Photo: David Balmford · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 95% of UK towns: half of St Tudy is over 54.1
The figure for households with dependent children is 20% in St Tudy and 29% across England’s towns. In 2021, the Census found 679 residents locally, living in 302 households. For St Tudy, the census puts one-person households at 25%. Few places have so few households in terraced houses: 9.6% here, fewer than in 90% of UK towns.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 35% in St Tudy, more than in 97% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (7.3%), St Tudy is below 98% of UK towns. Set beside that, 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. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A lower share of full-time students than 98% of UK towns, at 3.1%
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%.
34% of St Tudy’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 18% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year are more common here than in 93% of UK towns. Set beside that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
A larger share of shared households of unrelated adults than 94% of UK towns: 4.3%
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.
Households average 2.3 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns.
Fewer flats than 99% of UK towns: 1.3% of households
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
7.6% of households have no car or van; across England’s towns the figure is 24%. Measured more widely, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns. Census figures put households in detached houses at 59% in St Tudy.
St Tudy ranks above 97% of UK towns on residents whose main language is English: 99%
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
5.2% of residents were born outside the UK (England’s towns: 18%). Across the comparison, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (3.3%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.9%).
More residents who describe themselves as White British than 82% of UK towns: 95%
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 Tudy · Cornwall’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Compared with 37% across England’s towns, 36% of residents said they have no religion here. On average, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Locally, 56% of residents describe themselves as Christian.
Fewer adults who have never married than 89% of UK towns: 26%
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
Unpaid care takes 50 hours a week or more for 23 people. Adults who have never married make up 39% across England’s towns. Compared with other places, married adults and civil partners are common here: 54%, more than in 86% of UK towns. At 9.5%, the share of unpaid carers is in line with the figure across England’s towns.
A degree-level qualification for 31% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 31% of St Tudy’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 15% have no qualification (18%).
St Tudy is older than every town around it
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 Tudy | 679 | — | 54.1 | 35% | 20% |
| Delabole | 1,779 | 4.5 mi | 47.9 | 24% | 24% |
| Egloshayle | 1,185 | 4.9 mi | 45 | 25% | 30% |
| Camelford | 2,983 | 5 mi | 42.7 | 22% | 31% |
| Wadebridge | 5,626 | 5.4 mi | 50.4 | 30% | 21% |
| Bodmin | 16,904 | 6.1 mi | 41.3 | 20% | 28% |
| Rock | 1,156 | 7.5 mi | 53.9 | 36% | 20% |
| Padstow | 2,351 | 9.4 mi | 49.3 | 28% | 21% |
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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 Tudy’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 Tudy’s residents
What is the population of St Tudy?
The 2021 Census counted 679 people in St Tudy’s built-up area.
What is the average age in St Tudy?
The median age was 54.1 at the 2021 Census. 7.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 35% were 65 or over.
How diverse is St Tudy?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across Cornwall’s towns. 5.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in St Tudy?
36% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 7.7% didn’t answer.
Is St Tudy good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on St Tudy’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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