The South West peninsula extends over 215 miles from the tip of Cornwall to the northern border of Gloucestershire. It is the most rural of the English regions with the lowest population density - some 56 per cent of the population live in rural areas. It also has one of the fastest-growing populations, largely due to people moving into the region.
Despite the stereotypes of retirees, 18.3 per cent of the region's population is 15 and under, only slightly less than the English national figure of 19.3 per cent. The non-white population is also low at 2.4 per cent compared with England's 9.1 per cent. The latest figure for youth service expenditure is £32m, or 1.43 per cent of education spending. Nearly 450,000 young people aged 13 to 19 live in the region and youth services spent £71 per head on them in 2005 against a national average of £80. This made it the third lowest spending region in England.
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