Photo: David Dixon · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Pelynt is over 55.9, older than 97% of UK towns
Across England’s towns, 21% of households live in a detached house; in Pelynt, 63%. The 2021 Census put the village’s population at 1,144, in 528 households. In Pelynt, a fifth of households have dependent children. At 7.6%, the share of households in terraced houses is lower than in 94% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Pelynt’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Pelynt’s residents are under 55.9 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 36% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Many carers
137 residents gave unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age in 2021, 12% of those 5 and over: more than in 98% of UK towns. Relationships & caring ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Above 97% of UK towns: 36% of residents are 65 or over
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 70–74: 9.5% of residents, 2 times the share across England’s towns. Across the comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. In Pelynt, 6.1% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 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.
Full-time students make up 2.5% in Pelynt, less than in 99% 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%.
At 11%, the share of residents who moved in within the year is in line with the figure across England’s towns. On average, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
2.1 people per household, fewer than in 86% 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: 3.2% here and 4.3% across England’s towns. One-person households are more common here than in 55% of UK towns.
Few flats: only 5.1% of households in Pelynt live in one
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
Households without a car or van make up 10%, against 24% across England’s towns. Against that, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
In Pelynt, 2.9% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 93% 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 (1.2%), then in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.6%). Across England’s towns, residents born outside the UK come to 18%. Few places have as many residents whose main language is English: 99% here, more than in 98% of UK towns.
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 96% in Pelynt, more than in 87% 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: 96% of Pelynt · Cornwall’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
By its share of residents who describe themselves as Christian (51%), Pelynt is above 57% of UK towns. Against that, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. After White British, the largest groups are Other White (1.9%), Mixed or multiple (1.4%) and Chinese (0.2%).
Only 22% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership in Pelynt
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
Across England’s towns, the share of unpaid carers is 8.7%; Pelynt has 12%. The wider picture: 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Census figures put married adults and civil partners at 55% locally.
26% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 26% of adults in Pelynt (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 22% (England’s towns: 18%).
Pelynt is older 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pelynt | 1,144 | — | 55.9 | 36% | 20% |
| Looe | 5,314 | 3.5 mi | 55.6 | 34% | 17% |
| Fowey | 2,027 | 5.4 mi | 55 | 33% | 20% |
| Dobwalls | 1,683 | 6 mi | 48.5 | 25% | 24% |
| Liskeard | 10,901 | 6.7 mi | 44.1 | 23% | 26% |
| Lostwithiel | 3,067 | 6.7 mi | 51.6 | 29% | 21% |
| Tywardreath | 2,589 | 7.4 mi | 55.7 | 35% | 20% |
| St Blazey | 6,569 | 8.5 mi | 44.2 | 22% | 29% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Pelynt’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 Pelynt’s residents
What is the population of Pelynt?
The 2021 Census counted 1,144 people in Pelynt’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Pelynt?
The median age was 55.9 at the 2021 Census. 6.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 36% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Pelynt?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across Cornwall’s towns. 2.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Pelynt?
41% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.2% didn’t answer.
Is Pelynt good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Pelynt’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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