Photo: Rod Allday · CC BY-SA 2.0A larger share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of UK towns: 26%
By its share of unpaid carers (6.8%), Venterdon is below 97% of UK towns. The village is home to 335 residents in 126 households, by the 2021 Census. Census figures put households without a car or van at 9.1% here. Compared with other places, households with dependent children are scarce here: 21%, fewer than in 93% of UK towns.
A median age of 46: Venterdon is older than 61% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
15–19 is the most common age band: 21% of residents, 3.7 times the share across England’s towns. Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 22% in Venterdon.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A larger share of full-time students than 99% of UK towns: 27%
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%.
Leave the students aside and Venterdon’s other adults look much like England’s: 39% are in managerial and professional jobs, against 36%. Across the comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. The share of residents who moved in within the year stands at 17%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Venterdon households average 2.2 people, smaller than in 72% 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 are about as common here as across England’s towns: 4.8%. Here, nearly a third of households are one person living alone.
Households in flats: 4.1%, a lower share than 87% of UK towns
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 41%, against 21% across England’s towns. Set beside that, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns. In Venterdon, 14% of households live in a terraced house.
1.2% born outside the UK, fewer than in 99% 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 (0.6%) and in Africa (0.6%). Typically, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Residents whose main language is English make up 100%, against 90% across England’s towns.
Venterdon sits above 99% of UK towns for residents who describe themselves as White British (99%)
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: 99% of Venterdon · Cornwall’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Asked about religion, 33% answered none, against 37% across England’s towns. The share of residents who describe themselves as Christian stands at 53%. The wider picture: 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
37% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, a share 78% 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
Venterdon sits close to the norm on married adults and civil partners: 44%, about the same as across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership. For 5 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 30%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Venterdon counts 30% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 14% have no qualification (18%). For 15%, A levels are the highest qualification so far, many of them students still working towards a degree.
Venterdon is younger than 4 of its 7 nearest neighbours
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venterdon | 335 | — | 46 | 22% | 21% |
| Kelly Bray | 1,137 | 1.9 mi | 44.9 | 23% | 28% |
| Callington | 4,665 | 3 mi | 50 | 26% | 21% |
| Gunnislake and St Ann's Chapel | 3,506 | 4.6 mi | 50.5 | 27% | 23% |
| Pensilva | 1,656 | 5.1 mi | 52.5 | 29% | 20% |
| Withnoe | 1,820 | 5.8 mi | 36.6 | 14% | 36% |
| Launceston | 8,431 | 6.4 mi | 43.9 | 22% | 26% |
| Bere Alston | 2,259 | 7.3 mi | 52.6 | 31% | 20% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “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 Venterdon’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 Venterdon’s residents
What is the population of Venterdon?
The 2021 Census counted 335 people in Venterdon’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Venterdon?
The median age was 46 at the 2021 Census. 26% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
Is Venterdon a student village?
Yes: 27% of adults were full-time students at the 2021 Census (78 people), against 7.9% across England’s towns.
How diverse is Venterdon?
99% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across Cornwall’s towns. 1.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Venterdon?
33% said they had no religion and 53% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 12% didn’t answer.
Is Venterdon good for families?
21% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Venterdon’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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