Photo: Talskiddy at English Wikipedia · CC BY 3.0Stratton ranks above 92% of UK towns on households with dependent children: 34%
By its share of one-person households (27%), Stratton is below 75% of UK towns. 1,928 residents in 809 households: that is Stratton at the 2021 Census. Census figures put households in terraced houses at 29% locally. With a median age of 40.7, Stratton is younger than 77% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Stratton’s people
A village people move to
17% of residents gave a different address a year before the 2021 Census, 1.6 times the share across England’s towns. Students & newcomers ↓
More with no religion than most
47% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 40% 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).
Stratton sits above 82% of UK towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (11%)
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
20% of residents are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
More residents who moved in within the year than 98% of UK towns: 17%
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%.
Across England’s towns, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Stratton has 27% and 30%. Full-time students: 4.9% of the total. Set beside that, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
Larger households than 73% of UK towns: 2.4 people on average
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.
Stratton has more shared households of unrelated adults than 51% of UK towns, at 2.4%.
Households in flats make up 8.9% in Stratton, less than in 61% 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
Households without a car or van: 14% here and 24% across England’s towns. 30% of households live in a detached house, a higher share than in 52% of UK towns. As a yardstick, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
3.4% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 85% 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
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (1.4%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.8%). The comparison figure for residents born outside the UK is 18% across England’s towns. Residents whose main language is English are more common here than in 94% of UK towns.
A lower share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 92% of UK towns, at 40%
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: 93% of Stratton · Cornwall’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Across England’s towns, the share of residents with no religion is 37%; Stratton has 47%. Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 46% across England’s towns. After White British, the largest groups are Mixed or multiple (3.4%), Other White (2.2%) and Indian (0.3%). Few places have as many residents who describe themselves as White British: 93% here, more than in three fifths of UK towns.
Stratton ranks above 78% of UK towns on adults who have never married: 37%
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
The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 63. For comparison, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. On married adults and civil partners, Stratton sits lower than nearly three quarters of UK towns: 44%. Little separates the share of unpaid carers here, 9.5%, from the figure across England’s towns.
26% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 26% of adults in Stratton (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 15% (England’s towns: 18%).
No nearby town is as young as Stratton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stratton | 1,928 | — | 40.7 | 20% | 34% |
| Bude | 7,347 | 0.8 mi | 50.5 | 30% | 22% |
| Holsworthy | 3,472 | 7.2 mi | 43.6 | 25% | 25% |
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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 Stratton’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 Stratton’s residents
What is the population of Stratton?
The 2021 Census counted 1,928 people in Stratton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Stratton?
The median age was 40.7 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 20% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Stratton?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across Cornwall’s towns. 3.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Stratton?
47% said they had no religion and 40% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 11% didn’t answer.
Is Stratton good for families?
34% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Stratton’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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