Photo: Colin Park · CC BY-SA 2.053% of households live in a detached house, more than in 92% of UK towns
Where 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns, St Agnes has 8.3%. Compared with other places, households in flats are scarce here: 7.7%, fewer than in 68% of UK towns. The town’s 1,420 households held 3,253 residents at the 2021 Census. In St Agnes, 94% of residents describe themselves as White British.
What the Census says about St Agnes’s people
More with no religion than most
50% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 42% 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).
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 71% of UK towns, at 25%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 45–49 than any other five-year age: 7.3% of residents. Half of St Agnes’s residents are over 45.9, older than in 61% of UK towns. Measured more widely, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. In Tywardreath, the oldest of Cornwall’s towns by this measure, it is 35%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ St Agnes, 45.9. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 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.
More residents who moved in within the year than 82% of UK towns: 11%
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%.
In St Agnes, 45% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 16% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Full-time students: 4.7% of the total.
32% of households are one person living alone, more than in 65% 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 figure for shared households of unrelated adults is 2.8% in St Agnes and 4.3% across England’s towns. The usual figure: 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. Average household size: 2.3 people. On households with dependent children, St Agnes sits lower than just over half of UK towns: 27%.
Only 12% of households in St Agnes have no car or van
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
Households in terraced houses make up 17%, against 24% across England’s towns. About one household in 8 lives without a car or van.
A higher share of residents whose main language is English than 95% of UK towns, at 99%
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 (1.7%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.6%). At 4.9%, the share of residents born outside the UK is lower than in 65% of UK towns. For residents whose main language is English, the comparison across England’s towns is 90%. Among those born abroad, the share arriving in 2017 or later is 13% (England’s towns: 21%).
More residents with no religion than 93% of UK towns: 50%
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 St Agnes · Cornwall’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (2.4%), Mixed or multiple (1.6%) and Indian (0.2%). Lower than in 89% of UK towns: 42% of residents describe themselves as Christian. The benchmark for residents with no religion across England’s towns: 37%.
A lower share of adults who have never married than 63% of UK towns, at 31%
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
There is little gap on unpaid carers: 8.4%, about the same as across England’s towns. For St Agnes, the census puts married adults and civil partners at 50%. Adults who have never married make up 39% across England’s towns.
Qualified to degree level: 49% of adults
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 St Agnes, 10%, while 49% hold one at degree level (34%).
514 UK towns of 2,500 to 4,000 people: this is the 212th youngest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Keele (20.6), the youngest, and West Chiltington (63.1), the oldest. Nearest to St Agnes in age: Burnopfield (45.9), West Auckland (45.9), Talbot Green (45.9) and Shelley (46).
4 of the 7 nearest towns are older than St Agnes
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Agnes | 3,253 | — | 45.9 | 25% | 27% |
| Mount Hawke | 1,593 | 1.9 mi | 47.5 | 25% | 22% |
| Perranporth | 2,752 | 3.2 mi | 46.8 | 25% | 24% |
| St Day | 1,432 | 4.9 mi | 48.5 | 25% | 23% |
| Portreath | 1,218 | 5 mi | 44.2 | 22% | 30% |
| Threemilestone | 2,854 | 5.1 mi | 45.6 | 24% | 24% |
| Redruth | 15,455 | 5.3 mi | 42.2 | 20% | 27% |
| Carharrack | 1,525 | 5.5 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 St Agnes’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 St Agnes’s residents
What is the population of St Agnes?
The 2021 Census counted 3,253 people in St Agnes’s built-up area.
What is the average age in St Agnes?
The median age was 45.9 at the 2021 Census, older than 61% of UK towns. 8.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is St Agnes?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across Cornwall’s towns. 4.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in St Agnes?
50% said they had no religion and 42% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 6.5% didn’t answer.
Is St Agnes good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on St Agnes’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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