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Cornwall

Cornwall is a town or village in Cornwall, England. There are 8 bus stops and the nearest railway station is St. Columb Road, 4.9 km away. There were around 1 recorded street crime in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. Covers 203 towns with local open-data for the whole authority.

On deprivation, Cornwall is more deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). It is home to around 570,308 residents at roughly 161 people per km².

46/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 179th of 294 English council areas — better than 39% of them.

Low crime85
Home affordability46
Affordable rents51
Good schools16
Life expectancy48
Low deprivation26
Employment57
Low council tax15

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

18°COvercast

  • Today: 19° / 14° · 39% rain
  • Tomorrow: 18° / 17° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:49Sunset 19:42

12h 53m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

24US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Saltash Callington Road, United Kingdom

Crime

2 reported · July 2026 50% YoY

  • Anti-social behaviour1
  • Other theft1

Neighbourhood team: St Stephen & St Dennis · Devon And Cornwall

Local policing priorities

  • The St Austell Neighbourhood Policing Team are committed to working with partner agencies and the community to tackle anti-social behavio…
  • With our key partners we are working to safeguard members of the community who are at risk of serious harm by exploitation. Exploitation…

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

Road safety

941 reported road collisions (2024)

211 killed or seriously injured · 1,236 casualties · 16.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

30 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 27 rated 4–5 ★ (21 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: St. Columb Road (4.9 km)
  • 8 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from St Columb Road (4.9 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£277,801 average 3.7% YoY

Across Cornwall · to 2026-06

Detached£424,986
Semi-detached£279,195
Terraced£229,445
Flat£146,304

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,004 average monthly rent 3.3% YoY

  • 1 bed £691
  • 2 bed £884
  • 3 bed £1,081

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

Affordability

8.6× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.6 times median annual pay (8.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 168.7p · Asda (9.4 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 191.7p · Asda (9.4 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

5 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 175 kW
  • Nearest: Hawkins Motors, St. Stephen (2.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches1
  • Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

570,308 residents in Cornwall · 161/km²

  • Under 16: 16%
  • 16–64: 58%
  • 65+: 25%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 83 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

5% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,591 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (25% of 287,200)

A £1,727
B £2,015
C £2,303
D £2,591
E £3,167
F £3,742
G £4,318
H £5,182

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

Schools

298 schools · 73,481 pupils

235 primary · 31 secondary · 32 other

Ofsted: 95 of 120 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (79%)

279inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Brannel SchoolGood
  • Budehaven Community SchoolGood
  • Callington Community CollegeGood
  • Camborne Science and International AcademyGood
  • Cape Cornwall SchoolGood
  • Helston Community CollegeGood
  • Humphry Davy SchoolGood
  • Launceston CollegeGood
  • Mounts Bay AcademyGood
  • Mullion SchoolGood
  • Poltair SchoolGood
  • Wadebridge SchoolGood
  • Pool AcademyRequires improvement
  • Bodmin College
  • Falmouth School
  • Fowey River Academy
  • Hayle Academy
  • Liskeard School and Community College
  • Looe Community Academy
  • Newquay Tretherras
  • Penair School
  • Penrice Academy
  • Penryn College
  • Redruth School
  • Richard Lander School
  • Saltash Community School
  • Sir James Smith's School
  • St Ives School
  • The Roseland Academy
  • Torpoint Community College
  • Treviglas Academy

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Cornwall

Care & health services

555 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes199
  • GP practices76
  • Dentists107
  • Homecare agencies118
  • Hospitals & hospices25

CQC ratings: 89% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 4 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Cornwall

Heritage & planning

  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 6 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

Planning decisions

1,111 applications decided

92.3% granted · 1,025 granted, 86 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Council control

Liberal Democrat / Independent coalition

  • Lab 4
  • Con 7
  • LD 26
  • Grn 3
  • Ref 20
  • Oth 27

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

Amenities nearby

  • Parks & greens1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

29,715 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

5,315 jobs advertised · £37,636 avg

e.g. Specialist Speech and Language Therapist, Market Research Field Interviewer Car Required Part-time, Mobile Vehicle Technician - South West

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£679 median full-time weekly pay

3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£24,630 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Energy efficiency

37% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 316,885 certificates

12.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Health

Life expectancy: 83.8 yrs women · 80.1 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 60 women · 60.2 men

69% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.5
  • Feeling worthwhile7.7
  • Happiness yesterday7.5
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.9

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in St Austell and Newquay:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

Notable places nearby

  • Little Treviscoe · 0.4 km

    Little Treviscoe is a village near Treviscoe in Cornwall. It contains about 30 properties. There are numerous abandoned china clay workings in the area surrounding it. In 2013 the village had issues with a cat. It h…

  • Treviscoe · 0.6 km

    Treviscoe is a village in St Stephen-in-Brannel civil parish, south of St Dennis in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. There are large Imerys china clay works nearby.

  • Bodella · 1.4 km

    Bodella is a hamlet in mid Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated half-a-mile southwest of St Dennis in an area of china clay quarries.

  • Goonabarn · 1.9 km

    Goonabarn is a hamlet in the parish of St Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall, England.

  • Nanpean · 2.1 km

    Nanpean is a village in the civil parish of St Stephen-in-Brannel in Cornwall, United Kingdom. The B3279 road runs through the village which is approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) north-west of St Austell in the heart of '…

  • Retew · 2.1 km

    Retew was a village near St Austell in Cornwall, England, that was mostly demolished in the early 1960s when the nearby Wheal Remfrey china clay quarry and waste heaps were expanded.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Towns in Cornwall