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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003892

Gunnislake & Calstock

Gunnislake & Calstock is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,647 residents in Cornwall. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Cornwall
6,647

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,040

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

283.3

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

77.9%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

9.4%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

34.8%

Adults with a degree or above

ONS Census 2021 · qualifications

Neighbourhoods most like this one

Closest matches elsewhere in England and Wales, across 14 Census themes. Similarity is statistical, not a recommendation, and says nothing about how anywhere feels to live in.

Berrow & Brent Knoll, Sedgemoor11,059 residents · 82.4% owned · 8.4% no carBewdley East & Upper Arley, Wyre Forest6,757 residents · 74.3% owned · 11.9% no carKingskerswell, Teignbridge6,125 residents · 80.1% owned · 11.0% no carRufford & Banks, West Lancashire7,972 residents · 79.7% owned · 9.4% no carBromyard & Bishop's Frome, Herefordshire, County of10,681 residents · 68.6% owned · 10.1% no carBroadway, Wickhamford & Sedgeberrow, Wychavon6,314 residents · 73.5% owned · 10.9% no car

Most similar within Cornwall

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Porthleven, Breage & Praa Sands, Cornwall6,903 residents · 73.9% owned · 10.2% no carMevagissey & Polgooth, Cornwall8,015 residents · 75.5% owned · 9.6% no carTywardreath & Fowey, Cornwall5,687 residents · 74.7% owned · 12.2% no carTowednack, Lelant & Carbis Bay, Cornwall5,899 residents · 78.0% owned · 11.4% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Gunnislake & Calstock

People, households and homes at the stated Census geography. These describe the 2021 population, not the occupants of a particular home.

Tenure

Owned77.9%
2,368 households
Private rented12.6%
384 households
Social rented8.6%
261 households
Shared ownership0.8%
25 households
Lives rent free0.1%
2 households
Gunnislake & Calstock · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached47.2%
1,434 households
Semi-detached25.4%
773 households
Terraced19.5%
594 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure4.6%
140 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement1.2%
35 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.9%
27 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.8%
23 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.5%
15 households
Gunnislake & Calstock · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household40.9%
1,244 households
2 cars or vans in household34.5%
1,050 households
3 or more cars or vans in household15.2%
461 households
No cars or vans in household9.4%
285 households
Gunnislake & Calstock · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms40.4%
1,227 households
2 bedrooms27.7%
842 households
4 or more bedrooms24.8%
755 households
1 bedroom7.1%
216 households
Gunnislake & Calstock · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household66.3%
2,017 households
One-person household28.6%
871 households
Other household types5.1%
156 households
Gunnislake & Calstock · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household44.4%
1,349 households
1 person in household28.6%
870 households
3 people in household13.3%
404 households
4 people in household9.1%
278 households
5 people in household3.5%
105 households
6 people in household0.8%
23 households
7 people in household0.2%
7 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
4 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Gunnislake & Calstock · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1512.7%
844 residents
15–2911.5%
763 residents
30–4413.3%
887 residents
45–6432%
2,129 residents
65 and over30.5%
2,033 residents
Gunnislake & Calstock · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White98.2%
6,526 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups0.8%
50 residents
Other ethnic group0.5%
33 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.4%
28 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.2%
10 residents
Gunnislake & Calstock · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above34.8%
1,998 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.6%
1,010 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications15.9%
916 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13.3%
762 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.6%
554 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.4%
367 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.5%
142 residents aged 16 and over
Gunnislake & Calstock · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)51.7%
2,973 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive47.4%
2,727 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student0.9%
51 residents aged 16 and over
Gunnislake & Calstock · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations22.4%
1,285 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers18.5%
1,064 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations11.5%
664 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations11.5%
659 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations10.6%
610 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations10.2%
589 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed5.9%
337 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.7%
325 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students3.8%
216 residents aged 16 and over
Gunnislake & Calstock · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health43.4%
2,885 residents
Good health34.7%
2,307 residents
Fair health16%
1,067 residents
Bad health4.6%
307 residents
Very bad health1.3%
84 residents
Gunnislake & Calstock · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act77.8%
5,171 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act22.2%
1,475 residents
Gunnislake & Calstock · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension46.4%
1,411 households
Household is deprived in one dimension37.1%
1,130 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions14.1%
430 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2.2%
67 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
4 households
Gunnislake & Calstock · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Each percentage uses its Census table’s own total. Rounding and source categories can affect totals. ONS Census data · OGL v3.0.

How the similarity is worked out

Alike on the Census, which is not the same as alike to live in.

Every neighbourhood is described by its shares across the Census themes above — tenure, housing, cars, household make-up, age, ethnic group, qualifications, work, health and deprivation — each theme weighted equally, which is the approach ONS takes in its own Output Area Classification. The neighbourhoods listed are the closest on those numbers, published in full rather than folded into a score. Nothing here measures schools, crime, prices or what a place is like to be in, and a close match is a statistical fact rather than a suggestion to move.

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