Photo: Roger Cornfoot · CC BY-SA 2.0Tywardreath is older than 97% of UK towns: a median age of 55.7
The share of households in flats trails 85% of UK towns: 4.6%. In 2021, the Census found 2,589 residents in Tywardreath, living in 1,205 households. Locally, 20% of households have dependent children. 25% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, a lower share than in 92% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Tywardreath’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Tywardreath’s residents are under 55.7 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 35% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Many carers
284 residents gave unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age in 2021, 11% of those 5 and over: more than in 91% of UK towns. Relationships & caring ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Tywardreath sits above 96% of UK towns for residents aged 65 and over (35%)
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 70–74: 9% of residents, 1.9 times the share across England’s towns. Across Tywardreath, 8% of residents are aged 15 to 24. Typically, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Tywardreath, 55.7. The typical town is 44.4.
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.
A lower share of full-time students than 89% of UK towns, at 3.8%
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 or semi-routine work; Tywardreath has 30% and 26%. The wider picture: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year account for 8.3%.
Smaller households than 89% of UK towns: 2.1 people on average
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.
31% of households are one person living alone, against 30% across England’s towns. On the census count, 2.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
A town of detached houses: 43% of households live in one
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
With households without a car or van at 13%, Tywardreath is behind 64% of UK towns on that count. On the census count, just over a fifth of households live in a terraced house.
Tywardreath ranks above 94% of UK towns on residents whose main language is English: 99%
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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Residents born outside the UK make up 3.8%, against 18% across England’s towns. Across the comparison, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (1.9%) or in the Middle East and Asia (1%).
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 95% in Tywardreath, more than in 79% 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: 95% of Tywardreath · Cornwall’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents with no religion: 45% here and 37% across England’s towns. Locally, 48% of residents describe themselves as Christian. The share of residents who describe themselves as White British across England’s towns is 73%.
Tywardreath ranks above 91% of UK towns on unpaid carers: 11%
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
95 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week. Married adults and civil partners are more common here than in 65% of UK towns. As a reference point, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns.
29% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
29% of Tywardreath’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 19% have none (18%).
Of 219 UK towns its size (2,500 to 3,000 people), the 11th oldest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
The youngest is Keele (20.6) and the oldest St Mary's Bay (60.8). Nearest to Tywardreath in age: Seaton Sluice (55.4), Mere (55.4), Hunmanby (56.2) and Broadway (56.5).
Older than Tywardreath: 1 of the 7 towns nearby
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tywardreath | 2,589 | — | 55.7 | 35% | 20% |
| St Blazey | 6,569 | 1.1 mi | 44.2 | 22% | 29% |
| Carlyon Bay | 1,174 | 2.6 mi | 62.8 | 47% | 16% |
| Fowey | 2,027 | 2.7 mi | 55 | 33% | 20% |
| Penwithick | 1,706 | 3.7 mi | 36.7 | 16% | 39% |
| Lostwithiel | 3,067 | 3.7 mi | 51.6 | 29% | 21% |
| St Austell | 24,361 | 3.7 mi | 45 | 23% | 26% |
| Bugle | 2,430 | 5 mi | 38.4 | 16% | 30% |
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 Tywardreath’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 Tywardreath’s residents
What is the population of Tywardreath?
The 2021 Census counted 2,589 people in Tywardreath’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Tywardreath?
The median age was 55.7 at the 2021 Census, older than 97% of UK towns. 8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 35% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Tywardreath?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across Cornwall’s towns. 3.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Tywardreath?
45% said they had no religion and 48% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.9% didn’t answer.
Is Tywardreath good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Tywardreath’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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