Falmouth West & South

Cornwall · South West · population 8,378 · 5 LSOAs

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

82Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,198 of 6,856 in England
  • #113 of 710 in South West
  • #2 of 73 in Cornwall
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,349
Median age (est.)44
Density2,038per km²
No qualifications13%
Degree or above36%
No car or van13%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 10%25–44 23%45–64 26%65+ 23%

Tenure

Own outright: 44%Mortgage/shared: 32%Social rent: 9%Private rent: 15%
Own outright 44%Mortgage/shared 32%Social rent 9%Private rent 15%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 9%Other: 19%
One person 27%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 9%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 19% · Skilled trades 14% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Professional19%
Skilled trades14%
Associate professional13%
Managers & directors12%
Caring & leisure11%
Elementary10%
Administrative9%
Sales & customer service8%
Process & plant5%

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 46% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 6%

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

Falmouth West & South is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #1,198 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #2 of 73 in Cornwall. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Crime (94) and lowest on Housing & access (41). Typical homes here sold for about £347,500 over the past year, up 24% across five years (from 124 sales), 22% above the wider Cornwall median of £285,000. Typical household take-home income is around £38,692 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 36 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 69 · #2,123
Employment 73 · #1,835
Education 67 · #2,281
Health 79 · #1,465
Crime 94 · #375
Housing & access 41 · #4,056
Living environment 88 · #848

House prices ?

£347,500median (12m) · +0.7% yr · n=124
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£347,500124+0.7%+24.1%
Detached£495,00045+6.5%+16.1%
Semi-detached£335,00043-1.5%+25.0%
Terraced£297,47528+4.4%+26.6%
Flat£211,2508-6.1%+34.6%
This area£347,500
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)£38,692±£5,442 · #3,808 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£34,783
Price-to-income ?9.0×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 ?

78Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

36 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 302 offences
Cornwall63
South West71
England83

Rank #913 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences138
Theft60
Burglary9
Vehicle crime26
Criminal damage & arson25
Public order & weapons26
Drugs7
Robbery1
Other10

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 61 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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