Photo: Tony Atkin · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 97% of UK towns: half of St Keverne is over 55.6
22% of households have dependent children (England’s towns: 29%). In 2021, the Census found 995 residents in St Keverne, living in 443 households. Here, just over one in ten residents give unpaid care. Higher than in 88% of UK towns: 48% of residents said they have no religion.
32% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 94% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 7.6% here and 12% across England’s towns. The wider picture: 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 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.
A lower share of residents who moved in within the year than 99% of UK towns, at 5.6%
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%.
7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns, against 5.1% in St Keverne. For comparison, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Households here average 2.2 people, below 74% 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 share of one-person households trails 68% of UK towns: 28%. Shared households of unrelated adults: 4.1% of the total.
43% of households live in a detached house, a share 81% of UK towns don’t reach
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
Flats are home to 6.6% of households, against 23% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of households in detached houses is 21%. Households without a car or van account for 14%. Compared with other places, households in terraced houses are common here: 22%, more than in 59% of UK towns.
2.5% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 96% 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
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (0.9%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.8%). Residents born outside the UK: 18% across England’s towns, for comparison. Compared with other places, residents whose main language is English are common here: 99%, more than in 99% of UK towns.
95% of residents describe themselves as White British, a share 72% 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: 95% of St Keverne · Cornwall’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Next after White British come Other White (1%), Mixed or multiple (0.7%) and Bangladeshi (0.1%). Fewer residents who describe themselves as Christian than in 77% of UK towns: 45%. Across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British is 73%.
Fewer adults who have never married than 72% of UK towns: 29%
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
44 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week. Typically, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Lower than in 55% of UK towns: 47% of adults are married or in a civil partnership.
A degree-level qualification for 21% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 21% of its adults qualified to degree level, St Keverne compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 21% hold no qualification (18%).
St Keverne and its 7 nearest towns: 2 of them are older
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 Keverne | 995 | — | 55.6 | 32% | 22% |
| Mawnan Smith | 1,001 | 4.8 mi | 57.7 | 39% | 23% |
| Mullion | 2,148 | 6.8 mi | 52.6 | 34% | 25% |
| Falmouth | 24,066 | 7.2 mi | 38.6 | 21% | 21% |
| Lizard | 1,046 | 7.2 mi | 54.3 | 33% | 19% |
| Penryn | 11,194 | 8.5 mi | 30.3 | 15% | 24% |
| Helston | 11,366 | 8.7 mi | 41.8 | 21% | 30% |
| Mylor Bridge | 1,534 | 9.5 mi | 61.1 | 44% | 15% |
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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 Keverne’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 Keverne’s residents
What is the population of St Keverne?
The 2021 Census counted 995 people in St Keverne’s built-up area.
What is the average age in St Keverne?
The median age was 55.6 at the 2021 Census. 7.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 32% were 65 or over.
How diverse is St Keverne?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across Cornwall’s towns. 2.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in St Keverne?
48% said they had no religion and 45% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 5.8% didn’t answer.
Is St Keverne good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on St Keverne’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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