Photo: SMJ · CC BY-SA 2.0Perranwell Station is older than 99% of UK towns: a median age of 59
The figure for one-person households is 21% in Perranwell Station and 30% across England’s towns. The village counted 350 residents and 150 households at the 2021 Census. The share of households with dependent children stands at 19%. Lower than in 96% of UK towns: 6.6% of households live in a terraced house.
Perranwell Station ranks above 98% of UK towns on residents aged 65 and over: 37%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Set against 12% across England’s towns, 8.1% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Perranwell Station. Against that, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 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.
13% of residents moved in within a year, more than in 94% 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%.
Managerial and professional jobs take in 45% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 12% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Here, 4.5% of adults are full-time students. To put it in context, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
Above 65% of UK towns: 2.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home
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 typical household size is 2.3 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. For comparison, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns.
82% of households live in a detached house, more than in 99% 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
1.3% of households live in a flat or apartment, against 23% across England’s towns. By way of comparison, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
A larger share of residents whose main language is English than 91% of UK towns: 99%
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
6% of residents were born outside the UK; across England’s towns the figure is 18%. Across the comparison, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. The largest groups were born in EU countries (2.3%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.4%).
Above 78% of UK towns: 95% of residents describe themselves as White British
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 Perranwell Station · Cornwall’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is 47%, against 46% across England’s towns. Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 73% across England’s towns. On the census count, 45% of residents said they have no religion.
A higher share of married adults and civil partners than 99% of UK towns, at 65%
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
Compared with 8.7% across England’s towns, 11% of residents give unpaid care here. Meanwhile, at 20%, the share of adults who have never married is lower than in 99% of UK towns. Against that, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 7.
49% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 49% of Perranwell Station’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 8.7% have no qualification (18%).
A younger town than 1 of the 7 around it: Perranwell Station
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perranwell Station | 350 | — | 59 | 37% | 19% |
| Perranarworthal | 1,305 | 0.6 mi | 53.4 | 33% | 23% |
| Carnon Downs and Devoran | 2,129 | 0.9 mi | 55.7 | 36% | 20% |
| Mylor Bridge | 1,534 | 2.6 mi | 61.1 | 44% | 15% |
| Threemilestone | 2,854 | 3.1 mi | 45.6 | 24% | 24% |
| Penryn | 11,194 | 3.2 mi | 30.3 | 15% | 24% |
| Carharrack | 1,525 | 3.2 mi | 47.2 | 25% | 25% |
| Stithians | 1,613 | 3.6 mi | 45.5 | 23% | 29% |
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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 Perranwell Station’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 Perranwell Station’s residents
What is the population of Perranwell Station?
The 2021 Census counted 350 people in Perranwell Station’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Perranwell Station?
The median age was 59 at the 2021 Census. 8.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 37% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Perranwell Station?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across Cornwall’s towns. 6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Perranwell Station?
45% said they had no religion and 47% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 8% didn’t answer.
Is Perranwell Station good for families?
19% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Perranwell Station’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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