Photo: P Barnett · CC BY-SA 2.0Redruth sits above 95% of UK towns for residents with no religion (51%)
The share of households in terraced houses is 31%, against 24% across England’s towns. The census found that just over a third of households are one person living alone in Redruth. More households in flats than in 78% of UK towns: 18%. 15,455 residents in 6,963 households: that is Redruth at the 2021 Census.
What the Census says about Redruth’s people
More with no religion than most
51% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 41% 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) and ONS mid-year population estimates.
A growing town: +15% since 2011, faster than 76% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Redruth’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 14,100 people in 2011; 16,300 in 2024.
Change by age ran from +26% for the 65 and over to −6% for the 16 to 29. Between mid-2014 and mid-2015 the population rose by 380, its biggest one-year gain.
Redruth is younger than 68% of UK towns: a median age of 42.2
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
9.1% of residents are aged 15 to 24, against 12% across England’s towns. Redruth has fewer residents aged 65 and over than 63% of UK towns, at 20%. The largest age band is 50–54: 7.5% of residents.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Redruth, 42.2. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A smaller share of full-time students than 66% 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%.
Managerial and professional jobs account for 26% of Redruth’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 31%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. The share of full-time students across England’s towns is 7.9%. For Redruth, the census puts residents who moved in within the year at 10%.
Smaller households than 75% of UK towns: 2.2 people on average
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.
Nothing unusual on shared households of unrelated adults: 3.5%, close to the figure across England’s towns. 27% of households have dependent children, fewer than in 54% of UK towns.
More car-free households than 68% of UK towns: 19% in Redruth
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 detached houses is 23%, against 21% across England’s towns. On average, nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns.
Redruth ranks below 60% of UK towns on residents born outside the UK: 5.4%
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
Compared with 90% across England’s towns, 97% of residents have English as their main language here. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (3.2%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.8%). As a yardstick, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
Redruth ranks below 91% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as Christian: 41%
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 Redruth · Cornwall’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 93%, against 73% across England’s towns. The next-largest groups, after White British, are Other White (3.6%), Mixed or multiple (1.3%) and Indian (0.2%). The wider picture: 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
In Redruth, 42% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, fewer than in 86% 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 figure for adults who have never married is 36% in Redruth and 39% across England’s towns. The share of unpaid carers stands at 10%. Across England’s towns, married adults and civil partners come to 44%.
27% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
27% of Redruth’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 18% have none (18%).
From a median age of 42 in Redruth North to 42 in Redruth South
The town’s 3 neighbourhoods (ONS middle-layer areas with 500+ residents inside it, named by the House of Commons Library), youngest first. Census 2021.
Redruth South is the oldest area, with 20% aged 65 or over; Redruth North the youngest (median age 42). Families with children are most common in Pool & Illogan Highway (34% of households).
Of 354 UK towns its size (11,000 to 21,000 people), the 102nd youngest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Aberystwyth is the youngest (25); Sidmouth the oldest (60.4). Nearest to Redruth in age: Spennymoor (42.1), Tyldesley (42.1), Milford Haven (42.2) and Desborough (42.3).
Redruth sits below 6 of its 7 closest neighbours on median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Redruth | 15,455 | — | 42.2 | 20% | 27% |
| Pool and Illogan | 8,588 | 1.7 mi | 45.1 | 22% | 25% |
| Lanner | 2,164 | 1.7 mi | 46.8 | 22% | 27% |
| St Day | 1,432 | 1.9 mi | 48.5 | 25% | 23% |
| Illogan | 1,096 | 2 mi | 43.8 | 23% | 29% |
| Carharrack | 1,525 | 2.1 mi | 47.2 | 25% | 25% |
| Four Lanes | 1,579 | 2.3 mi | 41 | 19% | 31% |
| Tolvaddon | 1,107 | 2.7 mi | 47.9 | 26% | 21% |
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 Redruth’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Redruth’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 15,746 people in 2021, against 15,455 in the built-up area.
- 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 Redruth’s residents
What is the population of Redruth?
The 2021 Census counted 15,455 people in Redruth’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 16,300 people in mid-2024, 15% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Redruth?
The median age was 42.2 at the 2021 Census, younger than 68% of UK towns. 9.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 20% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Redruth?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across Cornwall’s towns. 5.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Redruth?
51% said they had no religion and 41% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 6.8% didn’t answer.
Is Redruth good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Families are most common in Pool & Illogan Highway (34% of households). Schools are on Redruth’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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024 · House of Commons Library MSOA names. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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