Bude & Stratton

Cornwall · South West · population 10,595 · 6 LSOAs

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

40Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,111 of 6,856 in England
  • #526 of 710 in South West
  • #35 of 73 in Cornwall
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,591
Median age (est.)50
Density610per km²
No qualifications17%
Degree or above28%
No car or van18%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 9%25–44 20%45–64 27%65+ 29%

Tenure

Own outright: 44%Mortgage/shared: 21%Social rent: 14%Private rent: 21%
Own outright 44%Mortgage/shared 21%Social rent 14%Private rent 21%

Households

One person: 34%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 20%Lone parent: 10%Other: 20%
One person 34%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 20%Lone parent 10%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

Skilled trades 16% · Professional 14% · Managers & directors 13%

All occupation groups
Skilled trades16%
Professional14%
Managers & directors13%
Elementary11%
Caring & leisure11%
Associate professional11%
Sales & customer service10%
Administrative8%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 97%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 47% · Christian 45% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 4%

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

Bude & Stratton is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #4,111 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #35 of 73 in Cornwall. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (77) but weak on Housing & access (18). Typical homes here sold for about £352,500 over the past year, up 18% across five years (from 173 sales), 24% above the wider Cornwall median of £285,000. Typical household take-home income is around £35,300 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 61 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 38 · #4,269
Employment 34 · #4,557
Education 27 · #4,989
Health 50 · #3,453
Crime 77 · #1,547
Housing & access 18 · #5,585
Living environment 65 · #2,370

House prices ?

£352,500median (12m) · -4.1% yr · n=173
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£352,500173-4.1%+17.5%
Detached£428,00073-3.8%+11.2%
Semi-detached£318,00037+1.8%+16.5%
Terraced£282,50038+15.3%+16.3%
Flat£195,00025+2.6%-7.3%
This area£352,500
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)£35,300±£4,982 · #4,935 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£34,238
Price-to-income ?10.0×typical home ÷ net income — more 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 ?

43Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

61 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 650 offences
Cornwall63
South West71
England83

Rank #2,956 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences329
Theft140
Burglary20
Vehicle crime10
Criminal damage & arson62
Public order & weapons58
Drugs15
Robbery3
Other13

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 97 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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