Photo: Unknown author · Public domainOlder than 96% of UK towns: half of Tintagel is over 54.6
40% of households are one person living alone (England’s towns: 30%). The 2021 Census put Tintagel’s population at 758, in 363 households. Across Tintagel, 18% of households have dependent children. Lower than in 88% of UK towns: 11% of households live in a terraced house.
32% of residents are 65 or over, a share 93% of UK towns don’t reach
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 50–54: one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. For Tintagel, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 8%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 86 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.
Below 99% of UK towns: 3% of adults are full-time students
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%.
In Tintagel, a quarter of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 28% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, full-time students come to 7.9%. Residents who moved in within the year are rarer here than in 67% of UK towns.
2.1 people per household, fewer than in 96% 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.
Shared households of unrelated adults: 4.1%, near enough the figure across England’s towns.
A higher share of households in detached houses than 83% of UK towns, at 44%
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
Set against 23% across England’s towns, just over a fifth of households live in a flat or apartment in Tintagel. The share of households without a car or van stands at 15%. To put it in context, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
Tintagel: 99% of residents have English as their main language, above 96% 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
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (2%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.8%). As a reference point, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. On residents born outside the UK, Tintagel sits lower than 50% of UK towns: 6.3%.
Above 80% of UK towns: 46% of residents said they have no religion
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: 94% of Tintagel · Cornwall’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Here 94% of residents describe themselves as White British, where the figure across England’s towns is 73%. On residents who describe themselves as Christian, Tintagel sits lower than 81% of UK towns: 44%. For comparison, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (2.4%), Mixed or multiple (2.4%) and Indian (0.3%).
A smaller share of adults who have never married than 85% of UK towns: 27%
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
Compared with 8.7% across England’s towns, 7% of residents give unpaid care here. Adults who have never married make up 39% across England’s towns. The census found that 47% of adults are married or in a civil partnership in Tintagel.
24% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Tintagel, 24% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 22% have no qualification at all (18%).
No nearby town is as old as Tintagel
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tintagel | 758 | — | 54.6 | 32% | 18% |
| Delabole | 1,779 | 2.9 mi | 47.9 | 24% | 24% |
| Camelford | 2,983 | 4 mi | 42.7 | 22% | 31% |
| Rock | 1,156 | 10.4 mi | 53.9 | 36% | 20% |
| Egloshayle | 1,185 | 10.6 mi | 45 | 25% | 30% |
| Wadebridge | 5,626 | 10.9 mi | 50.4 | 30% | 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 Tintagel’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 Tintagel’s residents
What is the population of Tintagel?
The 2021 Census counted 758 people in Tintagel’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Tintagel?
The median age was 54.6 at the 2021 Census. 8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 32% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Tintagel?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across Cornwall’s towns. 6.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Tintagel?
46% said they had no religion and 44% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 6.7% didn’t answer.
Is Tintagel good for families?
18% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Tintagel’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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