Photo: Tony Atkin · CC BY-SA 2.043% of households live in a terraced house, a share 96% of UK towns don’t reach
97% of residents describe themselves as White British; across England’s towns the figure is 73%. For Nanpean, the census puts households in flats at 5.5%. Compared with other places, married adults and civil partners are scarce here: 41%, fewer than in 89% of UK towns. The 2021 Census put the village’s population at 1,077, in 478 households.
What the Census says about Nanpean’s people
More with no religion than most
53% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 37% 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).
Nanpean is younger than 79% of UK towns: a median age of 40.3
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 9.5% in Nanpean and 12% across England’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over account for 16%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
4.5% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 67% 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%.
In Nanpean, a fifth of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 37% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year are more common here than in 89% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, 7.9% of adults are full-time students.
33% of households are one person living alone, more than in 79% 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.
Across England’s towns, the share of shared households of unrelated adults is 4.3%; Nanpean has 2.5%. Higher than in 53% of UK towns: 28% of households have dependent children. Set beside that, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. Average household size: 2.3 people.
Below 58% of UK towns: 14% of households have no car or van
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
Nanpean sits close to the norm on households in detached houses: 21%, about the same as across England’s towns. Elsewhere, nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns.
Residents born outside the UK: 2.7%, a lower share than 95% 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 born abroad were most often born in EU countries (1.6%), then in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.6%). On residents whose main language is English, Nanpean sits higher than 93% of UK towns: 99%. The share of residents born outside the UK across England’s towns is 18%.
A larger share of residents with no religion than 97% of UK towns: 53%
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 Nanpean · Cornwall’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents who describe themselves as Christian trails 96% of UK towns: 37%. Leading the other groups after White British: Other White (1.7%), Mixed or multiple (0.7%) and Caribbean (0.2%).
Adults who have never married: 38%, a higher share than 84% 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 44 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. More unpaid carers than in 69% of UK towns: 10%. Adults who have never married make up 39% across England’s towns.
22% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 22% of adults in Nanpean, 34% across England’s towns; 19% have no qualification, against 18%.
Nanpean is younger than every town around it
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nanpean | 1,077 | — | 40.3 | 16% | 28% |
| Foxhole | 1,526 | 0.7 mi | 42.3 | 19% | 27% |
| St Dennis | 2,363 | 1 mi | 41.2 | 19% | 31% |
| St Stephen | 2,339 | 1.9 mi | 44.3 | 21% | 32% |
| Trewoon | 1,246 | 2.8 mi | 47 | 24% | 26% |
| Roche | 2,311 | 3.2 mi | 43 | 21% | 28% |
| Indian Queens, Fraddon and St Columb Road | 3,888 | 3.3 mi | 40.4 | 18% | 32% |
| Polgooth | 1,096 | 3.9 mi | 57.2 | 38% | 19% |
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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 Nanpean’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 Nanpean’s residents
What is the population of Nanpean?
The 2021 Census counted 1,077 people in Nanpean’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Nanpean?
The median age was 40.3 at the 2021 Census. 9.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 16% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Nanpean?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across Cornwall’s towns. 2.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Nanpean?
53% said they had no religion and 37% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 7.9% didn’t answer.
Is Nanpean good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Nanpean’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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