Photo: David Dixon · CC BY-SA 2.0A smaller share of households without a car or van than 98% of UK towns: 5.5%
One-person households: 23% here and 30% across England’s towns. The census found that 42% of households live in a terraced house in Praze-an-Beeble. Nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 88% of UK towns. The village had 643 residents and 271 households at the 2021 Census, with a median age of 42.6.
Younger than 65% of UK towns: half of Praze-an-Beeble is under 42.6
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
17% of Praze-an-Beeble is 65 or over, against 24% across Cornwall’s towns and 18% across England’s towns. In Tywardreath, the oldest of Cornwall’s towns by this measure, it is 35%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
3.8% of adults are full-time students, below 89% 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 account for 31% of Praze-an-Beeble’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 26%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Set beside that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. In Praze-an-Beeble, nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Families with children: 31% of households, more 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.
The typical household size is 2.4 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. The share of shared households of unrelated adults stands at 3.3%. Elsewhere, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
2.9% of households live in a flat or apartment, fewer than in 93% 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
28% of households live in a detached house, fewer than in 52% of UK towns. Households in flats make up 23% across England’s towns.
3.8% of residents were born outside the UK, below 81% 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
The largest groups were born in EU countries (2.2%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.8%). As a reference point, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. At 98%, the share of residents whose main language is English is higher than in 62% of UK towns.
Residents with no religion make up 45% in Praze-an-Beeble, more than in 79% 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: 93% of Praze-an-Beeble · Cornwall’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
There is little gap on residents who describe themselves as Christian: 46%, about the same as across England’s towns. Census figures put residents who describe themselves as White British at 93% in Praze-an-Beeble. By way of comparison, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns.
A larger share of unpaid carers than 84% of UK towns: 11%
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
14 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week. Across the comparison, 8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. Praze-an-Beeble has fewer adults who have never married than 62% of UK towns, at 31%. In Praze-an-Beeble, 48% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, beside 44% across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications: 32% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 32% of Praze-an-Beeble’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 15% have no qualification (18%).
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 5 are older than Praze-an-Beeble
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Praze-an-Beeble | 643 | — | 42.6 | 17% | 31% |
| Reawla | 1,117 | 2 mi | 45.1 | 20% | 28% |
| Troon | 1,402 | 2 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 27% |
| Camborne | 20,445 | 2.9 mi | 42 | 21% | 27% |
| Connor Downs | 1,482 | 3.2 mi | 46.6 | 26% | 30% |
| Four Lanes | 1,579 | 3.7 mi | 41 | 19% | 31% |
| Tolvaddon | 1,107 | 4.1 mi | 47.9 | 26% | 21% |
| Pool and Illogan | 8,588 | 4.5 mi | 45.1 | 22% | 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 Praze-an-Beeble’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 Praze-an-Beeble’s residents
What is the population of Praze-an-Beeble?
The 2021 Census counted 643 people in Praze-an-Beeble’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Praze-an-Beeble?
The median age was 42.6 at the 2021 Census. 8.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 17% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Praze-an-Beeble?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across Cornwall’s towns. 3.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Praze-an-Beeble?
45% said they had no religion and 46% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 7.8% didn’t answer.
Is Praze-an-Beeble good for families?
31% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Praze-an-Beeble’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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