Photo: Talskiddy at English Wikipedia · CC BY 3.0A median age of 34.8: St Eval is younger than 96% of UK towns
24% of households have no car or van across England’s towns, against 4.2% in St Eval. For St Eval, the census puts one-person households at 13%. Higher than in 99% of UK towns: 56% of households have dependent children. The village’s 310 households held 895 residents at the 2021 Census.
Below 99% of UK towns: 5.7% of residents are 65 or over
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 5–9 than any other five-year age: 11% of residents, 1.9 times the share across England’s towns. 10% of residents are aged 15 to 24, more than in 62% of UK towns. Measured more widely, 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 93 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
More students than 93% of UK towns: 7.5% of adults in St Eval
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%.
Just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier; across England’s towns the figure is 11%. The benchmark for full-time students across England’s towns: 7.9%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
St Eval households average 2.9 people, larger than in 99% 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.
Shared households of unrelated adults: 1.9%, below 73% of UK towns.
Households in flats make up 0.3% in St Eval, less than in 99% 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
Compared with 24% across England’s towns, 26% of households live in a terraced house here. On households in detached houses, St Eval sits lower than 96% of UK towns: 8.7%. Across England’s towns, the share of households in flats is 23%.
A smaller share of residents whose main language is English than 57% of UK towns: 97%
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
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (2.9%) or in Africa (1.6%). St Eval has fewer residents born outside the UK than 52% of UK towns, at 6.2%. The wider picture: nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
52% of residents said they have no religion, a share 96% 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: 93% of St Eval · Cornwall’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Compared with 73% across England’s towns, 93% of residents describe themselves as White British here. On average, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Here, two in five residents describe themselves as Christian.
Fewer unpaid carers than 92% of UK towns: 7.4%
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
Against a figure of 39% across England’s towns, the share of adults who have never married in St Eval comes in at 35%. At 50 hours or more a week, 19 people give unpaid care. Few places have as many married adults and civil partners: 49% here, more than in 56% of UK towns.
Degree-level qualifications reach 32% 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 Eval, 11%, while 32% hold one at degree level (34%). A levels are the highest qualification of 23%, many of them students still working towards a degree.
Every nearby town is older than St Eval
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 Eval | 895 | — | 34.8 | 5.7% | 56% |
| St Merryn | 1,344 | 3 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 28% |
| St Columb Major | 3,663 | 3.8 mi | 43.2 | 22% | 28% |
| Padstow | 2,351 | 4.4 mi | 49.3 | 28% | 21% |
| Quintrell Downs | 1,358 | 5.7 mi | 46.7 | 26% | 25% |
| Rock | 1,156 | 5.9 mi | 53.9 | 36% | 20% |
| Newquay | 24,543 | 5.9 mi | 42.7 | 20% | 25% |
| Indian Queens, Fraddon and St Columb Road | 3,888 | 6.5 mi | 40.4 | 18% | 32% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “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 Eval’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 Eval’s residents
What is the population of St Eval?
The 2021 Census counted 895 people in St Eval’s built-up area.
What is the average age in St Eval?
The median age was 34.8 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 5.7% were 65 or over.
How diverse is St Eval?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across Cornwall’s towns. 6.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in St Eval?
52% said they had no religion and 40% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 6.1% didn’t answer.
Is St Eval good for families?
56% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on St Eval’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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