Bodmin East

Cornwall · South West · population 9,148 · 4 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

39Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,207 of 6,856 in England
  • #534 of 710 in South West
  • #38 of 73 in Cornwall
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,921
Median age (est.)42
Density1,015per km²
No qualifications18%
Degree or above24%
No car or van17%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 10%25–44 26%45–64 26%65+ 21%

Tenure

Own outright: 33%Mortgage/shared: 27%Social rent: 15%Private rent: 24%
Own outright 33%Mortgage/shared 27%Social rent 15%Private rent 24%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 9%Other: 18%
One person 29%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 9%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Skilled trades 15% · Elementary 14% · Caring & leisure 12%

All occupation groups
Skilled trades15%
Elementary14%
Caring & leisure12%
Professional12%
Process & plant11%
Managers & directors10%
Associate professional9%
Sales & customer service8%
Administrative8%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 1%
White 97%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 48% · No religion 45% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 8%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Bodmin East is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,207 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #38 of 73 in Cornwall. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (77) but weak on Education (17). Typical homes here sold for about £250,000 over the past year, up 22% across five years (from 138 sales), 12% below the wider Cornwall median of £285,000. Typical household take-home income is around £35,816 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 97 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 34 · #4,509
Employment 32 · #4,632
Education 17 · #5,674
Health 50 · #3,453
Crime 62 · #2,610
Housing & access 48 · #3,597
Living environment 77 · #1,561

House prices ?

£250,000median (12m) · -2.0% yr · n=138
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£250,000138-2.0%+22.5%
Detached£350,00054+1.4%+18.6%
Semi-detached£250,00027-2.0%+16.3%
Terraced£190,00041+6.4%+17.3%
Flat£138,25016+36.9%+44.6%
This area£250,000
Cornwall£285,000
South West£310,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£35,816±£5,062 · #4,774 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,204
Price-to-income ?7.0×typical home ÷ net income — less stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

66Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

97 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 890 offences
Cornwall63
South West71
England83

Rank #4,855 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences486
Theft132
Burglary34
Vehicle crime15
Criminal damage & arson97
Public order & weapons71
Drugs32
Robbery5
Other18

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 160 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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