A median age of 36.6: Withnoe is younger than 93% of UK towns
Across England’s towns, households average 2.4 people; in Withnoe, 2.5. At the same time, on households without a car or van, Withnoe sits lower than 98% of UK towns: 5.3%. The 2021 Census counted 1,820 residents in 713 households. The census found that 23% of households are one person living alone in the village.
What the Census says about Withnoe’s people
A village of families
36% of Withnoe’s 713 households had dependent children in 2021, more than in 95% of UK towns. 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of Withnoe’s residents are under 36.6 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 10% are 15 to 24 and 14% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
More with no religion than most
49% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 43% Christian, against 37% and 46% across England’s towns. Ethnicity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
14% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 92% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 30–34: nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across England’s towns. The usual figure: 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. Locally, 10% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
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.
5.4% of adults are full-time students, more than in 72% 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%.
Here just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier, where the figure across England’s towns is 11%. Full-time students: 7.9% across England’s towns, for comparison.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
36% of households have dependent children, a share 95% of UK towns don’t reach
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: 3%, above 75% of UK towns. Against that, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
Withnoe ranks below 79% of UK towns on households in flats: 5.9%
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
Here 31% of households live in a detached house, where the figure across England’s towns is 21%. Measured more widely, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns. 28% of households live in a terraced house.
Withnoe sits below 78% of UK towns for residents whose main language is English (95%)
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
7.4% of residents were born outside the UK, against 5.5% across Cornwall’s towns and 18% across England’s towns. The wider picture: nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. The largest groups were born in EU countries (5.3%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.8%).
No religion: 49% of residents, a higher share than 91% 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: 92% of Withnoe · Cornwall’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
By its share of residents who describe themselves as Christian (43%), Withnoe is below 85% of UK towns. The benchmark for residents with no religion across England’s towns: 37%. Besides White British, the main groups are Other White (4.9%), Mixed or multiple (0.5%) and Bangladeshi (0.4%). Compared with other places, residents who describe themselves as White British are common here: 92%, more than in just over half of UK towns.
Withnoe: 52% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, above 74% 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
Where nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns, Withnoe has 7.4%. The wider picture: 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Adults who have never married account for 33%.
27% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
27% of Withnoe’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 12% have none (18%).
Every neighbour of Withnoe has an older population
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Withnoe | 1,820 | — | 36.6 | 14% | 36% |
| Launceston | 8,431 | 0.9 mi | 43.9 | 22% | 26% |
| Kelly Bray | 1,137 | 7.7 mi | 44.9 | 23% | 28% |
| Callington | 4,665 | 8.8 mi | 50 | 26% | 21% |
| Gunnislake and St Ann's Chapel | 3,506 | 9.1 mi | 50.5 | 27% | 23% |
| Pensilva | 1,656 | 9.2 mi | 52.5 | 29% | 20% |
| Tavistock | 12,676 | 10.5 mi | 51.7 | 30% | 22% |
| St Cleer | 1,144 | 11.1 mi | 49.5 | 25% | 25% |
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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 Withnoe’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 Withnoe’s residents
What is the population of Withnoe?
The 2021 Census counted 1,820 people in Withnoe’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Withnoe?
The median age was 36.6 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 14% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Withnoe?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across Cornwall’s towns. 7.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Withnoe?
49% said they had no religion and 43% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.7% were Muslim and 6.9% didn’t answer.
Is Withnoe good for families?
36% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Withnoe’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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