Photo: Tony Atkin · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer family households than 95% of UK towns: 20% in Wheal Rose
57% of households live in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns. In Wheal Rose, 7.1% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. Few places have so few households without a car or van: 5.6% here, fewer than in 98% of UK towns. Its 56 households held 127 residents at the 2021 Census.
Wheal Rose sits above 97% of UK towns for residents aged 65 and over (35%)
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
One in ten residents are aged 15 to 24; across England’s towns the figure is 12%. The wider picture: 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. With a median age of 49.4, Wheal Rose is older than 82% of UK towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 112 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Above 87% of UK towns: 6.3% of adults are full-time students
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%.
Nothing unusual on residents who moved in within the year: 11%, close to the figure across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 7.9% of adults are full-time students.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
2.4 people per household, more than in 67% 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 figure for one-person households is 29% in Wheal Rose and 30% across England’s towns.
Wheal Rose ranks below 97% of UK towns on households in flats: 1.9%
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
Across England’s towns, 24% of households live in a terraced house; in Wheal Rose, 7.4%. As a yardstick, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
More residents born abroad than 72% of UK towns: 9.5% in Wheal Rose
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
Set against 90% across England’s towns, 98% of residents have English as their main language in Wheal Rose. Residents born outside the UK make up 18% across England’s towns.
Fewer residents with no religion than 97% of UK towns: 26%
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: 91% of Wheal Rose · Cornwall’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Compared with 46% across England’s towns, 61% of residents describe themselves as Christian here. The comparison figure for residents with no religion is 37% across England’s towns. The Muslim share of residents is 2.4%. Residents who describe themselves as White British are rarer here than in 55% of UK towns.
15% of residents give unpaid care, a share 99% 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
Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 5 residents. As a reference point, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. Compared with other places, adults who have never married are scarce here: 26%, fewer than in 87% of UK towns. Married adults and civil partners make up 47%, against 44% across England’s towns.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 34%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Wheal Rose counts 34% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 15% have no qualification (18%). A levels are the highest qualification of 20%, many of them students still working towards a degree.
No nearby town is as old as Wheal Rose
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wheal Rose | 127 | — | 49.4 | 35% | 20% |
| St Day | 1,432 | 1.5 mi | 48.5 | 25% | 23% |
| Mount Hawke | 1,593 | 1.6 mi | 47.5 | 25% | 22% |
| Redruth | 15,455 | 2 mi | 42.2 | 20% | 27% |
| Carharrack | 1,525 | 2.1 mi | 47.2 | 25% | 25% |
| Lanner | 2,164 | 2.9 mi | 46.8 | 22% | 27% |
| Pool and Illogan | 8,588 | 3.4 mi | 45.1 | 22% | 25% |
| Illogan | 1,096 | 3.5 mi | 43.8 | 23% | 29% |
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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 Wheal Rose’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 Wheal Rose’s residents
What is the population of Wheal Rose?
The 2021 Census counted 127 people in Wheal Rose’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Wheal Rose?
The median age was 49.4 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 35% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Wheal Rose?
91% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across Cornwall’s towns. 9.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Wheal Rose?
26% said they had no religion and 61% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 2.4% were Muslim and 7.9% didn’t answer.
Is Wheal Rose good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Wheal Rose’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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