%

England’s towns.

At 3.7%, the share of shared households of unrelated adults is in line with the figure across England’s towns.

Homes & cars

Mousehole sits below 73% of UK towns for households in flats (6.9%)

Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.

Type of home

Mousehole

Cornwall’s towns

England’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van19%

One53%

Two20%

Three or more7.6%

MouseholeCornwall’s townsEngland’s towns

Set against 24% across England’s towns, 19% of households have no car or van in Mousehole. The wider picture: 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns. Across Mousehole, just over a third of households live in a detached house.

Where people were born

99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 90% 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%

Mousehole

6.6%

Cornwall’s towns

5.5%

England’s towns

18%

EU countriesRest of EuropeMiddle East and AsiaAfricaAmericas, Oceania, other

Main language · residents aged 3 and over

English is main language99%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well0.9%

Another main language, little or no English0%

MouseholeCornwall’s townsEngland’s towns

The largest groups were born in the Middle East and Asia (2.4%) and in EU countries (1.7%). On residents born outside the UK, Mousehole sits higher than 52% of UK towns: 6.6%.

Ethnicity & religion

Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 51% in Mousehole, more than in 59% 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

MouseholeCornwall’s townsEngland’s towns

Other White2.4%

Asian1.7%

Mixed0.9%

Black0.2%

Other2.6%

0%6%12%

White British, not charted: 92% of Mousehole · Cornwall’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.

Religion · all residents

MouseholeCornwall’s townsEngland’s towns

No religion37%

Christian51%

Muslim0%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist1.3%

Other religion1.3%

Didn’t answer9.8%

0%30%60%

Residents with no religion make up 37%, close to the figure across England’s towns. Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Other White (2.4%), Mixed or multiple (0.9%) and Chinese (0.2%). Mousehole has more residents who describe themselves as White British than 50% of UK towns, at 92%. The comparison figure for residents who describe themselves as Christian is 46% across England’s towns.

Relationships & caring

More unpaid carers than 99% of UK towns: 13% of residents

Legal partnership status (residents 16 and over) and unpaid care (residents 5 and over), Census 2021.

Partnership status · residents 16 and over

Never married or in a civil partnership26%

Married or civil partnership49%

Separated1.7%

Divorced12%

Widowed12%

MouseholeCornwall’s townsEngland’s towns

72residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 13%, against 8.7% in England’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week7.5%

20 to 49 hours1.7%

50 hours or more4.3%

Adults who have never married: 26%, below 90% of UK towns. Mousehole has more married adults and civil partners than 56% of UK towns, at 49%. Unpaid carers make up 8.7% across England’s towns.

Qualifications

42% of adults are qualified to degree level

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications15%

Apprenticeship8.9%

A levels or similar11%

Degree level42%

MouseholeCornwall’s townsEngland’s towns

Across England’s towns, 34% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Mousehole, 42%, and 15% have none, against 18%.

Neighbours

Every neighbour of Mousehole has a younger population

Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.

NewlynPenzanceLongrockMarazionCrowlasGoldsithneySt JustMousehole

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Mousehole	545	—	58.9	41%	15%
Newlyn	3,362	1.4 mi	51.5	29%	20%
Penzance	14,957	2.5 mi	49.2	27%	20%
Longrock	1,983	3.2 mi	53.3	32%	20%
Marazion	1,350	4.2 mi	52	31%	20%
Crowlas	1,054	5.1 mi	49.7	28%	24%
Goldsithney	1,346	5.4 mi	47	26%	27%
St Just	1,830	6.8 mi	53.9	31%	18%

More about Mousehole’s residents

Health, work and homes have their own pages

HealthLife expectancy, early deaths and Census health, adjusted for age Work & commuteIncome, the claimant count, jobs and how people get to work Cost of livingOwners and renters, prices, rents and council tax SchoolsEvery primary and secondary, with results and inspections

How to read these numbers

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 Mousehole’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 Mousehole’s residents

What is the population of Mousehole?

The 2021 Census counted 545 people in Mousehole’s built-up area.

What is the average age in Mousehole?

The median age was 58.9 at the 2021 Census. 6.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 41% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Mousehole?

92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across Cornwall’s towns. 6.6% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Mousehole?

37% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 9.8% didn’t answer.

Is Mousehole good for families?

15% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Mousehole’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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