Trevenson House · Photo: Mutney · CC BY-SA 4.048% said they have no religion, more than in 89% of UK towns
The share of households with dependent children trails 68% of UK towns: 25%. More unpaid carers than in 78% of UK towns: 10%. At the 2021 Census Pool and Illogan was home to 8,588 people in 3,772 households. Census figures put shared households of unrelated adults at 4.2% in the town.
What the Census says about Pool and Illogan’s people
More with no religion than most
48% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 44% 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).
Pool and Illogan sits below 61% of UK towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (9.4%)
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 55–59: 7.8% of residents. As a yardstick, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. With a median age of 45.1, Pool and Illogan is older than 54% of UK towns. In Tywardreath, the oldest of Cornwall’s towns by this measure, it is 35%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Pool and Illogan, 45.1. The typical town is 44.4.
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.
Only 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in Pool and Illogan
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%.
Full-time students: 4.6%, below nearly three fifths of UK towns. Against that, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
2.3 people per household, fewer than in 56% 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.
One-person households: 31% here and 30% across England’s towns.
Pool and Illogan: 14% of households live in a flat or apartment, above 65% 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
32% of households live in a detached house (England’s towns: 21%). At 16%, the share of households without a car or van is higher than in 55% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment.
Fewer residents whose main language is English than 71% of UK towns: 96%
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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
The largest groups were born in EU countries (4.2%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.6%). The usual figure: 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Fewer residents born outside the UK than in 53% of UK towns: 6.1%. Of residents born abroad, 16% arrived in 2017 or later, against 21% across England’s towns.
Below 80% of UK towns: 44% of residents describe themselves as Christian
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: 92% of Pool and Illogan · Cornwall’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The next-largest groups, after White British, are Other White (5.3%), Mixed or multiple (0.6%) and African (0.2%). On average, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Compared with other places, residents who describe themselves as White British are common here: 92%, more than in just over half of UK towns.
A higher share of adults who have never married than 59% of UK towns, at 34%
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 285 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. The share of adults who have never married across England’s towns is 39%. 45% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, fewer than in 72% of UK towns.
Among adults, 25% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Pool and Illogan, 20%, while 25% hold one at degree level (34%).
221st oldest of 482 UK towns of 6,000 to 12,000 people
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
The youngest is Tidworth (28.4) and the oldest Barton on Sea (65.3). Nearest to Pool and Illogan in age: Caldicot (45), Rusthall and Langton Green (45.1), Mold (45.1) and Kippax (45.2).
Of the 7 towns nearest Pool and Illogan, 2 are older
Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
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 Pool and Illogan’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 Pool and Illogan’s residents
What is the population of Pool and Illogan?
The 2021 Census counted 8,588 people in Pool and Illogan’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Pool and Illogan?
The median age was 45.1 at the 2021 Census, older than 54% of UK towns. 9.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Pool and Illogan?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across Cornwall’s towns. 6.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Pool and Illogan?
48% said they had no religion and 44% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 6.2% didn’t answer.
Is Pool and Illogan good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Pool and Illogan’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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