Dobwalls, Addington & Menheniot

Cornwall · South West · population 9,932 · 6 LSOAs

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

38Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,282 of 6,856 in England
  • #544 of 710 in South West
  • #42 of 73 in Cornwall
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,518
Median age (est.)44
Density143per km²
No qualifications17%
Degree or above27%
No car or van13%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 9%25–44 24%45–64 27%65+ 22%

Tenure

Own outright: 37%Mortgage/shared: 29%Social rent: 13%Private rent: 20%
Own outright 37%Mortgage/shared 29%Social rent 13%Private rent 20%

Households

One person: 28%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 11%Other: 16%
One person 28%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 11%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Skilled trades 17% · Professional 14% · Caring & leisure 12%

All occupation groups
Skilled trades17%
Professional14%
Caring & leisure12%
Managers & directors11%
Elementary10%
Associate professional10%
Sales & customer service9%
Administrative9%
Process & plant8%

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 46% · No religion 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

Dobwalls, Addington & Menheniot is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,282 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #42 of 73 in Cornwall. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (72) but weak on Housing & access (13). Typical homes here sold for about £228,000 over the past year, up 13% across five years (from 151 sales), 20% below the wider Cornwall median of £285,000. Typical household take-home income is around £36,345 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 59 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 35 · #4,468
Employment 37 · #4,344
Education 40 · #4,138
Health 37 · #4,303
Crime 72 · #1,897
Housing & access 13 · #5,941
Living environment 55 · #3,062

House prices ?

£228,000median (12m) · +2.5% yr · n=151
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£228,000151+2.5%+13.3%
Detached£299,99850-2.1%+13.2%
Semi-detached£234,00040+8.8%+23.2%
Terraced£190,00051-4.4%+18.8%
Flat£181,25010+40.5%
This area£228,000
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)£36,345±£5,114 · #4,584 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£32,257
Price-to-income ?6.3×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 ?

69Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

59 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 584 offences
Cornwall63
South West71
England83

Rank #2,784 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences312
Theft102
Burglary12
Vehicle crime10
Criminal damage & arson72
Public order & weapons44
Drugs14
Robbery4
Other14

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 66 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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