Photo: Tony Atkin · CC BY-SA 2.0Sticker is older than 99% of UK towns: a median age of 61.3
The figure for households with dependent children is 12% in Sticker and 29% across England’s towns. Across Sticker, 2.7% of households live in a flat or apartment. Unpaid carers are more common here than in 96% of UK towns. At the 2021 Census Sticker was home to 819 people in 410 households.
Residents aged 65 and over: 44%, a higher share than 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 70–74: just over one in ten residents, 2.3 times the share across England’s towns. 6.8% of residents are aged 15 to 24. 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.
Sticker ranks below 98% of UK towns on full-time students: 3.2%
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%.
Set against 11% across England’s towns, one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier in Sticker. The share of full-time students across England’s towns is 7.9%.
Sticker households average 2 people, smaller than in 98% 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.
At 3.7%, the share of shared households of unrelated adults is in line with the figure across England’s towns. One-person households account for 33%.
Sticker sits above 99% of UK towns for households in detached houses (71%)
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
Across England’s towns, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house; in Sticker, 4.9%. One household in every 11 has no car or van. As a yardstick, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
A higher share of residents whose main language is English than 88% of UK towns, at 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
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in Africa (1.3%) and in EU countries (1.2%). Lower than in two thirds of UK towns: 4.8% of residents were born outside the UK. Across England’s towns, residents whose main language is English come to 90%.
More residents who describe themselves as White British than 97% of UK towns: 97%
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: 97% of Sticker · Cornwall’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
With residents with no religion at 35%, Sticker is behind 84% of UK towns on that count. Higher than in 94% of UK towns: 60% of residents describe themselves as Christian. Set beside that, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
18% 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
Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over
Set against 44% across England’s towns, 57% of adults are married or in a civil partnership in Sticker. For adults who have never married, the comparison across England’s towns is 39%. 25 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 28% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
28% of Sticker’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 20% have none (18%).
Every neighbour of Sticker 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sticker | 819 | — | 61.3 | 44% | 12% |
| Polgooth | 1,096 | 0.9 mi | 57.2 | 38% | 19% |
| Trewoon | 1,246 | 1.9 mi | 47 | 24% | 26% |
| St Stephen | 2,339 | 2.9 mi | 44.3 | 21% | 32% |
| Foxhole | 1,526 | 3 mi | 42.3 | 19% | 27% |
| St Austell | 24,361 | 3.3 mi | 45 | 23% | 26% |
| Nanpean | 1,077 | 3.7 mi | 40.3 | 16% | 28% |
| Grampound Road | 1,160 | 3.8 mi | 37.2 | 11% | 37% |
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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 Sticker’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 Sticker’s residents
What is the population of Sticker?
The 2021 Census counted 819 people in Sticker’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Sticker?
The median age was 61.3 at the 2021 Census. 6.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 44% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Sticker?
97% 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 Sticker?
35% said they had no religion and 60% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 4.3% didn’t answer.
Is Sticker good for families?
12% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Sticker’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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