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Goldsithney

Goldsithney is a town or village in Cornwall, England. It has around 2 restaurants or cafés, 17 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is St Erth, 5 km away. There were around 2 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly criminal damage & arson. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Goldsithney area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Cornwall area is more deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 570,308 residents at roughly 161 people per km².

Council
Cornwall
County
Cornwall
Constituency
St Ives
Police force
Devon & Cornwall
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°CCloudy

  • Today: 18° / 16° · 20% rain
  • Tomorrow: 18° / 18° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:51Sunset 19:44

12h 53m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

22US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Saltash Callington Road, United Kingdom

Crime

9 reported · July 2026 13% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences5
  • Burglary2
  • Criminal damage & arson1
  • Public order1

Neighbourhood team: Penzance Rural East · Devon And Cornwall

Local policing priorities

  • To reduce Anti Social Behaviour, street drinking and provide reassurance to the community, reduce repeat demand, and build sustainable lo…
  • Reduce drug dealing and misuse linked to local harm and community concern. Reduce visible drug activity, safeguard vulnerable individuals…

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

32 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 26 rated 4–5 ★ (23 top)
  • 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

Flood data temporarily unavailable.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: St Erth (5.0 km)
  • 17 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from St Erth (5.1 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: 163.9p · Asda (7.7 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 179.9p · Asda (7.7 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

9 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: St Erth Multi-Modal Hub (5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches2
  • 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

  • In a conservation area (GOLDSITHNEY)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 52 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

Your MP

Andrew George

Liberal Democrat

St Ives

Recent votes:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026

Source: UK Parliament

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

  • Schools1
  • Parks & greens4
  • Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

29,715 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

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

Grid electricity

75% low-carbon electricity

Solar 55% · Gas 19% · Wind 18% · Imports 5%

80 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for South West England · National Grid ESO

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 Ives:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Goldsithney · 0.2 km

    Goldsithney is a village in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is on the B3280 at grid reference SW546306, about four miles (6 km) east of Penzance and one mile (1.6 km) east of Marazion. It is in the civil pa…

  • St Hilary, Cornwall · 0.8 km

    St Hilary is a civil parish and village in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated approximately five miles (8 km) east of Penzance and four miles (6.5 km) south of Hayle.

  • St Hilary's Church, St Hilary, Cornwall · 0.9 km

    The Church of St Hilary is an Early English–style church in the village of St Hilary, Cornwall, England. It features a 13th-century tower. Following a fire in 1853, the remainder of the church was rebuilt two years la…

  • Perran Downs · 1.0 km

    Perran Downs is a hamlet near Perranuthnoe, Goldsithney and St Hilary in Cornwall, England. It is close by to the 13th-century St Hilary Church.

  • Perranuthnoe · 1.3 km

    Perranuthnoe is a civil parish and a village in southwest Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The parish population at the 2011 census was 2,184. The Parish includes the settlements of Goldsithney, Perran Downs, Perran…

  • Halamanning · 1.4 km

    Halamanning is a hamlet in west Cornwall, England, situated approximately 5.5 miles (8.9 km) east of Penzance and 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Hayle. Halamanning is in the parish of St Hilary and is in the Cornwall and W…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Goldsithney?
Goldsithney is a town in Cornwall, England, in the Cornwall local authority.
How deprived is Goldsithney?
The Cornwall local authority, which includes Goldsithney, is more deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.