Photo: Tony Atkin · CC BY-SA 2.0Summercourt ranks below 98% of UK towns on households without a car or van: 5.6%
22% of households are one person living alone (England’s towns: 30%). Summercourt had 842 residents in 338 households at the 2021 Census. On the census count, 96% of residents describe themselves as White British. Fewer households in flats than in 95% of UK towns: 2.7%.
Fewer young people than 73% of UK towns: 9.1% are 15 to 24
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 45–49: nearly one in ten residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. On the census count, a fifth of residents are 65 or over. Half of Summercourt’s residents are over 45.1, older than in 54% of UK towns. As a reference point, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
16% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, more than in 97% of UK towns
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 work; in Summercourt, 28% and 24%. At 5.4%, the share of full-time students is higher than in 71% of UK towns. Against that, 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.
2.5 people per household, more than in 90% 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.
5.9% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home; across England’s towns the figure is 4.3%. Here, 28% of households have dependent children.
Households in detached houses make up 42% in Summercourt, more than in 79% 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
Across Summercourt, just over a fifth of households live in a terraced house.
Summercourt sits below 74% of UK towns for residents born outside the UK (4.3%)
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 (2.6%) and in Africa (1%). 99% of residents have English as their main language, a higher share than in 79% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, 18% of residents were born outside the UK.
Summercourt ranks above 71% of UK towns on residents with no religion: 44%
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 Summercourt · Cornwall’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
By its share of residents who describe themselves as Christian (45%), Summercourt is below 77% of UK towns. Typically, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns.
Married adults and civil partners make up 51% in Summercourt, more than in 71% 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
In Summercourt, nearly a third of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, beside 39% across England’s towns. Few places have so few unpaid carers: 8.2% here, fewer than in nearly four fifths of UK towns. Set beside that, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 22 residents.
Degree-level qualifications: 29% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 29% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 17% hold no qualification (18%).
Of the 7 towns nearest Summercourt, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summercourt | 842 | — | 45.1 | 20% | 28% |
| Indian Queens, Fraddon and St Columb Road | 3,888 | 2.5 mi | 40.4 | 18% | 32% |
| Quintrell Downs | 1,358 | 3.3 mi | 46.7 | 26% | 25% |
| St Newlyn East | 1,038 | 3.4 mi | 47.2 | 23% | 28% |
| Grampound Road | 1,160 | 3.9 mi | 37.2 | 11% | 37% |
| St Stephen | 2,339 | 4 mi | 44.3 | 21% | 32% |
| St Dennis | 2,363 | 4.4 mi | 41.2 | 19% | 31% |
| St Erme and Trispen | 1,604 | 4.4 mi | 39.5 | 16% | 33% |
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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 Summercourt’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 Summercourt’s residents
What is the population of Summercourt?
The 2021 Census counted 842 people in Summercourt’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Summercourt?
The median age was 45.1 at the 2021 Census. 9.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 20% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Summercourt?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across Cornwall’s towns. 4.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Summercourt?
44% said they had no religion and 45% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 8.9% didn’t answer.
Is Summercourt good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Summercourt’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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