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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 (IoD2025). It is home to around 2,055 residents at roughly 126 people per km².

72/ 100

My Area Score

Excellent

Ranked 13th of 294 English council areas — better than 96% of them.

Low crime100
Life expectancy0
Low deprivation75
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

10°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 11° / 10° · 36% rain
  • Tomorrow: 12° / 10° · Light drizzle

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:19Sunset 16:57

9h 38m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Wexford Opera House, Ireland

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 4.2 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 3.2% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

No street-level crime recorded here.

Road safety

2 reported road collisions (2025)

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

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

100 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 83 rated 4–5 ★ (78 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)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK325
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK385
  • Net moves−60

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 221 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

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%)

1 inspected 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

12 applications decided

100% granted · 12 granted, 0 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Amenities nearby

  • Parks & greens2
  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

245 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

7 jobs advertised · £39,493 avg

e.g. Maintenance Electrician, Area Sales Manager - Mobility & Wheelchairs, Automation Gate Engineer - South East

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

1.3% 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:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Towns in Isles of Scilly