Photo: John Baker · CC BY-SA 2.0A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of UK towns: 6.3%
With households without a car or van at 5.4%, Week St Mary is behind 98% of UK towns on that count. Locally, 2% of households live in a flat or apartment. Adults who have never married are rarer here than in 95% of UK towns. In 2021, the Census found 722 residents here, living in 297 households.
Older than 83% of UK towns: half of Week St Mary is over 49.6
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Here 27% of residents are 65 or over, where the figure across England’s towns is 18%. In Tywardreath, the oldest of Cornwall’s towns by this measure, it is 35%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
2.9% of adults are full-time students, below 99% 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%.
One in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier; across England’s towns the figure is 11%. For comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
One-person households: 23%, a lower share than 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.
The average household has 2.4 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. As a yardstick, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. Locally, 3.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. Households with dependent children are rarer here than in 54% of UK towns.
More detached houses than 97% of UK towns: 63% of households
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
Nearly one in ten households live in a terraced house, against 24% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of households in detached houses is 21%.
Fewer residents born outside the UK than 99% of UK towns: 2.1%
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 largest groups were born in the Middle East and Asia (0.7%) and in EU countries (0.6%). As a reference point, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. 100% of residents have English as their main language, against 90% across England’s towns.
A higher share of residents who describe themselves as White British than 99% of UK towns, at 98%
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: 98% of Week St Mary · Cornwall’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Against a figure of 37% across England’s towns, the share of residents with no religion in Week St Mary comes in at 35%. Higher than in 84% of UK towns: 56% of residents describe themselves as Christian. On average, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
55% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 87% of UK towns
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
With unpaid carers at 10%, Week St Mary is ahead of 67% of UK towns on that count. 21 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week. The share of married adults and civil partners across England’s towns is 44%.
Qualified to degree level: 27% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 27% of Week St Mary’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 17% have no qualification (18%).
A younger town than 1 of the 6 around it: Week St Mary
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week St Mary | 722 | — | 49.6 | 27% | 27% |
| Stratton | 1,928 | 5.4 mi | 40.7 | 20% | 34% |
| Bude | 7,347 | 5.5 mi | 50.5 | 30% | 22% |
| Holsworthy | 3,472 | 7.7 mi | 43.6 | 25% | 25% |
| Launceston | 8,431 | 10 mi | 43.9 | 22% | 26% |
| Withnoe | 1,820 | 10.9 mi | 36.6 | 14% | 36% |
| Camelford | 2,983 | 12 mi | 42.7 | 22% | 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 Week St Mary’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 Week St Mary’s residents
What is the population of Week St Mary?
The 2021 Census counted 722 people in Week St Mary’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Week St Mary?
The median age was 49.6 at the 2021 Census. 6.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Week St Mary?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across Cornwall’s towns. 2.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Week St Mary?
35% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 8% didn’t answer.
Is Week St Mary good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Week St Mary’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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