Photo: Rod Allday · CC BY-SA 2.0Roche sits below 90% of UK towns for households in flats (3.5%)
Against a figure of 12% across England’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Roche comes in at 8.8%. Few places have as many residents who describe themselves as White British: 94% here, more than in 69% of UK towns. At the 2021 Census, 2,311 people lived here, in 996 households. For Roche, the census puts households without a car or van at 13%.
What the Census says about Roche’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 ↓
Many carers
244 residents gave unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age in 2021, 11% of those 5 and over: more than in 90% of UK towns. Relationships & caring ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Younger than 62% of UK towns: half of Roche is under 43
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 35–39: 7% of residents. Lower than in 55% of UK towns: 21% of residents are 65 or over.
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.
In Roche, 4.2% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 75% 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%.
Here nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier, where the figure across England’s towns is 11%. The wider picture: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
A larger share of shared households of unrelated adults than 74% of UK towns: 2.9%
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.
Set against 29% across England’s towns, 28% of households have dependent children in Roche. One-person households are rarer here than in just over three fifths of UK towns. The wider picture: 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns. The average household has 2.3 people.
A larger share of households in detached houses than 51% of UK towns: 29%
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
Roche sits close to the norm on households in terraced houses: 24%, about the same as across England’s towns. 3.5% of households live in a flat, less than in 90% of UK towns; 29% in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns.
Fewer residents born outside the UK than 78% of UK towns: 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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
The share of residents whose main language is English is 98%, against 90% across England’s towns. The comparison figure for residents born outside the UK is 18% across England’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (2.7%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.5%).
A higher share of residents with no religion than 89% of UK towns, at 48%
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: 94% of Roche · Cornwall’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The largest groups after White British are Other White (3.2%), Mixed or multiple (0.5%) and Indian (0.1%). On residents who describe themselves as Christian, Roche sits lower than 80% of UK towns: 44%. Set beside that, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns.
More unpaid carers than 90% 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
For 103 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. Against that, 8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. 46% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, a lower share than in 62% of UK towns. Adults who have never married: 33%, above 53% of UK towns.
Degree-level qualifications: 20% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Roche’s adults: 20% with a degree-level qualification and 21% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
Older than Roche: 1 of the 7 towns nearby
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roche | 2,311 | — | 43 | 21% | 28% |
| Bugle | 2,430 | 2 mi | 38.4 | 16% | 30% |
| St Dennis | 2,363 | 2.8 mi | 41.2 | 19% | 31% |
| Nanpean | 1,077 | 3.2 mi | 40.3 | 16% | 28% |
| Penwithick | 1,706 | 3.5 mi | 36.7 | 16% | 39% |
| Foxhole | 1,526 | 3.6 mi | 42.3 | 19% | 27% |
| Trewoon | 1,246 | 4.6 mi | 47 | 24% | 26% |
| Indian Queens, Fraddon and St Columb Road | 3,888 | 4.7 mi | 40.4 | 18% | 32% |
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 Roche’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 Roche’s residents
What is the population of Roche?
The 2021 Census counted 2,311 people in Roche’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Roche?
The median age was 43 at the 2021 Census. 8.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 21% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Roche?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across Cornwall’s towns. 4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Roche?
48% said they had no religion and 44% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.3% didn’t answer.
Is Roche good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Roche’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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