Demography of Cornwall

This article is about all people living in Cornwall. For the ethnic group, see Cornish people.

Cornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, in the United Kingdom. At the 2011 census it had a population of 536,000. Cornwall is the homeland of the Cornish people and many within Cornwall identify with a Cornish ethnic or national identity, although due to Cornwall's political status as part of England, the United Kingdom and the European Union, as well as in-migration from other parts of the UK and EU, additional identities such as English, British and European may also be adopted.

Ethnicity

In the 2011 census, the following results were given for ethnic identity.^[1] The option to describe ethnicity as Cornish was officially advertised within Cornwall, as well as tickboxes for English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish and British on the census form, however these were all amalgamated into White British for the purposes of the census results.

White (Cornish/English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British): 95.7%
White (Irish): 0.4%
White (Gypsy or Irish Traveller): 0.1%
White (Other White): 2.0%
Mixed (White and Black Caribbean): 0.2%
Mixed (White and Black African): 0.1%
Mixed (White and Asian): 0.3%
Mixed (Other Mixed): 0.2%
Asian/Asian British (Indian): 0.2%
Asian/Asian British (Pakistani): 0.0%
Asian/Asian British (Bangladeshi): 0.1%
Asian/Asian British (Chinese): 0.2%
Asian/Asian British (Other Asian): 0.2%
Black/African/Caribbean/Black British (African): 0.1%
Black/African/Caribbean/Black British (Caribbean): 0.1%
Black/African/Caribbean/Black British (Other Black): 0.0%
Other (Arab): 0.0%
Other (Other): 0.1%

National identity

In the 2011 census, the following results were given for national identity.^[1] 'Cornish' was not provided as a tickbox on the census form, which it has been argued results in an undercount of Cornish national identity, although it was allocated a separate category in the results.

The percentage of respondents who gave "Cornish" as an answer to the National Identity question in the 2011 census.

All categories: 532,273
Cornish only identity: 52,793 Cornish and British only identity: 5,185 Cornish and at least one of English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish identities (with or without British): 15,242 No Cornish identity: 459,053
English only identity: 315,525 English and British only identity: 37,086 Other English combined background identity: 16,970 No English identity: 162,692
Welsh only identity: 4,401 Welsh and British only identity: 624 Other Welsh combined background identity: 545 No Welsh identity: 526,703
Scottish only identity: 3,697 Scottish and British only identity: 569 Other Scottish combined background identity: 392 No Scottish identity: 527,615
Northern Irish only identity: 788 Northern Irish and British only identity: 0 Other Northern Irish combined background identity: 0 No Northern Irish identity: 531,239
British only identity: 81,361 British and any other identity: 48,923 No British identity: 401,719
Irish only identity: 1,248 Irish and British only identity: 57 Irish and Northern Irish only identity: 10 Irish, Northern Irish and British only identity: 7 Irish and at least one of English/Welsh/Scottish identities (with or without British): 139 Irish, Northern Irish and at least one of English/Welsh/Scottish identities (with or without British): 139 No Irish identity: 530,811
Other identities only: 64,822 Other identities and at least one of English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British only: 22,134 At least one of English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British identities only: 445,317

Country of birth

In the 2011 census, the following results were given for country of birth.^[1]

United Kingdom: 95.6%
- England: 92.7%
- Wales: 1.4%
- Scotland: 1.2%
- Northern Ireland: 0.3%
- United Kingdom not otherwise specified: 0.0%
Ireland: 0.3%
Other EU countries: 1.8%
- EU member states in March 2001: 1.0%
- EU accession states April 2001 to March 2011: 0.8%
Other: 2.4%

Religion

In the 2011 census, the following results were given for religion.^[1]

Christian: 59.8%
No religion: 30.31%
Religion not stated: 8.52%
Other religion: 0.69%
Buddhist: 0.32%
Muslim: 0.16%
Hindu: 0.10%
Jewish: 0.07%
Sikh: 0.02%

www.cornwall.gov.uk/media/3631356/Census_HeadlineFigures.pdf

References

1 2 3 4 2011 Census Results

Ceremonial county of Cornwall

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Unitary authorities	Cornwall Council Council of the Isles of Scilly

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