Photo: Tony Atkin · CC BY-SA 2.0A lower share of households without a car or van than 99% of UK towns, at 4.8%
Here 2% of households live in a flat or apartment, where the figure across England’s towns is 23%. Just over two in five residents describe themselves as Christian, fewer than in 90% of UK towns. Ponsanooth’s 408 households held 963 residents at the 2021 Census. Across Ponsanooth, 7.6% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Ponsanooth: 23% of residents are 65 or over, above 62% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Half of Ponsanooth’s residents are over 45.5, older than in 58% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, 18% of residents are 65 or over. The biggest five-year age group is 5–9, with 7.7% of residents, 1.3 times the share across England’s towns.
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.
Fewer full-time students than 67% of UK towns: 4.5%
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%.
Residents who moved in within the year: 11%, near enough the figure across England’s towns. The wider picture: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Ponsanooth households average 2.4 people, larger than in 81% 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.
Compared with 30% across England’s towns, 28% of households are one person living alone here. At the same time, 2.9% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, a higher share than in 75% of UK towns. Here, 29% of households have dependent children.
More detached houses than 89% of UK towns: 50% of households
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
The share of households in terraced houses tops 70% of UK towns: 26%. To put it in context, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
Residents whose main language is English make up 99% in Ponsanooth, more than in 98% 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
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (2.4%) or in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.1%). Compared with other places, residents born outside the UK are scarce here: 4.6%, fewer than in 69% of UK towns. Residents whose main language is English make up 90% across England’s towns.
Residents with no religion: 53%, a higher share than 97% 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: 95% of Ponsanooth · Cornwall’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
By its share of residents who describe themselves as White British (95%), Ponsanooth is above 73% of UK towns. To put it in context, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. The groups that follow White British are Other White (3.4%), Mixed or multiple (0.7%) and Indian (0.1%).
Adults who have never married make up 29% in Ponsanooth, less than in 76% 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
The share of unpaid carers is 9.8%, against 8.7% across England’s towns. Locally, 52% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. Across England’s towns, adults who have never married come to 39%.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 38%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Ponsanooth counts 38% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 14% have no qualification (18%).
A younger town than 5 of the 7 around it: Ponsanooth
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ponsanooth | 963 | — | 45.5 | 23% | 29% |
| Perranarworthal | 1,305 | 1.5 mi | 53.4 | 33% | 23% |
| Stithians | 1,613 | 1.6 mi | 45.5 | 23% | 29% |
| Penryn | 11,194 | 2.1 mi | 30.3 | 15% | 24% |
| Carnon Downs and Devoran | 2,129 | 2.9 mi | 55.7 | 36% | 20% |
| Mylor Bridge | 1,534 | 2.9 mi | 61.1 | 44% | 15% |
| Lanner | 2,164 | 3 mi | 46.8 | 22% | 27% |
| Carharrack | 1,525 | 3 mi | 47.2 | 25% | 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 Ponsanooth’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 Ponsanooth’s residents
What is the population of Ponsanooth?
The 2021 Census counted 963 people in Ponsanooth’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Ponsanooth?
The median age was 45.5 at the 2021 Census. 7.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Ponsanooth?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across Cornwall’s towns. 4.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Ponsanooth?
53% said they had no religion and 41% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 3.8% didn’t answer.
Is Ponsanooth good for families?
29% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Ponsanooth’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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