Isles of Scilly

The Isles of Scilly are located in Cornwall, England, and feature around 1 parks & greens and 1 restaurants & cafés. Covers 2 towns with local open-data for the whole authority.

On deprivation, Isles of Scilly is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). It is home to around 2,055 residents at roughly 126 people per km².

73/ 100

My Area Score

Excellent

Ranked 9th of 294 English council areas — better than 97% of them.

Low crime100

Life expectancy3

Low deprivation77

Employment100

Low council tax96

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. Scored on 65% of the full weighting — some data isn't available here. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

19°CPatchy rain nearby

Today: 19° / 18° · 44% rain
Tomorrow: 18° / 16° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:58Sunset 19:43

12h 45m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

13US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Saltash Callington Road, United Kingdom

Crime

No street-level crime recorded here.

Road safety

2 reported road collisions (2024)

2 killed or seriously injured · 2 casualties · 9.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

98 food businesses within 2 miles

81 rated 4–5 ★ (75 top)
0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

House prices

House-price data isn’t available for this area.

Sport & leisure

Swimming pools1
Sports pitches1
Golf courses1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

2,055 residents in Isles of Scilly · 126/km²

Under 16: 16%
16–64: 56%
65+: 28%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 245 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,048 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band E (28% of 1,170)

A £1,365

B £1,593

C £1,820

D £2,048

E £2,503

F £2,958

G £3,413

H £4,096

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

Schools

1 schools · 243 pupils

1 other

Ofsted: 1 of 1 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)

1inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Isles of Scilly

Care & health services

5 CQC-registered services

Care homes2
GP practices1
Dentists1
Homecare agencies2
Hospitals & hospices1

CQC ratings: 88% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Isles of Scilly

Heritage & planning

In a conservation area (Isles of Scilly Conservation Area)
Not in the Green Belt
6 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

19 applications decided

89.5% granted · 17 granted, 2 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Amenities nearby

Parks & greens2
Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

235 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

9 jobs advertised · £32,109 avg

e.g. Bar and Waiting Team Member, Project Consultant, Become a Spanish Tutor in Tresco – Flexible & Remote

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

1.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£24,127 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

15% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: E · 1,323 certificates

17.1% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Health

Life expectancy: -1 yrs women · -1 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: -1 women · -1 men

60% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in St Ives:

Add a tick box for "Cornish" in the 2031 census for national identity question 684 local signatures · 4,868 nationwide
Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership577 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
Introduce legislation to make it possible to renumerate emergency volunteers463 local signatures · 13,788 nationwide
Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership339 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office302 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide

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

Notable places nearby

Oliver's Battery, Tresco · 0.8 km
Oliver's Battery is a ruined artillery battery on the island of Tresco in the Isles of Scilly off of Cornwall, England. It was built by the Parliamentarian admiral, Sir Robert Blake, after he invaded Tresco in April 1…
Tresco Heliport · 1.2 km
Tresco Heliport is a heliport located on the island of Tresco, in the Isles of Scilly off the southwest coast of the United Kingdom. The heliport was served by a scheduled helicopter service from 1983 to 2012, and sin…
Tresco Priory · 1.4 km
Tresco Priory is a former monastic settlement on Tresco, Isles of Scilly founded in 946 AD.
Halangy Down transmitter · 1.4 km
The Halangy Down transmitter on St Mary's, Isles of Scilly is a 500-watt FM radio and television transmitter with a 76.2 metres (250 ft) high steel lattice tower, surmounted by a main TV antenna. It was built by the B…
Tresco Abbey Gardens · 1.5 km
Tresco Abbey Gardens are located on the island of Tresco in the Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom. The 17-acre (7 ha) gardens were established by the nineteenth-century proprietor of the islands, Augustus Smith, origina…
Telegraph, Isles of Scilly · 1.7 km
Telegraph is a settlement on St Mary's, the largest of the Isles of Scilly, England.