Photo: David Medcalf · CC BY-SA 2.0Few flats: only 0.8% of households in Tolvaddon live in one
Set against 24% across England’s towns, 41% of households live in a terraced house in Tolvaddon. The village’s 525 households held 1,107 residents at the 2021 Census. The share of households with dependent children stands at 21%. Residents aged 65 and over are more common here than in 78% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Tolvaddon’s people
More with no religion than most
49% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 43% 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).
Tolvaddon sits below 87% of UK towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (8.4%)
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Half of Tolvaddon’s residents are over 47.9, older than in 74% of UK towns. By way of comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. In Tywardreath, the oldest of Cornwall’s towns by this measure, it is 35%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 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.
Fewer full-time students than 96% of UK towns: 3.4%
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%.
The figure for residents who moved in within the year is 8.5% in Tolvaddon and 11% across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Tolvaddon households average 2.1 people, smaller than in 94% 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: 2.7% here and 4.3% across England’s towns. The census found that 30% of households are one person living alone in Tolvaddon.
Only 11% of households in Tolvaddon have no car or van
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 in detached houses make up 40%, against 21% across England’s towns. The wider picture: nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns.
Fewer residents born abroad than 83% of UK towns: 3.6%
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 figure for residents whose main language is English is 98% in Tolvaddon and 90% across England’s towns. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (2.6%) and in Africa (0.6%). On average, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
Residents with no religion: 49%, a higher share than 92% of UK towns
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 Tolvaddon · Cornwall’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The groups that follow White British are Other White (2.5%), Mixed or multiple (0.6%) and Chinese (0.4%). Lower than in 87% of UK towns: 43% of residents describe themselves as Christian. Residents with no religion make up 37% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British; in Tolvaddon, 94%.
More unpaid carers than 71% of UK towns: 10%
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 36. Compared with other places, married adults and civil partners are scarce here: 46%, fewer than in 59% of UK towns. Against that, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. The figure for adults who have never married is 32% in Tolvaddon and 39% across England’s towns.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 28%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 28% of Tolvaddon’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 17% have no qualification (18%).
Every neighbour of Tolvaddon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tolvaddon | 1,107 | — | 47.9 | 26% | 21% |
| Illogan | 1,096 | 0.8 mi | 43.8 | 23% | 29% |
| Pool and Illogan | 8,588 | 1 mi | 45.1 | 22% | 25% |
| Camborne | 20,445 | 1.3 mi | 42 | 21% | 27% |
| Portreath | 1,218 | 1.9 mi | 44.2 | 22% | 30% |
| Troon | 1,402 | 2.6 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 27% |
| Redruth | 15,455 | 2.7 mi | 42.2 | 20% | 27% |
| Four Lanes | 1,579 | 3 mi | 41 | 19% | 31% |
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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 Tolvaddon’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 Tolvaddon’s residents
What is the population of Tolvaddon?
The 2021 Census counted 1,107 people in Tolvaddon’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Tolvaddon?
The median age was 47.9 at the 2021 Census. 8.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Tolvaddon?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across Cornwall’s towns. 3.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Tolvaddon?
49% said they had no religion and 43% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 6.1% didn’t answer.
Is Tolvaddon good for families?
21% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Tolvaddon’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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