Photo: Cornish archive · CC BY-SA 3.0Older than 83% of UK towns: half of St Cleer is over 49.5
Where 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns, St Cleer has 95%. For St Cleer, the census puts households in flats at 5.4%. Few places have as many households in detached houses: 41% here, more than in 78% of UK towns. Census day 2021: 1,144 residents and 519 households here.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 70% of UK towns, at 25%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 55–59: one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across England’s towns. The wider picture: 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 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.
Below 69% of UK towns: 4.4% of adults are full-time students
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%.
Set against 11% across England’s towns, 9.6% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in St Cleer. To put it in context, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
2.2 people per household, fewer than in 73% 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.
With one-person households at 28%, St Cleer is behind 67% of UK towns on that count. On households with dependent children, St Cleer sits lower than 68% of UK towns: 25%. The census found that 3.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home locally.
Households without a car or van: 12%, a lower share than 67% 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
The share of households in terraced houses trails nearly three fifths of UK towns: 18%. Across the comparison, nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns.
A lower share of residents born outside the UK than 88% of UK towns, at 3.2%
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
Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (1.9%), then in the Middle East and Asia (0.9%). For comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. More residents whose main language is English than in 97% of UK towns: 99%.
46% said they have no religion, more than in 82% 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: 95% of St Cleer · Cornwall’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
45% of residents describe themselves as Christian (England’s towns: 46%). The usual figure: 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. The largest groups after White British are Other White (1.6%), Mixed or multiple (1.2%) and Chinese (0.2%).
11% of residents give unpaid care, a share 82% of UK towns don’t reach
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
30% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, against 39% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, unpaid carers come to 8.7%. Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 35. At 48%, the share of married adults and civil partners is higher than in 52% of UK towns.
Qualified to degree level: 29% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 29% of adults in St Cleer (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 18% (England’s towns: 18%).
St Cleer sits below 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Cleer | 1,144 | — | 49.5 | 25% | 25% |
| Liskeard | 10,901 | 2.3 mi | 44.1 | 23% | 26% |
| Pensilva | 1,656 | 2.7 mi | 52.5 | 29% | 20% |
| Dobwalls | 1,683 | 3.1 mi | 48.5 | 25% | 24% |
| Callington | 4,665 | 7 mi | 50 | 26% | 21% |
| Kelly Bray | 1,137 | 7.2 mi | 44.9 | 23% | 28% |
| Pelynt | 1,144 | 8.7 mi | 55.9 | 36% | 20% |
| Looe | 5,314 | 9 mi | 55.6 | 34% | 17% |
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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 Cleer’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 Cleer’s residents
What is the population of St Cleer?
The 2021 Census counted 1,144 people in St Cleer’s built-up area.
What is the average age in St Cleer?
The median age was 49.5 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is St Cleer?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across Cornwall’s towns. 3.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in St Cleer?
46% said they had no religion and 45% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 6.7% didn’t answer.
Is St Cleer good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on St Cleer’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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