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Administrative Areas

Ward
Launceston Central
Local Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
North Cornwall
Region
South West
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Rural town and fringe in a sparse setting
Households
171
Population
429
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
132
England❚PL15 8GX❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
25
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
40
C2 Skilled manual workers
34
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
33

Age Groups

Population
429
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
62%
65 or over
19%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
16%
30 - 44
20%
45 - 59
20%
60 - 74
14%
75 or over
11%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
350
Single
80
Married
185
Separated
2
Divorced
38
Widowed
45

Health

Population
429
Very good
205
Good
145
Fair
54
Bad
20
Very bad
38

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
350
England❚PL15 8GX❚
Degree or above
47
2+ A Levels or equivalent
17
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
60
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
59
Apprenticeship
84
Other qualifications
18
No qualifications
65

Ethnicity

Population
429
White British
404
White Irish
1
White Other
21
Mixed Black African
1
Asian Other
1
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
429
England
398
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
3
Wales
2
Poland
11
Romania
6
South Africa
5
India
1

Religion

Population
429
Christian
262
Buddhist
1
Other
2
No religion
138
Not stated
26

Industry

Population
224
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
3
Mining
1
Manufacturing
29
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
21
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
39
Transport and storage
11
Accommodation and food
13
Financial and insurance
5
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
6
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
15
Education
25
Human health and social work
31

Economic Activity

Population
302
England❚PL15 8GX❚
Full-Time employee
127
Part-Time employee
55
Self employed
35
Unemployed
7
Retired
34
Looking after home/family
11
Long-term sick/disabled
15
Student
13
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
171
Owned outright
56
Owned with mortgage
61
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
6
Rented - private landlord
39
Rented - other private
4
Living rent free
4

Housing Types

All categoies
181
Occupied
171
Unoccupied
10
Detached
71
Semi detached
40
Terraced
42
Flat - purpose built
20
Flat - converted
8

Household Size

All categoies
171
One person
48
Two people
63
Three people
26
Four people
25
Five people
6
Six people
1
Seven people
2

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Data Sources

  • Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2019
  • Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and Database right 2019
  • Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2019