sipuha

Cornwall

LOCAL AUTHORITY
Avg IMD
Most deprived 40–50%
Census 2021
570,305
Households
250,534
Crimes · Sep '26
3,457

Estimated population, mid-2025: 584,782 (ONS, published 29 Jul 2026)

250,534
Households
White Brit. · 94%
Ethnicity
No religion · 46%
Religion
Most deprived 40⁠–⁠50%
Avg IMD
3,457
Crimes · Sep '26
£285,000
Median property price · Cornwall · Oct 2025⁠–⁠Sep 2026 · 6,793 sales
£995
Average rent, September 2026
22,065
Postcodes

Sold prices in Cornwall

England & Wales
Property sales · Cornwall
HM Land Registry · Cornwall
Average price
£332,241
Median price: £285,000
Median -1.7% vs prior 12 months
Standard sales only · Oct 2025–Sep 2026 · 6,793 sales
View district TR11
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Oct '25 – Sep '26Sep '26: 222 sales · avg £316,562
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£368k£337k£306k
Oct '25Jan '26Apr '26Sep '26
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Police Recorded Crime in Cornwall

England & Wales
Crime trends · Cornwall

Counts are the sum of electoral wards in this area, not a 1-mile street search around a point.

data.police.uk · YoY vs same month last yearOct '24 – Sep '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
1,627
YoY stable
1,9431,5981,253
Oct '24Apr '25Oct '25Apr '26Sep '26
ASB
371
YoY -35%
834559284
Oct '24Apr '25Oct '25Apr '26Sep '26
Vehicle Crime
85
YoY +8%
916641
Oct '24Apr '25Oct '25Apr '26Sep '26
Burglary
78
YoY +20%
1138557
Oct '24Apr '25Oct '25Apr '26Sep '26
Criminal damage
356
YoY +14%
436361285
Oct '24Apr '25Oct '25Apr '26Sep '26
Other recorded crime
912
YoY +8%
1,014855696
Oct '24Apr '25Oct '25Apr '26Sep '26
Notable spike detected in secondary categories
Theft From The Person
28
YoY +12%
28188
Oct '24Apr '25Oct '25Apr '26Sep '26

1 of 6 key categories improving · theft from the person up sharply · burglary rising

3,457
incidents · Sep '26

Demographics in Cornwall

Ethnicity

Total residents: 570,305
White Brit.93.6%
Other White2.6%
Other ethnic group1.0%
White Irish0.4%
White & Asian0.4%
+ 14 other groups · 1.9%

Religion

Total residents: 570,305
No religion46.3%
Christian45.4%
Not answered6.7%
Other religion0.8%
Buddhist0.4%
+ 4 other religions · 0.4%

Age groups

Total residents: 570,308
50–6421.8%
35–4917.0%
65–7413.6%
25–3410.5%
75–848.5%
+ 6 other age groups · 28.6%

Households

Total households: 250,534
One person: aged 66+15.8%
One person: other14.9%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children12.6%
Single family household, all members 66+12.6%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children11.6%
+ 9 other households · 32.5%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Cornwall

Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
Most deprived 40–50%
Mean decile 4.65 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as Most deprived 40–50% on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 4.65 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).

Flood risk in Cornwall

3% of postcodes (680 of 22065) are in Flood Zone 3 and 1% in Zone 2, measured at each postcode's centre (EA Flood Map for Planning). Not a property-level assessment.

  • Zone 3680 (3%)
  • Zone 2244 (1%)
  • Zone 121,141 (96%)

Environment Agency flood map for planning · © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right · Open Government Licence v3.0

Transport in Cornwall

St Columb Road is a 92-minute walk from the centre

Rail · 7.4 km

  • St Columb Road

    Rail

    7.4 km

  • Quintrell Downs

    Rail

    9.8 km

  • Truro Ferry Terminal

    Ferry

    10.5 km

  • Malpas Ferry Landing

    Ferry

    11.1 km

  • St Austell

    Rail · Coach

    11.2 km

  • Truro

    Rail

    11.3 km

  • Malpas Ferry Terminal

    Ferry

    11.4 km

  • Roche

    Rail

    12.7 km

NaPTAN · walking distance from the area centre · Rail, Ferry, Coach

Amenities in Cornwall

GPs make up most of the mapped places

100 GPs · 77 Museums · 34 Libraries · 241 in all

  • GPs100
  • Museums77
  • Libraries34
  • Hospitals18
  • Universities12

OpenStreetMap · selected tags only · council totals; wards use the parent figure

Private rents in Cornwall

Average rent, September 2026

£995/month

ONS Price Index of Private Rents — average monthly rent by bedroom.

£685
1 bed
£877
2 bed
£1,073
3 bed
£1,496
4+ bed

ONS Price Index of Private Rents · local authority aggregate, not an asking rent

School applications

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You apply through this education local authority even if the school is in another council area.

Last place offered

None of these schools has a published last distance, so we cannot compare this postcode with last year's places. We do not draw catchment maps in this list; where we hold a council's map, it is on the school's page.

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Admission appeals in Cornwall

Appeals lodged

100

Local authority × school phase. Not a figure for one school.

Primary
35 · 0.6% of admissions
Lodged
20 · 0.3% of admissions
Heard
4 · 20.0% of those heard
Successful

6,166 admissions

Infant
21 · 0.4% of admissions
Lodged
12 · 0.2% of admissions
Heard
0 · 0.0% of those heard
Successful

5,189 admissions

Secondary
65 · 1.0% of admissions
Lodged
46 · 0.7% of admissions
Heard
19 · 41.3% of those heard
Successful

6,224 admissions

EES admission appeals · Reporting year 2026 · as at 6 Aug 2026

Overview of Cornwall

Coordinates50.3325, -4.9472
Postcodes
22,065
Census 2021
570,305

Estimated population, mid-2025: 584,782 (ONS, published 29 Jul 2026)

Households (Census)
250,534
Recorded crime · Sep '26
3,457

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