Photo: Tony Atkin · CC BY-SA 2.0Above 97% of UK towns: 47% of households live in a terraced house
96% of residents describe themselves as White British, against 73% across England’s towns. At the 2021 Census Troon was home to 1,402 people in 621 households. For Troon, the census puts shared households of unrelated adults at 1.8%. The village has more residents aged 65 and over than 64% of UK towns, at 24%.
What the Census says about Troon’s people
More with no religion than most
48% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 43% Christian, against 37% and 46% across England’s towns. Ethnicity & religion ↓
Many carers
152 residents gave unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age in 2021, 11% of those 5 and over: more than in 92% of UK towns. Relationships & caring ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Troon is older than 65% of UK towns: a median age of 46.5
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Young people aged 15 to 24 make up one in ten residents, against 12% across England’s towns. No age band is larger than 70–74: 7.8% of residents, 1.6 times the share across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A smaller share of residents who moved in within the year than 74% of UK towns: 7.6%
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%.
Compared with 7.9% across England’s towns, 4.7% of adults are full-time students here. Across England’s towns, the share of residents who moved in within the year is 11%.
Troon households average 2.3 people, smaller than in 58% 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.
One-person households account for 29%. Troon has more households with dependent children than just over half of UK towns, at 27%.
Fewer households in flats than 80% of UK towns: 5.7%
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
Against a figure of 24% across England’s towns, the share of households without a car or van in Troon comes in at 17%. The wider picture: 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns. Locally, just over a quarter of households live in a detached house.
Above 99% of UK towns: 100% of residents have English as their main language
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 born outside the UK is 3.2% in Troon and 18% across England’s towns. To put it in context, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (1.3%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.8%).
Residents with no religion make up 48% in Troon, more than in 88% 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: 96% of Troon · Cornwall’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the most common groups are Other White (1.9%), Mixed or multiple (1.2%) and African (0.1%). Residents who describe themselves as Christian are rarer here than in 84% of UK towns. Measured more widely, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns.
11% of residents give unpaid care, a share 92% of UK towns don’t reach
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
Nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns, against 34% in Troon. Across England’s towns, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care. Unpaid care takes 50 hours a week or more for 55 people. Married adults and civil partners are rarer here than in 71% of UK towns.
23% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 34% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Troon, 23%, and 22% have none, against 18%.
Around Troon, 1 of 7 towns have a higher median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Troon | 1,402 | — | 46.5 | 24% | 27% |
| Camborne | 20,445 | 1.5 mi | 42 | 21% | 27% |
| Four Lanes | 1,579 | 1.8 mi | 41 | 19% | 31% |
| Tolvaddon | 1,107 | 2.6 mi | 47.9 | 26% | 21% |
| Pool and Illogan | 8,588 | 2.6 mi | 45.1 | 22% | 25% |
| Illogan | 1,096 | 3 mi | 43.8 | 23% | 29% |
| Redruth | 15,455 | 3.5 mi | 42.2 | 20% | 27% |
| Reawla | 1,117 | 3.5 mi | 45.1 | 20% | 28% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Troon’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 Troon’s residents
What is the population of Troon?
The 2021 Census counted 1,402 people in Troon’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Troon?
The median age was 46.5 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Troon?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across Cornwall’s towns. 3.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Troon?
48% said they had no religion and 43% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 7% didn’t answer.
Is Troon good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Troon’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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