Cornwall Council actively supporting are Veterans through the nationwide programme, ‘Armed Forces Covenant’.
Please find more information on the Armed Forces Covenant page.
In 2021, the Armed Forces Act was ratified into legislation. The legislation covers housing, healthcare and education. Cornwall Council first adopted our local Armed Forces Covenant in 2012.
This is the first time that data has been captured on Veterans within the Census.
The information captured informs us as an authority, and a county, of the pictures of veterans in Cornwall – with surprising results. Below we summarise the highlights, but for a more technical briefing please see the Veteran 2021 Census Topic Summary.
The census data shows that Cornwall has 30,229 residents having previously served in the UK armed forces. This equates to 6.3% of Cornwall’s usual residents.
This is nearly double of the UK average – sitting at 3.8%. Cornwall has the 7th highest percentage of all Upper Tier authorities in England and Wales. And the 13th highest number of all Local Authorities.
Percentage of the population aged 16 years and over who had previously served in the UK armed forces, 2021, local authorities in England and Wales
Within Cornwall, there are 28,198 households (11.26% of all households), with one or more persons who had served in the UK armed forces.
The highest number of veterans residing in Cornwall are clustered around existing Military Bases. For example, such as Helston and Torpoint.
Reflecting earlier analysis, Cornwall is in the top 10 of Upper Tier authorities whose households contain at least 1 veteran.
28,198 Cornish households (11.26% of all households) had one or more persons who had served in the UK armed forces within Cornwall. This compares to 10.7 million (7%) of all households in England and Wales.
To find out how Cornwall supports veterans please visit:
Here is the ONS general briefing the UK Armed Veterans release.