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 (IoD2025). It is home to around 570,308 residents at roughly 161 people per km².
My Area Score
Mixed
Ranked 179th of 294 English council areas — better than 39% of them.
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
11°CCloudy
- Today: 12° / 9° · 15% rain
- Tomorrow: 12° / 8° · Sunny
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 07:11Sunset 16:54
9h 42m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
21US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: ozone
Source: WAQI · Saltash Callington Road, United Kingdom
Air pollution (PM2.5)
- 5.1 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
- 3.8% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution
Lower is better for both figures.
Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024
Crime
2 reported · August 2026▲ 100% YoY
- Burglary1
- Violence & sexual offences1
Neighbourhood team: St Stephen & St Dennis · Devon And Cornwall
Local policing priorities
- St Austell Neighbourhood Team are working proactively to tackle illicit drug use and drug dealing within our communities. Working in part…
- The St Austell Neighbourhood Policing Team are committed to working with partner agencies and the community to tackle anti-social behavio…
Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)
Road safety
920 reported road collisions (2025)
188 killed or seriously injured · 1,194 casualties · 16.1 collisions per 10,000 residents
Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)
Food hygiene
30 food businesses within 2 miles
- 28 rated 4–5 ★ (23 top)
- 0 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Flood risk
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):
Loading live departures…
Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail
House prices
£274,570 average▼ 2.9% YoY
Across Cornwall · to 2026-08
Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)
Private rents
£1,000 average monthly rent▲ 1.8% YoY
- 1 bed £688
- 2 bed £880
- 3 bed £1,077
Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08
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
Property sales
7,757 property sales in the last 12 months
12 months to May 2026
A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.
Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05
Fuel prices
- Cheapest petrol: 173.7p · Asda (9.4 km)
- Cheapest diesel: 198.7p · 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)
Internal migration
- Moves in from elsewhere in the UK26,278
- Moves out to elsewhere in the UK20,229
- Net moves+6,049
Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025
Deprivation
More deprived than the average in England
Ranked 86 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)
3% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%
Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025
Council tax
£2,591 a year · Band D, 2026-27
Most homes here are Band B (25% of 287,200)
Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27
Schools
298 schools · 73,277 pupils
234 primary · 31 secondary · 33 other
Ofsted: 95 of 120 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (79%)
278 inspected 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
559 CQC-registered services
- Care homes199
- GP practices76
- Dentists108
- Homecare agencies120
- 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
1,159 applications decided
94.7% granted · 1,098 granted, 61 refused
Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2
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
29,950 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)
Jobs
3,105 jobs advertised · £39,945 avg
e.g. Market Research Field Interviewer Car Required Part-time, Market Research Field Interviewer Paid per Shift Car Required, Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*
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:
- Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases427 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
- Permanent driving ban on intoxicated drivers guilty of causing death319 local signatures · 29,985 nationwide
- Protect legal right to support for children with SEND298 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
- Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks285 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
- End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately192 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05
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 kmTreviscoe 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.

Nanpean · 2.1 kmNanpean 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
- Ashton (Cornwall)
- Barripper and Penponds
- Bissoe
- Blackwater (Cornwall)
- Bodmin
- Bolingey
- Boscastle
- Breage
- Bude
- Budock Water
- Bugle
- Callington
- Calstock
- Camborne
- Cambrose
- Camelford
- Canon's Town
- Carbis Bay
- Carey Park
- Cargreen
- Carharrack
- Carkeel
- Carloggas
- Carlyon Bay
- Carnon Downs and Devoran
- Cawsand and Kingsand
- Chacewater
- Chilsworthy (Cornwall)
- Clampits
- Connor Downs
- Constantine
- Constantine Bay
- Coverack
- Crantock
- Crowlas
- Cubert
- Darite
- Delabole
- Dobwalls
- Doublebois
- Downderry
- Downgate
- Duporth
- Egloshayle
- Falmouth
- Feock
- Flushing
- Four Lanes
- Fowey
- Foxhole
- Frogpool
- Godolphin Cross
- Goldsithney
- Goonhavern
- Gorran Haven
- Grampound
- Grampound Road
- Gunnislake and St Ann's Chapel
- Gweek
- Harcourt
- Harrowbarrow
- Hayle
- Helford Passage
- Helston
- Illogan
- Indian Queens, Fraddon and St Columb Road
- Kelly Bray
- Kelynack
- Kilkhampton
- Landrake
- Lanivet
- Lanjeth
- Lanner
- Launceston
- Leedstown
- Lelant
- Lerryn
- Lewannick
- Liskeard
- Lizard
- Longrock
- Looe
- Lostwithiel
- Luxulyan
- Mabe Burnthouse
- Madron
- Marazion
- Marhamchurch
- Mawgan
- Mawgan Porth
- Mawnan Smith
- Menheniot
- Mevagissey
- Millbrook
- Mount Hawke
- Mousehole
- Mullion
- Mullion Cove
- Mylor Bridge
- Nanpean
- Newlyn
- Newquay
- Padstow
- Par
- Pelynt
- Pendeen
- Penelewey
- Penpol
- Penryn
- Pensilva
- Penwithick
- Penzance
- Perran Downs
- Perranarworthal
- Perranporth
- Perranwell Station
- Playing Place
- Polgooth
- Polkerris
- Polperro
- Polruan
- Polzeath and Trebetherick
- Ponsanooth
- Pool and Illogan
- Port Isaac
- Porth Navas
- Porthleven
- Porthtowan
- Portreath
- Portscatho
- Poughill
- Praa Sands
- Praze-an-Beeble
- Probus
- Quintrell Downs
- Reawla
- Redruth
- Roche
- Rock (Cornwall)
- Rose-an-Grouse
- Rose-in-the-bush
- Rosudgeon
- Ruan Minor
- Saltash
- Shortlanesend
- St Agnes
- St Austell
- St Blazey
- St Breward
- St Buryan
- St Cleer
- St Columb Major
- St Day
- St Dennis
- St Dominick
- St Erme and Trispen
- St Erth
- St Ervan
- St Eval
- St Germans
- St Ives (Cornwall)
- St Just
- St Keverne
- St Mabyn
- St Mawes
- St Merryn
- St Neot
- St Newlyn East
- St Stephen
- St Teath
- St Tudy
- Stenalees
- Sticker
- Stithians
- Stratton (Cornwall)
- Summercourt
- The Towans
- Threemilestone
- Tintagel
- Tolvaddon
- Torpoint
- Tregony
- Tregrehan Mills
- Tremar
- Tresillian
- Trethosa
- Trevellas
- Trevone
- Trewassa
- Trewoon
- Troon (Cornwall)
- Truro
- Tywardreath
- Tywardreath Highway
- Venterdon
- Victoria
- Wadebridge
- Week St Mary
- Wheal Rose
- White Cross
- Whitemoor
- Widemouth Bay
- Withnoe