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54.5Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

St Germans is older than 96% of UK towns: a median age of 54.5

The share of unpaid carers is 12%, against 8.7% across England’s towns. Households in flats: 1.3% of the total. Lower than in nearly three quarters of UK towns: 11% of households have no car or van. In 2021, the Census found 525 residents in St Germans, living in 227 households.

35%aged 65 or over 2.9%born abroad 227households

Ages

St Germans: 35% of residents are 65 or over, above 97% of UK towns

Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.

St GermansEngland’s towns

0–410–1420–2430–3440–4450–5460–6470–7480–84

With residents aged 15 to 24 at 8.7%, St Germans is behind just over four fifths of UK towns on that count. Against that, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1513%

15 to 248.7%

25 to 4416%

45 to 6428%

65 and over35%

St GermansCornwall’s townsEngland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

St Germans

England

WomenMen

About 105 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.

Students & newcomers

7.8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 69% 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

Full-time students4.9%

Higher managerial and professional17%

Lower managerial and professional27%

Intermediate11%

Small employers and self-employed12%

Supervisory and technical4.7%

Semi-routine8.2%

Routine8%

Never worked or long-term unemployed7.3%

St GermansCornwall’s townsEngland’s towns

Address a year before the Census

Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.

St Germans

7.8%

England’s towns

11%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

residents, 7.8%; England’s towns 11%

Of them from abroad

0.2× England’s share

Managerial and professional jobs take in 44% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 16% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). More full-time students than in 53% of UK towns: 4.9%. Across England’s towns, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier.

Households

1.8% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, below 82% of UK towns

Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.

Living alone, 66+ 21%Living alone, under 66 6.6%Families with dependent children 26%Couples and families, no young children 45%Shared houses and other 1.8%

Against Cornwall’s towns and England’s towns

St Germans

Cornwall’s towns

England’s towns

People per household

1 person28%

2 people39%

3 people13%

4 people15%

5 or more4.4%

England’s towns.

Compared with 29% across England’s towns, 26% of households have dependent children here. Few places have so few one-person households: 27% here, fewer than in 71% of UK towns. On average, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns. Average household size: 2.3 people.

Homes & cars

A higher share of households in detached houses than 96% of UK towns, at 60%

Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.

Type of home

St Germans

Cornwall’s towns

England’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van11%

One40%

Two34%

Three or more15%

St GermansCornwall’s townsEngland’s towns

Households in terraced houses account for 20%. 1.3% of households live in a flat, less than in 99% of UK towns; 60% in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns.

Where people were born

Below 93% of UK towns: 2.9% of residents were born outside the UK

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%

St Germans

2.9%

Cornwall’s towns

5.5%

England’s towns

18%

EU countriesRest of EuropeMiddle East and AsiaAfricaAmericas, Oceania, other

Main language · residents aged 3 and over

English is main language100%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well0.2%

Another main language, little or no English0%

St GermansCornwall’s townsEngland’s towns

The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (1.9%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.6%). 100% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 99% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, residents born outside the UK come to 18%.

Ethnicity & religion

53% describe themselves as Christian, more than in 72% 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

St GermansCornwall’s townsEngland’s towns

Other White3.2%

Asian0%

Mixed0.8%

Black0%

Other1.7%

0%6%12%

White British, not charted: 94% of St Germans · Cornwall’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.

Religion · all residents

St GermansCornwall’s townsEngland’s towns

No religion39%

Christian53%

Muslim0%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist0.4%

Other religion0%

Didn’t answer6.8%

0%30%60%

Where 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns, St Germans has 39%. Against that, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Across St Germans, 94% of residents describe themselves as White British.

Relationships & caring

In St Germans, 21% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 99% of UK towns

Legal partnership status (residents 16 and over) and unpaid care (residents 5 and over), Census 2021.

Partnership status · residents 16 and over

Never married or in a civil partnership21%

Married or civil partnership60%

Separated1.8%

Divorced8.2%

Widowed8.8%

St GermansCornwall’s townsEngland’s towns

60residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 12%, against 8.7% in England’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week4.1%

20 to 49 hours2.5%

50 hours or more5.1%

With married adults and civil partners at 60%, St Germans is ahead of 98% of UK towns on that count. By way of comparison, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. 26 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week.

Qualifications

Adults with a degree-level qualification: 39%

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications17%

Apprenticeship5.5%

A levels or similar18%

Degree level39%

St GermansCornwall’s townsEngland’s towns

With 39% of its adults qualified to degree level, St Germans compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 17% hold no qualification (18%).

Neighbours

St Germans is younger than 1 of its 7 nearest neighbours

Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.

LandrakeSaltashTorpointMillbrookLooeCallingtonPlymouthSt Germans

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
St Germans	525	—	54.5	35%	26%
Landrake	1,104	2.3 mi	47.9	23%	25%
Saltash	15,433	3.9 mi	48	26%	26%
Torpoint	7,163	4.6 mi	48.6	25%	22%
Millbrook	2,299	5.1 mi	51.5	30%	22%
Looe	5,314	6.8 mi	55.6	34%	17%
Callington	4,665	7.7 mi	50	26%	21%
Plymouth	266,970	8 mi	39.6	19%	26%

More about St Germans’s residents

Health, work and homes have their own pages

HealthLife expectancy, early deaths and Census health, adjusted for age Work & commuteIncome, the claimant count, jobs and how people get to work Cost of livingOwners and renters, prices, rents and council tax SchoolsEvery primary and secondary, with results and inspections

How to read these numbers

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 Germans’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 Germans’s residents

What is the population of St Germans?

The 2021 Census counted 525 people in St Germans’s built-up area.

What is the average age in St Germans?

The median age was 54.5 at the 2021 Census. 8.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 35% were 65 or over.

How diverse is St Germans?

94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across Cornwall’s towns. 2.9% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in St Germans?

39% said they had no religion and 53% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.8% didn’t answer.

Is St Germans good for families?

26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on St Germans’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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