Photo: Tony Atkin · CC BY-SA 2.0Residents with no religion: 49%, a higher share than 90% of UK towns
One in ten households have no car or van, against 24% across England’s towns. St Newlyn East is home to 1,038 residents in 444 households, by the 2021 Census. Households in terraced houses: 29% of the total. The median age in the village is 47.2, higher than in 70% of UK towns.
What the Census says about St Newlyn East’s people
More with no religion than most
49% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 45% Christian, against 37% and 46% across England’s towns. Ethnicity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
St Newlyn East ranks above 62% of UK towns on residents aged 65 and over: 23%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 50–54: 8.3% of residents. Residents aged 15 to 24 are more common here than in 63% of UK towns. As a reference point, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. In Tywardreath, the oldest of Cornwall’s towns by this measure, it is 35%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 81 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.
More students than 68% of UK towns: 5.3% of adults in St Newlyn East
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%.
Where 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns, St Newlyn East has 9.1%. To put it in context, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
In St Newlyn East, 2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, fewer than in 68% 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.
There are 2.3 people in the average household. Households with dependent children: 28% here and 29% across England’s towns.
Households in flats: 7.7%, a lower share than 68% 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
Where just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns, St Newlyn East has 32%. Measured more widely, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
St Newlyn East: 99% of residents have English as their main language, above 98% 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
In St Newlyn East, 4.8% of residents were born outside the UK, beside 18% across England’s towns. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (1.6%) or in Africa (1.1%). The comparison figure for residents whose main language is English is 90% across England’s towns.
96% of residents describe themselves as White British, a share 83% 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: 96% of St Newlyn East · Cornwall’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Besides White British, the main groups are Other White (2.1%), Mixed or multiple (1.3%) and Indian (0.2%). Across England’s towns, residents who describe themselves as White British come to 73%. On residents who describe themselves as Christian, St Newlyn East sits lower than 79% of UK towns: 45%.
In St Newlyn East, 11% of residents give unpaid care, more than in 81% 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
Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over
33 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week. At 30%, the share of adults who have never married is lower than in 66% of UK towns. Unpaid carers make up 8.7% across England’s towns. Against a figure of 44% across England’s towns, the share of married adults and civil partners in St Newlyn East comes in at 47%.
30% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 34% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in St Newlyn East, 30%, and 16% have none, against 18%.
Every neighbour of St Newlyn East 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 Newlyn East | 1,038 | — | 47.2 | 23% | 28% |
| Quintrell Downs | 1,358 | 2.8 mi | 46.7 | 26% | 25% |
| Newquay | 24,543 | 3.5 mi | 42.7 | 20% | 25% |
| St Erme and Trispen | 1,604 | 3.9 mi | 39.5 | 16% | 33% |
| Perranporth | 2,752 | 4.6 mi | 46.8 | 25% | 24% |
| Shortlanesend | 1,427 | 5.5 mi | 36.2 | 13% | 38% |
| Indian Queens, Fraddon and St Columb Road | 3,888 | 5.5 mi | 40.4 | 18% | 32% |
| Grampound Road | 1,160 | 6.4 mi | 37.2 | 11% | 37% |
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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 Newlyn East’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 Newlyn East’s residents
What is the population of St Newlyn East?
The 2021 Census counted 1,038 people in St Newlyn East’s built-up area.
What is the average age in St Newlyn East?
The median age was 47.2 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is St Newlyn East?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across Cornwall’s towns. 4.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in St Newlyn East?
49% said they had no religion and 45% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 5.9% didn’t answer.
Is St Newlyn East good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on St Newlyn East’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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