Photo: Derek Harper · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 55.9: Tregony is older than 97% of UK towns
A fifth of households have dependent children, against 29% across England’s towns. The 2021 Census put Tregony’s population at 756, in 348 households. Across Tregony, 37% of households are one person living alone. Lower than in 92% of UK towns: 25% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 97% of UK towns, at 36%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 85+, with one in ten residents, 4.3 times the share across England’s towns. On residents aged 15 to 24, Tregony sits lower than 89% of UK towns: 8.3%. As a reference point, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
56% women, 44% men
About 80 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.
Full-time students make up 5% in Tregony, more than in 58% 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, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier; in Tregony, 9%. To put it in context, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Tregony 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.
2.6% of households are unrelated adults living together, against 4.3% across England’s towns.
Tregony sits above 79% of UK towns for households in flats (18%)
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
Compared with 24% across England’s towns, 14% of households have no car or van here. Measured more widely, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns. In Tregony, 38% of households live in a detached house. The village has more households in terraced houses than 74% of UK towns, at 26%.
In Tregony, 99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 93% 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 (2%) and in Africa (1.3%). Lower than in three fifths of UK towns: 5.4% of residents were born outside the UK. For comparison, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
56% of residents describe themselves as Christian, a share 84% of UK towns don’t reach
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: 95% of Tregony · Cornwall’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Besides White British, the main groups are Other White (2.8%), Mixed or multiple (1.1%) and Indian (0.1%). On residents who describe themselves as White British, Tregony sits higher than 73% of UK towns: 95%. For residents who describe themselves as Christian, the comparison across England’s towns is 46%. Residents with no religion: 35% here and 37% across England’s towns.
Below 82% of UK towns: 8.1% of residents give unpaid care
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
10 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week. At 49%, the share of married adults and civil partners is higher than in 58% of UK towns. On average, 8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns.
36% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
15% of Tregony’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 36% have one at degree level (34%).
1 of the 7 nearest towns are older than Tregony
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tregony | 756 | — | 55.9 | 36% | 20% |
| Probus | 2,565 | 2.4 mi | 47.1 | 23% | 25% |
| Grampound Road | 1,160 | 3.7 mi | 37.2 | 11% | 37% |
| Mevagissey | 1,878 | 5.5 mi | 55.2 | 32% | 18% |
| Polgooth | 1,096 | 5.5 mi | 57.2 | 38% | 19% |
| St Stephen | 2,339 | 5.5 mi | 44.3 | 21% | 32% |
| St Erme and Trispen | 1,604 | 6 mi | 39.5 | 16% | 33% |
| Truro | 23,060 | 6.5 mi | 42.9 | 22% | 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 Tregony’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 Tregony’s residents
What is the population of Tregony?
The 2021 Census counted 756 people in Tregony’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Tregony?
The median age was 55.9 at the 2021 Census. 8.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 36% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Tregony?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across Cornwall’s towns. 5.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Tregony?
35% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 7.8% didn’t answer.
Is Tregony good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Tregony’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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