Photo: David Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of St Dominick is over 57, older than 98% of UK towns
Compared with 21% across England’s towns, 68% of households live in a detached house here. The 2021 Census counted 544 residents in 242 households. The census found that nearly two thirds of adults are married or in a civil partnership in St Dominick. 7.7% of households have no car or van, a lower share than in 93% of UK towns.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 98% of UK towns: 38%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 7% here and 12% across England’s towns. The usual figure: 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 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.
St Dominick ranks below 99% of UK towns on full-time students: 3%
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 take in 37% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 19% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Census figures put residents who moved in within the year at 9.7% in St Dominick. Across England’s towns, full-time students come to 7.9%.
In St Dominick, 20% of households have dependent children, fewer than in 95% 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.
Across England’s towns, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home; in St Dominick, 2.5%. On average, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. Here, 25% of households are one person living alone.
Only 8.6% of households live in a terraced house in St Dominick
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
In St Dominick, 3.7% of households live in a flat or apartment, beside 23% across England’s towns. For households in terraced houses, the comparison across England’s towns is 24%.
Residents born outside the UK make up 1.5% in St Dominick, less than in 99% 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
Compared with 90% across England’s towns, 99% of residents have English as their main language here. For comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (0.9%) and in Africa (0.4%).
97% of residents describe themselves as White British, a share 98% of UK towns don’t reach
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: 97% of St Dominick · Cornwall’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
St Dominick sits close to the norm on residents with no religion: 37%, about the same as across England’s towns. Set beside that, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Residents who describe themselves as Christian account for 56%.
St Dominick ranks below 99% of UK towns on adults who have never married: 19%
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 share of unpaid carers is 11%, against 8.7% across England’s towns. For adults who have never married, the comparison across England’s towns is 39%.
Degree-level qualifications reach 38% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 38% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 16% hold no qualification (18%).
Every neighbour of St Dominick has a younger population
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 Dominick | 544 | — | 57 | 38% | 20% |
| Gunnislake and St Ann's Chapel | 3,506 | 2.7 mi | 50.5 | 27% | 23% |
| Callington | 4,665 | 2.7 mi | 50 | 26% | 21% |
| Bere Alston | 2,259 | 2.9 mi | 52.6 | 31% | 20% |
| Kelly Bray | 1,137 | 3.3 mi | 44.9 | 23% | 28% |
| Landrake | 1,104 | 4.7 mi | 47.9 | 23% | 25% |
| Saltash | 15,433 | 5.6 mi | 48 | 26% | 26% |
| Tavistock | 12,676 | 6.2 mi | 51.7 | 30% | 22% |
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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 Dominick’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 Dominick’s residents
What is the population of St Dominick?
The 2021 Census counted 544 people in St Dominick’s built-up area.
What is the average age in St Dominick?
The median age was 57 at the 2021 Census. 7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 38% were 65 or over.
How diverse is St Dominick?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across Cornwall’s towns. 1.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in St Dominick?
37% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 5.3% didn’t answer.
Is St Dominick good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on St Dominick’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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